NMLP P-037486 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19
The Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs · The Olympia Press (Paris) · 1959
There is no book-club edition of the Olympia first. Within the first printing the price state distinguishes issues: first issue shows the printed 'Francs: 1.500'; the later issue has unsold stock overstamped in blue 'NF 18' (18 new francs) over that original price. The '76 1' leaf and the green title-page border confirm the Olympia first PRINTING regardless of the price state; the '1.500' versus 'NF 18' price is what separates first issue from the repriced later issue.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-037486 for "The Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037486, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).