Claude Givaudan English Signed/Numbered "Letters to Allen Ginsberg 1953-1957" (1978)

Geneva, Switzerland: Claude Givaudan (book, letters), 1978.
9.875" x 6.75" x 0.875", 211 pages, hardcover without dustjacket, as issued, missing the acetate cover wrap.

Letters to Allen Ginsberg 1953-1957 by William S. Burroughs, as published in an English-only edition by Claude Givaudan (Geneva, Switzerland) in 1978. Although not noted in this edition, this was co-produced with Am Here Books (Richard E. Aaron); there is also a bilingual French/English edition that notes this collaboration. Corrections by James Grauerholz. Photograph of William S. Burroughs by Alan Pogue, taken on 12 November 1976

This copy is one of 500 printed copies, and one of the 100 of the total which is numbered and signed [most likely a printed signature] by William S. Burroughs.  This copy, number 50/100, was acquired from Cult Jones (Antwerp, Belgium).

Shoaf I.43.

Contents: 

• not stated: "Un homme de lettres. Un poème moderne." (introduction)
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 21 December 1953, Rome
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 24 December 1953, Rome
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 2 January 1954, Rome
• Alan Ansen to Allen Ginsberg, 2 January 1954, Rome
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 20 January 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 26 January 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 1 February 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 7 February 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 9 February 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 1 March 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Neal Cassady, 12 March 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 7 April 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Jack Kerouac, 13 April 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Neal Cassady, 2 May 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Louis Ginsberg, 2 May 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Neal Cassady, 2 May 1954, Tangier
• Mortimer Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 17 May 1954, Palm Beach, Florida
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 11 May 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 22 May 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 8 May [June] 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 24 June 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg 25 June 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 3 July 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 8 July 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 9 July 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 10 July 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 11 July 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 15 July 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 16 July 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 18 July 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Jack Kerouac, 18 July 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 26 August 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 30 August 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 3 September 1954, Tangier, 1/2
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 3 September 1954, Tangier, 2/2
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 12 October 1954, Palm Beach, Florida
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 13 October 1954, Palm Beach, Florida, 1/2
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 13 October 1954, Palm Beach, Florida, 2/2
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 15 October 1954, Palm Beach, Florida
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 29 October 1954, Palm Beach, Florida
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 8 November 1954, Palm Beach, Florida
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 12 November 1954, Palm Beach, Florida
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 6 December 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 13 December 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 28 December 1954, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 30 December 1954, Tangier, 1/2
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 30 December 1954, Tangier, 2/2
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 12 January 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 21 January 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 19 February 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 15 March 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 31 March 1955, Tangier, 1/2
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 31 March 1955, Tangier, 2/2
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 20 April 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 17 May 1955, Tangier (with 30 May 1955 P.S.)
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 5 July 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 12 July 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 1 August 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 10 August 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 21 September 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 7 October 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 21 October 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, 23 October 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, 1 November 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, 2 November 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 10 December 1955, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 17 February 1956, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 26 February 1956, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 27 February 1956, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 14 March 1956, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 9 April 1956, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 16 April 1956, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 8 May 1956, London
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 15 May 1956, London
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 30 May 1956, London
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 7 June 1956, Venice
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 9 June 1956, Venice
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 18 June 1956, Venice
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 13 September 1956, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 16 September 1956, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 13 October 1956, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 29 October 1956, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 20 December 1956, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 5 January 1957, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 14 January 1957, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 23 January 1957, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 28 January 1957, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 31 January 1957, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 14 February 1957, Tangier
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 15 June 1957, London
• William S. Burroughs to Alan Ansen, 18 July 1957, London
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky, 18 July 1957, London
• William S. Burroughs to Alan Ansen, 30 July 1957, Copenhagen
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, August 1957, Copenhagen
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 20 August 1957, Copenhagen
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 24 August 1957, Copenhagen 
• William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, 28 August 1957, Copenhagen