[M&M A13]
San Francisco: Beach Books 1967, small pamphlet in white wrappers stapled at top, this copy of the “first state” of issue with 50¢ price, one of 3,000 printed. Maynard & Miles A13a. A collaboration with Carl Weissner and Claude Pelieu. A variant printing of some 200 copies has black wraps with white lettering and is scarce.
_____ the so-called “second state” with price of 75¢ inside the white wrapper. This variant not listed in Maynard & Miles.
_______ 1967, second edition adding four pages of collage photos to the text, in wraps with 75¢ price, one of 3,000 copies. Maynard & Miles A13b.
Birmingham UK: TOPY Heart [n.d. 1988?], a piracy from England, printed in b&w and lacking photo of Claude Pélieu, cheap photocopy folded and stapled.
So Who Owns Death TV?
This bibliography of A-List publications by William S. Burroughs derives from Eric C. Shoaf’s Collecting William S. Burroughs in Print: A Checklist and is published online courtesy of the author, who retains all rights. Published by RealityStudio in April 2007. Death TV scans added July 2010.
I just got a copy of the second edition of this pamphlet, which is dated here (as in M&M) 1967; however, the Lebel collage in the back is signed and dated “J.J. ’68”. This would suggest it was published later, no? Anyone with Beach/City Lights/printers connections or memories can provide a decisive answer?
Mine is also signed “J.J” and has an inscription in French of about 25 words.