The Soft Machine
Grove Press, 1959.
8vo, raspberry cloth, silver titles, 182pp. First printing. Unclipped dust jacket (5.00) with light toning and rubbing to panels. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. The first book in the Nova Trilogy, written using the author’s experimental “cut-up” technique from previous manuscripts. The story of a secret agent who uses time travel to disrupt the slave laborers of Mayan priests. Jacket design from a drawing by Burroughs. A nearly fine copy in mylar.
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Price: $100.00
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