NMLP P-033810 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Naked Lunch

William S. Burroughs (as 'William Burroughs') · The Olympia Press (Paris) / The Traveller's Companion Series No. 76 · 1959

Olympia Paris (1959) is the true world first. First state = 'Francs: 1500' on rear wrapper; second state = copies overstamped/restickered '18 NF' after France's Jan 1960 currency revaluation (same sheets, repriced). The US first is Grove Press, 1962 (as 'Naked Lunch'), itself collectible but a later edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033810 for "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs (as 'William Burroughs') (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033810, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).