NMLP P-033816 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict

William S. Burroughs (as 'William Lee') · Ace Books (Ace Double D-15) · 1953

The paperback IS the true first edition; there was no prior hardcover. Later Ace printings exist under different numbers (K-202, 1964; later as 'Junkie' and then 'Junky'). The 1977 Penguin 'Junky' is the first complete/unexpurgated text and a separate 'first thus.' UK title is 'Junky.' First state is the D-15 double only.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033816 for "Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict" by William S. Burroughs (as 'William Lee') (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033816, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).