WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS "THE FRISCO KID HE NEVER RETURNS" IMPORT UK 2023 HARDCOVER*

Description: WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS THE FRISCO KIDHE NEVER RETURNS With Shadow Routines by Iain Sinclair Published by Tangerine Press, 2023 One of 50 copies in hardcover Golden Orange bindingHand-sewn binding RARE BURROUGHS TEXT FROM 1963 BACK IN PRINT FOR A SHORT TIME Sixty years ago, a 20-year old Iain Sinclair, then studying in Dublin, Ireland, received a surprise submission for Albatross, a fledgling literary magazine he and two friends had started. This trio of ambitious editors sent out requests for new work to literary heroes of the day: Djuna Barnes, Paul Bowles, Jane Bowles, Jean Genet, Ezra Pound, et al. Only one replied: William S. Burroughs of Tangier, Morocco . . . This edition aims to recreate a more accurate version of three column/three row 'experiment' Mr Burroughs submitted. As Iain Sinclair explained via email, whilst discussing the text: “I have felt for years that we didn't or couldn't deliver what Bill wanted.” WITH THREE 'SHADOW ROUTINES' BY IAIN SINCLAIR50 numbered/signed copies 32pp. Format, approx. 8”/200mm wide, 11”/280mm tall. Handbound at the Tangerine workshop with acid-free boards, conservation glue and linen thread; foil embossed front cover artwork; colour title page. ISBN: 978-1-910691-88-5 Quarter bound with Canson Mi-Tientes 'golden rod' paper covered boards and Japanese silk spine (odd numbers), also Fabriano Tiziano 'vesuvio red' paper covered boards and Japanese silk spine (even numbers); front cover artwork embossed in black; Fabriano Tiziano endpapers (alternating mixed 'pistachio' and 'vesuvio red'); acid-free text paper; spine label paste down. The Frisco Kid tri-foldText printed on alternate stock, with 1965 illustration. EXTRA MATERIALExclusive to the 50-copy editionCustom envelope, embossed by hand in red. Contains prints as follows: Iain Sinclair's portrait of WSB, 1995; reproductions of WSB cover letter and two surviving sheets of The Frisco Kid text, all 1963; full landscape version of 'Beat Hotel with Window' 1960s, inc WSB, Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville. (cropped version in the main block) WITH THREE 'SHADOW ROUTINES' BY IAIN SINCLAIR SIGNED BY IAIN SINCLAIR New Unread Condition

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