William Burroughs Book Covers
A selection of front covers of books by William S. Burroughs (click on thumbnail to enlarge)
JUNKIE
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US Ace 1953 front |
US Ace 1953 back |
UK Digit 1957 front |
UK Digit 1957 back |
US Ace 1964 |
US Ace 1972 |
UK Olympia/NEL 1966 |
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UK NEL 1969 |
UK NEL 1972 |
UK DBW 1973 |
UK Penguin 1977 |
UK Penguin 1984 |
US Penguin 1995 |
UK Penguin 1999 |
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UK Penguin 2002 |
US Penguin 2003 |
UK Penguin 2008 |
Australia 2009 |
Brazil 2005 |
Bulgaria 1992 |
Croatia 2002 |
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Czech Rep. 2002 |
Denmark 1966 |
Finland 2003 |
France 1972 |
France 1991 |
France 2008 |
Germany 1963 |
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Germany 1976 |
Germany 1980 |
Germany 1996 |
Germany 1999 |
Greece 2007 |
Greece 2009 |
Hungary 1995 |
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Hungary 2001 |
Israel 2001 |
Italy 1962 |
Italy 1995 |
Italy 1998 |
Italy 1998 |
Japan 2001 |
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Japan 2003 |
Lithuania 2009 |
Netherlands 1967 |
Poland 1994 |
Portugal 2004 |
Portugal 2010 |
Romania 2005 |
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Russia 1977 |
Russia 2008 |
Russia 2010 |
Serbia 2010 |
Slovenia 1992 |
Spain 1976 |
Spain 1980 |
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Spain 1999 |
Spain 2001 |
Sweden 1970 |
Turkey 1994 |
Turkey 2012 |
The 1953 Ace edition was a double volume, with Maurice Helbrant's Narcotic Agent included on the reverse.
The 1957 UK Digit edition was withdrawn shortly after publication, and the remaining copies pulped.
In 1977 the expurgations of the earlier edition were undone, and the title changed from Junkie to Junky.
Some new material, and an introduction by Allen Ginsberg were added.
The 2003 "Definitive Edition" recreated the original text and included previously lost passages and a new chapter,
together with additional material.
LETTER FROM A MASTER ADDICT TO DANGEROUS DRUGS
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UK 1957 |
UK 1992 |
France 1996 |
THE NAKED LUNCH
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US Chi Rev, Spr 1958 |
US Chi Rev, Aut 1958 |
US Big Table 1959 |
France 1959 wrapper |
France 1959 cover |
US Grove 1962 |
UK Calder 1964 |
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US Grove 1966 |
UK Corgi 1968 |
UK Corgi 1974 |
US Ballantine 1973 |
UK Calder 1982 |
US Grove 1984 |
UK Paladin 1986 |
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US Grove 1990 |
US Grove 1992 |
US Grove 1992 |
UK Paladin 1992 |
UK Flamingo 1993 |
UK Flamingo 2001 |
UK Flamingo 2001 |
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US Grove 2001 |
US Harper 2005 |
UK Harper 2005 |
UK Independent 2007 |
UK Harper 2008 |
US Grove 2009 |
US Grove 2009 |
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UK 4th Estate 2009 |
UK 4th Estate 2010 |
Argentina 1971 |
Argentina 1971 |
Bulgaria 1994 |
China 2009 |
Czech Rep. 2003 |
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Denmark 1967 |
Denmark 1984 |
Denmark 1998 |
Finland 1971 |
France 1964 |
France 1979 |
France 1984 |
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France 1992 |
France 2002 |
Germany 1962 |
Germany 1972 |
Germany 1984 |
Germany 1988 |
Germany 1992 |
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Germany 1999 |
Germany 2009 |
Greece 2003 |
Greece 2010 |
Hungary 1992 |
Hungary 2010 |
Israel 2001 |
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Italy 1976 |
Italy 1992 |
Italy 1995 |
Italy 2001 |
Italy 2003 |
Japan 1965 |
Japan 1992 |
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Japan 2003 |
Netherlands 1972 |
Netherlands 2010 |
Norway 2004 |
Poland 1995 |
Portugal 1990 |
Portugal 2002 |
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Romania 2004 |
Russia 1993 |
Russia 2003 |
Russia 2009 |
Russia 2011 |
Serbia 2005 |
Spain 1994 |
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Spain 2004 |
Sweden 1978 |
Turkey 1999 |
Yugoslavia 1986 |
Ten episodes from Naked Lunch were published in Big Table, Spring 1959, including the two that had previously appeared in
the banned Chicago Review, Spring and Autumn 1958.
The 1962 US edition (published 1964 in the UK) was substantially different from the 1959 Olympia edition, with expanded
text, an introduction, "Atrophied Preface," and an appendix - "Letter from a master addict to dangerous drugs."
A transcript of the 1966 obscenity trial was included in the 1966 US edition, while later UK editions carried a further appendix -
"UGH" - collected correspondence on the merits of Burroughs' work from the pages of the Times Literary Supplement, 1963-64.
The 2001 "Restored Text" edition includes many editorial corrections to earlier editions, as well as previously unpublished material
and alternate drafts.
MINUTES TO GO
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France 1960 |
US Beach 1968 |
THE EXTERMINATOR
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US Auerhahn 1960 |
US Haselwood 1967 |
THE SOFT MACHINE
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France 1961 wrapper |
France 1961 cover |
US Grove 1966 |
US Grove 1967 |
UK Calder 1968 |
UK Corgi 1970 |
US Ballantine 1973 |
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UK Corgi 1974 |
UK Paladin 1986 |
UK Flamingo 1995 |
US Grove 1992 |
UK Flamingo 2001 |
UK 4th Estate 2010 |
Bulgaria 2002 |
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France 1969 |
France 1976 |
France 1993 |
France 2005 |
Germany 1971 |
Germany 1974 |
Italy 1965 |
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Italy 1991 |
Italy 1994 |
Italy 2003 |
Japan 1985 |
Japan 2004 |
Netherlands 1974 |
Russia 2004 |
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Russia 2010 |
Spain 1995 |
Spain 2003 |
Sweden 2005 |
There are major differences between the 1961 Olympia edition and the later ones. Complaints that the first version
was difficult to read caused Burroughs to completely rewrite it for the 1966 Grove Press edition. Still unsatisfied,
Burroughs rewrote it again for the 1968 UK publication by John Calder, which also has extra appendices.
THE TICKET THAT EXPLODED
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France 1962 wrapper |
France 1962 cover |
US Grove 1967 |
US Grove 1968 |
UK Calder 1968 |
UK Corgi 1971 |
UK Calder 1985 |
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UK Paladin 1987 |
US Grove 1987 |
US Grove 1992 |
UK Flamingo 2001 |
UK 4th Estate 2010 |
France 1969 |
France 1976 |
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Germany 1997 |
Japan 1979 |
Japan 1979 |
Russia 2004 |
Russia 2010 |
Spain 1998 |
Sweden 2005 |
The 1967 and later editions featured a rearrangement of the text of the 1962 Olympia edition, with two additional chapters.
DEAD FINGERS TALK
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UK Calder 1963 |
UK Tandem 1966 |
UK Tandem 1970 |
UK Star 1977 |
An amalgam of material from The Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine, and The Ticket That Exploded.
THE YAGE LETTERS
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US Big Table 1959 |
US City Lights 1963 |
US City Lights 2000 |
US City Lights 2006 |
US City Lights 2006 |
UK Penguin 2008 |
US Skyline 1999 |
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France 1967 |
France 1997 |
France 2009 |
Germany 1964 |
Greece 2010 |
Italy 1967 |
Italy 1977 |
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Japan 1966 |
Japan |
Japan 2007 |
Portugal 1994 |
Spain 2006 |
Sweden 1988 |
Six of the letters were published as "In Quest of Yage" in Big Table 2, Summer 1959. The Yage Letters was first published by
City Lights in 1963, and an expanded Redux edition in 2006.
ROOSEVELT AFTER INAUGURATION
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US FY Press 1964 |
US FY Press 1964 |
US City Lights 1979 |
NOVA EXPRESS
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US Grove 1964 |
US Grove 1965 |
UK Cape 1966 |
UK Cape 1966 |
UK Panther 1968 |
UK Panther 1969 |
UK Panther 1972 |
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UK Panther 1978 |
US Grove 1992 |
UK Penguin 2010 |
Argentina 1972 |
Denmark 1967 |
France 1970 |
France 1972 |
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Germany 1970 |
Germany 1973 |
Germany 1979 |
Germany 2000 |
Italy 1967 |
Italy 1982 |
Italy 1994 |
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Italy 2003 |
Japan 1978 |
Japan 1978 |
Russia 2008 |
Russia 2010 |
Spain 1980 |
Spain 1990 |
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Spain 1995 |
Sweden 1968 |
Sweden 2005 |
APO-33: A METABOLIC REGULATOR
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US FY Press 1965 |
US Beach 1966 |
TIME
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US 1965 wrapper |
US 1965 cover |
VALENTINE'S DAY READING
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US 1965 |
SO WHO OWNS DEATH TV?
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US Beach 1967, 1st edition |
US Beach 1967, 1st edn., variant |
US Beach 1967, 2nd edition |
BURROUGHS, PÉLIEU, KAUFMAN
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France 1967 |
France 1998 |
APOMORPHINE
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France 1969 |
THE DEAD STAR
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US Nova Broadcast 1969 |
THE JOB
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France 1969 |
UK Cape 1970 |
US Grove 1970 |
US Grove 1980 |
UK Calder 1984 |
US Penguin 1989 |
US Penguin 1989 |
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UK Penguin 2008 |
Germany 1986 |
THE LAST WORDS OF DUTCH SCHULTZ
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UK Cape 1970 |
US Viking 1975 |
US Seaver 1981 |
UK Calder 1986 |
US Arcade 1993 |
Germany 1975 |
Netherlands 1976 |
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Italy 1971 |
Italy 1994 |
JACK KEROUAC
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France 1971 |
France 2009 |
ALI'S SMILE
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UK Unicorn 1971 |
Germany 1973 |
Germany 1995 |
Germany 2000 |
THE WILD BOYS
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US Grove 1971 |
UK Calder 1972 |
US Grove 1973 |
UK Corgi 1973 |
US Grove 1992 |
UK Penguin 2008 |
France 1973 |
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France 1996 |
France 2003 |
France 2005 |
Germany 1980 |
Netherlands 1973 |
Russia 2000 |
ELECTRONIC REVOLUTION
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UK Blackmoor 1971 |
UK Blackmoor 1971 |
UK Blackmoor 1971 |
Germany 1971 |
Germany 1976 |
Germany 1976 |
Germany 1998 |
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Netherlands 1988 |
Portugal 1994 |
USA (nd) |
BRION GYSIN LET THE MICE IN
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US Something Else 1973 |
EXTERMINATOR!
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US Viking 1973 |
US Viking 1974 |
US Viking 1974 |
UK Calder 1974 |
UK Corgi 1976 |
US Penguin 1979 |
US Calder 1984 |
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UK Penguin 1985 |
US Penguin 1995 |
UK Penguin 2008 |
France 1974 |
France 1992 |
Greece 1992 |
Italy 1975 |
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Italy 1994 |
Netherlands 1975 |
Russia 2001 |
WHITE SUBWAY
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UK Aloes 1973 |
UK Aloes 1973 |
France 1976 |
Spain 1977 |
MAYFAIR ACADAMY SERIES
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UK Urgency Press 1973 |
UK Urgency Press 1973 |
PORT OF SAINTS
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UK Covent Garden 1973 |
US Blue Wind 1980 |
UK Calder 1983 |
France 1992 |
France 1998 |
Russia 2003 |
THE BOOK OF BREETHING
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UK OU, Henri Chopin 1974 |
US Blue Wind 1975 |
US Blue Wind 1980 |
Germany 1982 |
SNACK
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UK Aloes 1975 |
Argentina 1978 |
COBBLE STONE GARDENS
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US Cherry Valley 1976 |
US Cherry Valley 1976 |
THE THIRD MIND
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France 1976 |
US Viking 1978 |
US Seaver 1978 |
US Viking 1978 |
UK Calder 1979 |
France 1998 |
THE RETREAT DIARIES
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US City Moon 1976 |
US City Moon 1976 |
US City Moon 1976 |
Switzerland 1980 |
LETTERS TO ALLEN GINSBERG 1953-1957
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Switzerland 1978 |
Switzerland 1978 |
Switz 1978 jacket |
US Full Court Press 1982 |
AH POOK IS HERE
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UK Calder 1979 |
DOCTOR BENWAY
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US Bradford Morrow 1979 |
BLADE RUNNER, A MOVIE
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US Blue Wind 1979 |
US Blue Wind 1986 |
US Blue Wind 2010 |
Denmark 2004 |
France 2011 |
Greece 1983 |
Hungary 2010 |
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Italy 1983 |
Japan 1990 |
Russia 2004 |
Switzerland 1980 |
CITIES OF THE RED NIGHT
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US Holt 1980 |
US Holt 1981 |
US Owl 1982 |
UK Picador 1982 |
US Owl 1995 |
US Picador 2001 |
UK Penguin 2010 |
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Czech Rep. 1999 |
Finland 2007 |
France 1982 |
Germany 1982 |
Greece 1987 |
Hungary 2001 |
Hungary 2006 |
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Italy 2006 |
Italy 2010 |
Netherlands 1981 |
Portugal 2003 |
Romania 2003 |
Russia 2003 |
Russia 2006 |
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Russia 2008 |
Russia 2009 |
Russia 2010 |
Serbia 2010 |
EARLY ROUTINES
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US Cadmus 1981 |
US Cadmus 1981 |
US Cadmus 1981 |
US Cadmus 1982 |
STREETS OF CHANCE
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US Red Ozier 1981 |
SINKI'S SAUNA
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US Pequod Press 1982 |
US Odd-Job Press 1982 |
RE/SEARCH
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US RE/Search 1982 |
US RE/Search 2007 |
Italy 1992 |
THE PLACE OF DEAD ROADS
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US Holt 1983 |
US Holt 1983 |
US Owl 1985 |
UK Calder 1984 |
UK Paladin 1986 |
UK Flamingo 1994 |
US Owl 1995 |
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US Picador 2001 |
UK Flamingo 2001 |
UK 4th Estate 2010 |
Czech Rep. 2001 |
Finland 2009 |
Germany 1985 |
Greece 1990 |
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Hungary 2008 |
Italy 2008 |
Romania 2003 |
Russia 2004 |
Russia 2005 |
Russia 2010 |
Spain 1994 |
THE BURROUGHS FILE
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US City Lights 1984 |
US City Lights 1984 |
RUSKI
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US HJ Press 1984 |
US OJ Press 1984 |
THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
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Germany 1984 |
Germany 1984 |
Germany 2000 |
THE ADDING MACHINE
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UK Calder 1985 |
UK Calder 1985 |
US Seaver 1986 |
US Arcade 1993 |
QUEER
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US Viking 1985 |
US Viking 1985 |
UK Picador 1986 |
UK Picador 1987 |
US Penguin 1995 |
US Penguin 2010 |
UK Penguin 2010 |
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Bulgaria 2005 |
Croatia 2011 |
Czech Rep. 2004 |
Finland 2004 |
Finland 2009 |
France 1995 |
Germany 1994 |
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Greece 1988 |
Greece 1998 |
Italy 1998 |
Italy |
Japan 1985 |
Poland 1993 |
Portugal 2005 |
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Romania 2005 |
Spain 2003 |
Turkey 2001 |
THE CAT INSIDE
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US Grenfell 1986 |
US Grenfell 1986 |
US Viking 1992 |
US Viking 1992 |
US Penguin 1992 |
UK Penguin 2009 |
Czech Rep. 2002 |
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Finland 2005 |
Germany 1994 |
Greece 2005 |
Italy 1994 |
Japan 1985 |
Russia |
Spain 2000 |
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Turkey 1997 |
Turkey 2003 |
THE WESTERN LANDS
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US Viking 1987 |
US Viking 1987 |
US Penguin 1988 |
UK Picador 1988 |
UK Penguin 2010 |
Czech Rep. 2004 |
Finland 2010 |
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France 1990 |
Germany 1988 |
Italy 1994 |
Italy 2009 |
Japan 1988 |
Netherlands 1990 |
Poland 2009 |
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Portugal 1990 |
Romania 2005 |
Russia 2005 |
Russia 2006 |
Russia 2010 |
Spain 2003 |
CLAUSE 27 IS PROPOSITION
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UK Horse Press 1988 |
PAINTING
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UK 1988 |
INTERZONE
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US Viking 1989 |
UK Picador 1989 |
UK Picador 1990 |
US Penguin 1990 |
US Penguin 1995 |
UK Penguin 2009 |
France 1991 |
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Germany 1991 |
Russia 2008 |
Russia 2010 |
Turkey 2006 |
TORNADO ALLEY
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US Cherry Valley 1989 |
US Cherry Valley 1989 |
Germany 1997 |
Italy 1997 |
Japan 1992 |
Japan 1992 |
PAINTINGS
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Switzerland 1989 |
THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS
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US Lococo 1991 |
US Lococo 1991 |
PAINTING & GUNS
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India, Hanuman 1992 |
PAPER CLOUD, THICK PAGES
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Japan 1992 |
THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS 1945-1959
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US Viking 1993 |
US Viking 1993 |
US Viking 1993 |
US Penguin 1994 |
UK Picador 1993 |
UK Picador 1994 |
UK Penguin 2009 |
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France 2007 |
RIEN QUE DES MOTS
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France Cahiers de Nuit 1994 |
PHOTOS AND REMEMBERING JACK KEROUAC
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US White Fields 1994 |
THE JUNKY'S CHRISTMAS AND OTHER YULETIDE STORIES
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UK High Risk 1994 |
GHOST OF CHANCE
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UK High Risk 1995 |
UK High Risk 1995 |
UK High Risk 2002 |
Czech Rep. 1995 |
France 1998 |
Germany 2003 |
Greece 1997 |
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Italy 1996 |
Japan 1996 |
Portugal 2003 |
Spain 1997 |
Turkey 1996 |
MY EDUCATION: A BOOK OF DREAMS
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US Viking 1995 |
US Viking 1995 |
UK Picador 1995 |
US Penguin 1996 |
UK Picador 1996 |
UK Penguin 2009 |
Czech Rep. 1999 |
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France 1996 |
Japan 1998 |
Japan 1998 |
Russia 2002 |
Serbia 1998 |
PANTOPON ROSE
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US Parchment Gallery Graphics 1995 |
CONCRETE AND BUCKSHOT: PAINTINGS 1987-1996
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US Smart Art Press 1996 |
LAST WORDS: THE FINAL JOURNALS
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US Grove 2000 |
US Grove 2000 |
UK Flamingo 2000 |
UK Flamingo 2001 |
UK Perfect 2001 |
UK 4th Estate 2010 |
Czech Rep. 2002 |
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France 2000 |
Germany 2001 |
WORDS OF ADVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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US FreeThought 2001 |
US FreeThought 2001 |
ÉPITAPHE POUR UN BEATNIK
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France 2006 |
EVERYTHING LOST: The Latin American Notebook
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US Ohio State UP 2008 |
AND THE HIPPOS WERE BOILED IN THEIR TANKS (co-written with Jack Kerouac)
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US Grove 2008 |
US Grove 2008 |
US Grove 2009 |
UK Penguin 2008 |
UK Penguin 2009 |
UK Nonist 2008 |
Brazil 2009 |
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Bulgaria 2011 |
China 2012 |
Croatia 2010 |
Czech Rep. 2009 |
Finland 2010 |
France 2012 |
France 2013 |
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Germany 2010 |
Germany 2011 |
Greece 2009 |
Israel 2011 |
Italy 2011 |
Italy 2013 |
Japan 2010 |
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Netherlands 2008 |
Romania 2009 |
Russia 2009 |
Russia 2010 |
Serbia 2013 |
Spain 2010 |
Spain 2010 |
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Spain 2012 |
Turkey 2010 |
RUB OUT THE WORDS: THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS 1959-1974
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US HarperCollins 2012 |
UK Penguin 2012 |
Collections
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UK Picador 1982 |
US Grove 1980 |
US Grove 1988 |
US Quality 1995 |
US Grove 1998 |
UK Flamingo 1999 |
UK 4th Estate 2010 |
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Czech Rep. 1994 |
France 1981 |
France 1994 |
France 1996 |
France 1996 |
France 1996 |
Germany |
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Germany 1979 |
Germany 1980 |
Germany 1983 |
Germany 1985 |
Germany 1985 |
Germany 1995 |
Germany 2000 |
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Germany 2000 |
Germany 2003 |
India 2010 |
India 2010 |
India 2010 |
Russia 1998 |
Russia 2004 |
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Russia 2010 |
Compiled by Dave Moore
Thanks to Bradley Allen, Jeff Ball, James Birmingham, Patricia Elliott, Alex Frazer-Harrison, Richard J. Lockley-Hobson, Pete Read,
Andrew Sclanders, Vojo Sindolic, Horst Spandler, Michael Stevens, and Jeff Taylor for the use of their book cover images.
A selection of books by Jack Kerouac can be found here:
A selection of books by Neal Cassady can be found here:
A selection of books by John Clellon Holmes can be found here:
A selection of books by David Goodis can be found here: