BURROUGHS, William S. The Last Words of Dutch Schutlz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film Script. New York: A Richard Seaver published by Viking Press. 1975. Tall 8vo. First hardcover edition. Publisher’s green cloth lettered in red gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket. A near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and square, the contents clean and fine throughout. The dust jacket unclipped ($8.95) and just gently toned to extremities, a trifle crimped at extremities. A sharp copy.
The first hardcover edition, preceded only by Cape Goliard 1970 paperback. An enigmatic screenplay by Burroughs intended to be read and never produced. Dutch Schultz, the infamous New York 20s and 30s mobster, was shot while taking a pee in a Newark diner. On his deathbed came strange stream-of-consciousness phrases and sentences dictated to police officers who transcribed. It was the kind of material a writer of Burroughs’ ability and vision could render into a marvel of poetic appeal, this edition with additional photographs and images not present in the Cape Goliard edition.
BURROUGHS, William S. The Last Words of Dutch Schutlz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film Script. New York: A Richard Seaver published by Viking Press. 1975. Tall 8vo. First hardcover edition. Publisher’s green cloth lettered in red gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket. A near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and square, the contents clean and fine throughout. The dust jacket unclipped ($8.95) and just gently toned to extremities, a trifle crimped at extremities. A sharp copy.
The first hardcover edition, preceded only by Cape Goliard 1970 paperback. An enigmatic screenplay by Burroughs intended to be read and never produced. Dutch Schultz, the infamous New York 20s and 30s mobster, was shot while taking a pee in a Newark diner. On his deathbed came strange stream-of-consciousness phrases and sentences dictated to police officers who transcribed. It was the kind of material a writer of Burroughs’ ability and vision could render into a marvel of poetic appeal, this edition with additional photographs and images not present in the Cape Goliard edition.
