The Ticket That Exploded

[M&M A6]

Paris: Olympia Press 1962, softbound in stiff olive-green wraps, a copy lacking the dust jacket, one of 5,000 copies. Maynard & Miles A6a. The third of the Olympia Press originals.

New York: Grove Press 1967, first US publication, hardbound in dust jacket, one of 10,000 copies. Maynard & Miles A6b. The text of the Grove edition was rearranged with additions and expansions from the earlier Olympia printing. Perhaps one of Burroughs’ least accessible books, particularly for the uninitiated, Ticket nonetheless provides some surreal montages of words.

New York: Black Cat 1968, first wraps printing limited to 15,000 copies. Maynard & Miles A6c.

London: Calder and Boyars 1968, first British publication, hardbound with dust jacket. Maynard & Miles A6d.

_____ Galley proof in blue wraps. Scarce item.

_____ simultaneous wraps issue. Maynard & Miles A6e.

London: Corgi Books 1971, first thus printing in wraps. Maynard & Miles A6f.

London: John Calder 1985, the second British edition in wraps, adds a new preface by the publisher.

New York: Grove Press 1987, first printing thus in wraps.

London: Paladin Books 1987, first thus British edition in wraps.

New York: Grove Weidenfeld 1992, first thus printing in wraps.

London: Flamingo 2001, first thus British printing in wraps.