Skyline Books Catalog Twenty-Nine (2003)




Forest Knolls, California: Skyline Books (catalog), 2003.
11" x 8.5", 12 pages.

Skyline Books Catalog Twenty-Nine, as published by James P. Musser at Skyline Books in May 2003. 

This lists a number of interesting Burroughs items, including:

  • A Burroughs-signed copy of Mayfair, volume 4, number 5, May 1969
  • A copy of the Henri Chopin poster for Burroughs originally included in Revue OU issue 38-39
  • A copy of one of the 100 English edition copies of the Givaudan/Am Here Letters to Allen Ginsberg 1953-1967 by Burroughs, inscribed to Nelson Lyon by William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg
  • One of the 26 lettered copies of Early Routines, signed by Burroughs and David Hockney
  • A Christmas card from Burroughs, signed
  • Charles Gatewood's copy of Sidetripping by William S. Burroughs and Gatewood, inscribed by Burroughs to Gatewood
  • A signed contract between William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Am Here Books seller Richard Aaron
  • A hardcover copy of Ann Charters' Scenes Along the Road, inscribed from Burroughs to artist Gary Lee Nova 
  • A copy of Protest: The Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men (which includes Burroughs as "William Lee"), inscribed by Neal Cassady and signed by Allen Ginsberg
The copy shown is addressed to Berkeley-based bookseller Philip Smith, and was acquired directly from him.

A second copy formerly belonging to Detroit-based collector Lon Stacks is also in the archive.

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