Barney Rosset's copy of "Naked Lunch@50: Anniversary Essays" (2009)

Carbondale, Illinois, US: Southern Illinois University Press (book, essays, anthology), 2009.
9.25" x 6.25" x 1", 283 pages, released in softcover and hardcover [this hardcover], ISBN 978-0-8093-2915-1.

Naked Lunch@50: Anniversary Essays, edited by Oliver Harris and Ian MacFadyen, as published in hardcover by Southern Illinois University Press (Carbondale, Illinois, US) in 2009. An anthology of essays on Burroughs and his book The Naked Lunch. Endpapers were created by Philip Taaffe. Geometric motifs by Keith Albarn. 

This includes essays by Jonas Mekas, Ian MacFadyen, Oliver Harris, Robert Holton, Rob Johnson, Allen Hibbard, Kurt Hemmer, Andrew Hussey, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Eric Anderson, R B. Morris, Barry Miles, Jürgen Ploog, Shaun De Waal, Jed Birmingham, Polina MacKay, Jennie Skerl, Loren Glass, Davis Schneiderman, Théophile Aries, Gail-Nina Anderson, DJ Spooky, and Richard Doyle.

This copy formerly belonged to Barney Rosset, head of Grove Press, publisher of the first US edition of Naked Lunch. It was inscribed to him by Oliver Harris, and is stamped on the first title page with his library stamp. Barney Rosset is mentioned in pages 130, 155, and 179-181.

Contents: 

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Jonas Mekas: "In Defense of Perversity: Diary Entry, 1958"
• Ian MacFadyen: "Dossier One"
• Oliver Harris: "The Beginnings of 'Naked Lunch, an Endless Novel'"
• Robert Holton: "'Room for One More': The Invitation to Naked Lunch"
• Ian MacFadyen: "Dossier Two"
• Rob Johnson: "William S. Burroughs as 'Good Ol' Boy': Naked Lunch in East Texas"
• Allen Hibbard: "Tangier and the Making of Naked Lunch"
• Kurt Hemmer: "'The natives are getting uppity': Tangier and Naked Lunch"
• Andrew Hussey: "'Paris is about the last place...': William Burroughs In and Out of Paris and Tangier, 1958-60"
• Jean-Jacques Lebel: "Burroughs: The Beat Hotel Years"
• Ian MacFadyen: "Dossier Three"
• Eric Andersen: "The Danger Zone"
• R. B. Morris: "I Am no Doctor"
• Barry Miles: "The Naked Lunch in My Life"
• Jürgen Ploog: "A Bombshell in Rhizomatic Slow Motion: The Reception of Naked Lunch in Germany"
• Shaun De Waal: "The Flaming Voice: Naked Lunch in Apartheid South Africa"
• Jed Birmingham: "'The ideal product... No sales talk necessary': The Olympia Press Naked Lunch as Collectible and Book Object"
• Polina MacKay: "Naked Lunch: The Cover Story"
• Ian MacFadyen: "Dossier Four"
• Jennie Skerl: "The Book, the Movie, the Legend: Naked Lunch"
• Loren Glass: "Still Dirty after All These Years: The Continuing Trials of Naked Lunch"
• Davis Schneiderman: "'Gentlemen I will slop a pearl': The (Non)Meaning of Naked Luch"
• Théophile Aries: "Burroughs' Visionary Lunch"
• Ian MacFadyen: "Dossier Five"
• Gail-Nina Anderson: "Sole Survivor a Raving Maniac"
• Timothy S. Murphy: "Random Insect Doom: The Pulp Science Fiction of Naked Lunch"
• DJ Spooky: "All Consuming Images: DJ Burroughs and Me"
• Richard Doyle: "Naked Life: William S. Burroughs, Bioscientist"
• Ian MacFadyen: "Dossier Six: A Little Night Music"
• Works Cited and Consulted for Dossiers
• Illustration Credits
• Contributors
• Index