William Burroughs - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk AVANT-GARDES Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:15:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-nTKdHdZI-1-1-32x32.png William Burroughs - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk 32 32 THE BOOK OF BREETHING. 1974 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/the-book-of-breething-1974/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-book-of-breething-1974 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:18:39 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=45976 Ingatestone: OU (Chopin), 1974

15.5 x 24cm, unpaginated (c. 160pp). Original card covers. The text by Burroughs is a reworking of an Egyptian hieroglyphic which is illustrated with line drawings by Gale. The foreword are thoughts on pictorial language by the writer. There are French and Dutch translations of the texts also.

This is an unnumbered and unsigned example - only 400 in total being released by Chopin's Ou Editions, fifty of which were signed by Burroughs. It is a very scare book not being an official release. VG+ condition.

 

. Ed./Druk: 1e druk. Papieren omslag. One of 50 numbered and signed copies. Unusual Burroughs edition. Contains the text in English, French and Dutch. This edition was never officially issued, but consists of 350 'common' copies, and 50 deluxe-copies on Holland van Gelder, numbered I to L. These deluxe-copies were all signed by Burroughs in colophon. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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15.5 x 24cm, unpaginated (c. 160pp). Original card covers. The text by Burroughs is a reworking of an Egyptian hieroglyphic which is illustrated with line drawings by Gale. The foreword are thoughts on pictorial language by the writer. There are French and Dutch translations of the texts also.

This is an unnumbered and unsigned example - only 400 in total being released by Chopin's Ou Editions, fifty of which were signed by Burroughs. It is a very scare book not being an official release. VG+ condition.

 

. Ed./Druk: 1e druk. Papieren omslag. One of 50 numbered and signed copies. Unusual Burroughs edition. Contains the text in English, French and Dutch. This edition was never officially issued, but consists of 350 'common' copies, and 50 deluxe-copies on Holland van Gelder, numbered I to L. These deluxe-copies were all signed by Burroughs in colophon. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

The post THE BOOK OF BREETHING. 1974 appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> YOU’RE THE GUY I WANT TO SHARE MY MONEY WITH. 1981. ANDERSON’S FIRST MAJOR RECORDING https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/youre-the-guy-i-want-to-share-my-money-with-1981-andersons-first-major-recording/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=youre-the-guy-i-want-to-share-my-money-with-1981-andersons-first-major-recording Thu, 14 May 2020 16:53:48 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=21736 NYC: Giorno Poetry Systems, 1981
Two separate, standard audio cassettes in plastic cases and with printed inserts. Both volumes of this collaboration by Laurie Anderson, John Giorno and William S. Burroughs, recorded during their "Red Night" spoken word tour of 1981. Anderson's material mostly came from her performance piece, United States and this was Anderson's first substantial audio release before her 1982  first full solo album. There was also an LP release of this work in the same year. Very good example of this important recording although one of the vintage, transparent cassette boxes is slightly cracked. Rare.

The post YOU’RE THE GUY I WANT TO SHARE MY MONEY WITH. 1981. ANDERSON’S FIRST MAJOR RECORDING appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> NYC: Giorno Poetry Systems, 1981
Two separate, standard audio cassettes in plastic cases and with printed inserts. Both volumes of this collaboration by Laurie Anderson, John Giorno and William S. Burroughs, recorded during their "Red Night" spoken word tour of 1981. Anderson's material mostly came from her performance piece, United States and this was Anderson's first substantial audio release before her 1982  first full solo album. There was also an LP release of this work in the same year. Very good example of this important recording although one of the vintage, transparent cassette boxes is slightly cracked. Rare.

The post YOU’RE THE GUY I WANT TO SHARE MY MONEY WITH. 1981. ANDERSON’S FIRST MAJOR RECORDING appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> AUDIOPOEMS. 1971. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/audiopoems-1971/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=audiopoems-1971 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:32:40 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=8585 London: Tangent Records, n.d. (1971)
Standard LP in printed cover. SOund poetry by Chopin utilising all the tricks of the modern studio (vari-speeds and over lapping of sounds). Cover notes written by Burroughs. VG in like sleeve. Scarce.

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Standard LP in printed cover. SOund poetry by Chopin utilising all the tricks of the modern studio (vari-speeds and over lapping of sounds). Cover notes written by Burroughs. VG in like sleeve. Scarce.

The post AUDIOPOEMS. 1971. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> A WILLIAM BURROUGHS BIRTHDAY BOOK + SPLINTER TEST. 1994. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/a-william-burroughs-birthday-book-splinter-test-1994/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-william-burroughs-birthday-book-splinter-test-1994 Sat, 14 Dec 2019 10:23:34 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=4759 Brighton: Temple Press, 1994

21 x 15cm, 40pp plus card cover. An unauthorised publication with selections from Burroughs' work and various of essays, cartoons and poems by Simon Strong, Paul Cecil, Caspar Williams, Robert Hill, Marco Polo, Naomi Rioches "and the ghosts of Brion Gysin and Hassan/Sabbah") Published by a press associated with Genesis P-Orridge and the Temple of Psychick Youth. VG condition. Quite rare.

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SPLINTER TEST. IMPLICATIONS OV CUT-UPS & SAMPLES AS QUANTUM MEMES. AN ESSAY BY GENESIS P-ORRIDGE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF TIME TRAVEL THIS TEXT ARRIVES ON 3.2.1994 = 23 AND IS THUS INCLUDED AS A FOLD-IN (Sic)

Brighton: Temple Press, 1994

21 x 15cm, 4pp.

A short essay by Djinn on the influence of Burroughs cut up techniques in music and art along with some rather incorrect (sorry Gen) remarks on quantum mechanics. VG. Again rare.

 

 

The post A WILLIAM BURROUGHS BIRTHDAY BOOK + SPLINTER TEST. 1994. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> Brighton: Temple Press, 1994

21 x 15cm, 40pp plus card cover. An unauthorised publication with selections from Burroughs' work and various of essays, cartoons and poems by Simon Strong, Paul Cecil, Caspar Williams, Robert Hill, Marco Polo, Naomi Rioches "and the ghosts of Brion Gysin and Hassan/Sabbah") Published by a press associated with Genesis P-Orridge and the Temple of Psychick Youth. VG condition. Quite rare.

JOINT WITH

P-Orridge, Genesis

SPLINTER TEST. IMPLICATIONS OV CUT-UPS & SAMPLES AS QUANTUM MEMES. AN ESSAY BY GENESIS P-ORRIDGE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF TIME TRAVEL THIS TEXT ARRIVES ON 3.2.1994 = 23 AND IS THUS INCLUDED AS A FOLD-IN (Sic)

Brighton: Temple Press, 1994

21 x 15cm, 4pp.

A short essay by Djinn on the influence of Burroughs cut up techniques in music and art along with some rather incorrect (sorry Gen) remarks on quantum mechanics. VG. Again rare.

 

 

The post A WILLIAM BURROUGHS BIRTHDAY BOOK + SPLINTER TEST. 1994. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> MAYFAIR ACADEMY SERIES. 1973. RARE PIRATE EDITION. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/mayfair-academy-series-1973-rare-pirate-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mayfair-academy-series-1973-rare-pirate-edition Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:38:58 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=4745 London: Urgency Press Rip-Off 1973
21 x 15cm, unpaginated (c. 160pp) plus card covers. Offset lithograph from typescript on different colour papers: an unauthorised compilation of ten articles by Burroughs which appeared in Mayfair magazine in the 1960s and early 70s.  A pirate unauthorised book but a helpful compilation of articles for collectors who cannot find all the Mayfair copies. One of 650 copies. This is a very scarce publication. Ref: Maynard & Miles A25.

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21 x 15cm, unpaginated (c. 160pp) plus card covers. Offset lithograph from typescript on different colour papers: an unauthorised compilation of ten articles by Burroughs which appeared in Mayfair magazine in the 1960s and early 70s.  A pirate unauthorised book but a helpful compilation of articles for collectors who cannot find all the Mayfair copies. One of 650 copies. This is a very scarce publication. Ref: Maynard & Miles A25.

The post MAYFAIR ACADEMY SERIES. 1973. RARE PIRATE EDITION. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> SO WHO OWNS DEATH TV? 1967. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/so-who-owns-death-tv-1967/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=so-who-owns-death-tv-1967 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 02:27:53 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=4737 San Francisco: Beach Books 1967

14 x 21.6cm, 20pp plus wrappers. First edition thus but actually the second edition of this co-operative Beat text. This second edition has a reproduced collage by Jean-Jacques Lebel and a red and black illustration by Liam O'Gallagher not to be found in the first printings. VG although with some small marks on wrappers and the remnant mark of a past price sticker. Staples somewhat rusted.

The post SO WHO OWNS DEATH TV? 1967. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> San Francisco: Beach Books 1967

14 x 21.6cm, 20pp plus wrappers. First edition thus but actually the second edition of this co-operative Beat text. This second edition has a reproduced collage by Jean-Jacques Lebel and a red and black illustration by Liam O'Gallagher not to be found in the first printings. VG although with some small marks on wrappers and the remnant mark of a past price sticker. Staples somewhat rusted.

The post SO WHO OWNS DEATH TV? 1967. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> MINUTES TO GO. 1968. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/minutes-to-go-1968/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=minutes-to-go-1968 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 02:20:14 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=4736 San Francisco: Beach Books, 1968

21 x 14cm, 64pp plus original black on beige wrappers. First edition of this compendium of texts, poems and illustrations by the Beats. Many of the texts applied Burroughs' cut-up methodologies. A fine example of a desirable book.

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21 x 14cm, 64pp plus original black on beige wrappers. First edition of this compendium of texts, poems and illustrations by the Beats. Many of the texts applied Burroughs' cut-up methodologies. A fine example of a desirable book.

The post MINUTES TO GO. 1968. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> SCENES ALONG THE ROAD. 1971. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/scenes-along-the-road-1971/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scenes-along-the-road-1971 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 02:16:51 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=4735 New York: Portents/Gotham Book Mart, 1971
25.5 x 17.8cm, 56pp plus pictorial wraps. Second Printing after the 1970 original. Photographic accumulation of images of Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Gary Snyder, Michael McClure, Philip Whalen, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, et al at work and play which is notable for the inclusion of three Ginsberg poems ("Neal's Ashes", "Memory Gardens" and "In a Car"). VG.

The post SCENES ALONG THE ROAD. 1971. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> New York: Portents/Gotham Book Mart, 1971
25.5 x 17.8cm, 56pp plus pictorial wraps. Second Printing after the 1970 original. Photographic accumulation of images of Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Gary Snyder, Michael McClure, Philip Whalen, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, et al at work and play which is notable for the inclusion of three Ginsberg poems ("Neal's Ashes", "Memory Gardens" and "In a Car"). VG.

The post SCENES ALONG THE ROAD. 1971. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> APOCALYPSE No.  4. SIGNED AND NUMBERED SILKSCREEN https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/apocalypse-no-4-signed-and-numbered-silkscreen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apocalypse-no-4-signed-and-numbered-silkscreen Sat, 26 Oct 2019 20:06:42 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=685 New York: Self Published, 1989

96cm x 96cm five colour silkscreen on Arches paper. Haring's vision of the End inspired by the acclaimed &"Apocalypse Suite"; the portfolio of baroque collage-drawings-paintings published jointly with visionary novelist William Burroughs. The subject of this single print from the suite being "The household appliances revolt..."; - Haring indicating a techno rebellion under the control of the Whore of Babylon. The end of the world could still be nigh. Signed and numbered from a small edition of 90 copies. Fine estate. Conservationally framed in plastic and acrylic.

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96cm x 96cm five colour silkscreen on Arches paper. Haring's vision of the End inspired by the acclaimed &"Apocalypse Suite"; the portfolio of baroque collage-drawings-paintings published jointly with visionary novelist William Burroughs. The subject of this single print from the suite being "The household appliances revolt..."; - Haring indicating a techno rebellion under the control of the Whore of Babylon. The end of the world could still be nigh. Signed and numbered from a small edition of 90 copies. Fine estate. Conservationally framed in plastic and acrylic.

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