First American Edition, first printing (one of 3500 copies). Grove Press Inc., New York 1962.
"Although known in this country only through excerpts in a number of quarterlies, NAKED LUNCH already has the underground reputation of an authentic literary masterpiece of the twentieth century. It has been more widely discussed and written about than almost any other book before its full publication." (from the front flap)
Book is in near fine condition exept some miniscule creasing to the spine ends and light dusting to the edges of the text block. Dust jacket has slightly signs of shelfwear and is in good+ condition except some creasing/chipping to the edges of spine and a small loss of paper at the spine top. Spine is also lightly faded. Jacket is now protected by a transparent archival sleeve.
