London, John Calder/Olympia Press, (1963). The uncorrected proof copy of this drug novel, which consists of an amalgam of sections from The Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine and The Ticket that Exploded, as well as some material not reproduced elsewhere. Small spot to lower edge of text block, else fine in plain green wrappers. Published at the height of Burroughs' experimentation with the cut-up technique, this volume embodies that approach, as well as anticipating the later variation of it that we now call "sampling." We have never seen another proof copy of this title, and have not seen any earlier Burroughs proof. There was no U.S. edition of this title. Rare. [#026951] SOLD

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