William S. Burroughs My Education Advance Uncorrected Proof Viking

Description

An ARC of Burroughs’ late-career novel, issued to reviewers prior to the finished Winter 1995 Viking edition. Advance proofs from major Burroughs titles are increasingly sought after, especially those retaining textual variants and production placeholders. The presence of multiple “TK” leaves makes this an especially interesting artifact—offering a glimpse into the editorial stage before final corrections and design were locked.

My Education is one of Burroughs’ most personal works: dream narratives drawn from decades of recorded visions, intimate, strange, and reflective. It stands alongside The Western Lands as a major late-period text—direct, funny, unsettling, and unexpectedly tender. For the serious Burroughs collector, proofs represent the working life of the book itself—the moment before it became fixed in hardcover form.

A sharp, advanced-state title from one of the central figures of the Beat generation.