Sunday, 8 March 2009

William Burrough's shopping lists for sale on ebay @ $485 (US)!!!

Offered here are three pages of grocery lists with most of the items being written by William S. Burroughs. Each page is approx. 6" x 9" and has writing on both sides. Some of the writing is in an unknown hand. These pages are guaranteed to be authentic and from William Burroughs' home in Kansas with most of the lists having been handwritten by Burroughs.

Page 1: Items written by Burroughs - 1. Cat Pans. 5. Limes & lemons. 6. Dry Cat Food. 7. Canned (sic) Cat Food - Mealtime, bits of beef - salmon dinner. There are 4 items written on the back and none are by Burroughs

Page 2: Items written by Burroughs - 1. Waffles (plain buttermilk). 2. Triscuits. 3. Cat Food Canned. 4. Vodka - last but not least 5. Marshmallow for toasting over stove (?) last word is a guess - hard to read. There are 4 items written on the back - Burroughs has written "Lysol."

Page 3: Items written by Burroughs - 1. Lemons and lime. 2. Milk. 3. Bottled water. 4. Honey (crossed out). 5. Lipton tea bags (the brisk tea). There are 4 items written on the back but none are written by Burroughs.

Each page has been folded down the center. There are some stains on two of the pages.

Satisfaction is Guaranteed! Please ask any questions you may have.

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I have in my collection a signed Burroughs screenprint done for the Island International Bookstore in Amsterdam, circa 1983 or so (No. 16 of 23.) & a signed copy of 'Cities of the Red Night' (liberated from Zurich jail - don't ask!)
Offers over a million dollars to the usual address!


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