Roger Knoebber Archive: Roger Knoebber's Copy of Literary Outlaw

New York City: Henry Holt and Company (book, 1st HC, inscribed), 1988

Roger Knoebber's copy of Ted Morgan's biography of William S. Burroughs, inscribed by Burroughs:

"For Roger – With love and baraka, William S. Burroughs May 22, 1989"

Additionally inscribed by Nick Smart:

"December 1988; Dear Roger, Here is an interesting life story – I guess we weren't the only ones who look back on 1959 at 9 Rue Gît-le-Coeur as a magical time and place.  Love, Nick Smart"

Roger Knoebber and Nick Smart were both residents of "The Beat Hotel" in Paris with Burroughs, Gysin, and others. Nick Smart at the time was responsible for the production and sale of "Left Bank This Month" journal while at the location. Roger Knoebber – a minor Beat author – was a close friend of Brion Gysin until his passing in 1986, and was well–acquainted with those Beats who resided at the hotel at the time.

This copy acquired with Roger Knoebber's Gysin archives from Roger's son Cosmo.

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Burroughs-Related Items in the Roger Knoebber Archive: 

• Second Draft, 1990, of the Naked Lunch Film Script
  
• William S. Burroughs Exhibition Invitation, Galerie K, Paris, 1990
• François Lagarde Photograph of Burroughs and Gysin, 1975
• Philip Heying Photograph of Burroughs with Cat Ruski, n.d.
• Philip Heying Photograph of Burroughs and His Pumpkin, Halloween 1996
• Letter Copy from Roger Knoebber to William S. Burroughs, June 5, 1990
• Letter Copy from Roger Knoebber to James Grauerholz, October 7, 1991
• Letter Copy from Roger Knoebber to James Grauerholz, September 12, 1991
• Letter from James Grauerholz to Roger Knoebber, December 7, 1991
• Letter from James Grauerholz to Roger Knoebber, February 26, 1992
• Letter Copy from Roger Knoebber to James Grauerholz and William S. Burroughs, February 13, 1993
• Letter from Roger Knoebber to James Grauerholz, February 23, 1996
• Roger Knoebber Response to the International Herald Tribune's Obituary of William S. Burroughs, August 6, 1997
• Letter from Oliver Harris to Roger Knoebber, May 4, 1990
• Letter from Oliver Harris to Roger Knoebber, June 9, 1990
• Roger Knoebber's Copy of Ted Morgan's Literary Outlaw, Signed by Burroughs and Nick Smart, 1988
• Roger Knoebber's copy of the Burroughs and Gysin Book The Third Mind, Inscribed, 1978

External Links: 

• Nicolas Knoebber: "Once Well" by Roger Knoebber
• Top Photo: photograph of Nick Smart by Harold Chapman, c.1960