Dark blue 1/4 cloth, slate blue paper-covered boards, lettered in silver foil. Mild tanning to portions of both boards, former owner's initials inked on upper front flyleaf. Dust jacket quite tanned, with mild dampstaining to portions of front panel and along top rear edge, rubbed extremities, now in mylar. 1st American ed., 1st ptg. thus. [vi],205 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Seller Inventory # 064055

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Title: The Adding Machine: Selected Essays

Publisher: Seaver Books

Publication Date: 1986

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG+

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: First American Edition.

Book Type: Book

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Book by William S. Burroughs

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This collection, containing both fiction and nonfiction, is representative of Burroughs's work. The style and tone are vintage Burroughs; the themes of addiction, mind control, and homosexuality central to the novels are explored here more succinctly. The most original material consists of comments on writing and writers: perceptive remarks on Hemingway and Fitzgerald, an interesting comparison of Proust and Beckett, and an acknowledgment of Conrad's influence on a portion of Naked Lunch. Although occasionally marred by repetition, these pieces provide useful insight into the writer's philosophical and artistic concerns. Recommended for serious collections in contemporary literature. William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., CUNY
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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