Swann Galleries Catalog for Auction #1803 (1998)






New York City, US: Swann Galleries, Inc. (auction catalogue), 1998.
9.5" x 6.5", 40 pages, stapled wraps.

Modern Literature: First Editions, Limited Editions, Advance Proofs, Signed & Inscribed Copies, an auction catalogue published by Swann Galleries, Inc. (New York City, US) for public auction sale 1803 on Thursday, October 22, 1998 at 10:30 A.M.

This contains approximately three pages of listings for Burroughs books, mostly signed, and some association copies. This includes: 

  • Roger Richard's inscribed copies of the Ace Junkie, the Olympia Press The Naked Lunch, and one of the lettered copies of Time additionally inscribed by editor Ted Berrigan
  • Claude Pélieu and Mary Beach's inscribed Cape Golliard copy of The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
  • Philip Kaplan's inscribed copy of the Fuck You Press Roosevelt After Inaugurations
  • One of the twenty-five n/s copies of White Subway
  • First edition copies of the American and Spanish editions of The Yage Letters, signed by both Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs
  • A copy of the 275-copy Grabhorn edition of Howl for Carl Solomon by Allen Ginsberg, signed by Ginsberg, Burroughs, Corso, Carl Solomon, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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