Item 76 is the first published novel of “beat” writer William S. Burroughs: Junkie. Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict. It was published pseudonymously in 1953 under the name “William Lee.” It recounts his experiences as a drug user and small-time pusher in the 1940s. Burroughs' book was repeatedly rejected by publishers, but his friend, poet Allen Ginsberg, managed to get a publisher of cheap paperback sensational works, Ace Books, to put it out. Even then, it was combined in its printing with another book, Narcotic Agent, by Maurice Helbrant. £675 (US $1,041).
Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.
