Naked Lunch

New York: Grove Press, (1959/1962). First American edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 255 pp. Original charcoal cloth covered boards, stamped in gold, in original unclipped ($6.00) dust-jacket. Faint wear to corners and edges, light surface wear from handling. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Top stain bright. Page edges faintly toned, still mostly vibrant. Interior clean and unmarked. Pre-publication pamphlet issued by the publisher in the Summer of 1962. Reportedly only 100 copies were produced for advance distribution. Very Good in stapled wrappers. Features an essay written by Terry Southern & E. S. Seldon, a blurb by Jack Kerouac and an excerpt from the novel. Uncommon. ; 5 1/2" X 8"; 14 pages.

Dust Jacket: Fine

Hardcover: Fine

“The novel does not follow a clear linear plot, but is instead structured as a series of non-chronological "routines". Many of these routines follow William Lee, an opioid addict who travels to the surreal city of Interzone and begins working for the organization "Islam Inc. Naked Lunch is considered a key influence on the cyberpunk genre. William Gibson has cited it as one of the novels that most influenced his own writing. The novel was included in Time 's "100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005".