A collection of 7 autograph and typed manuscript leaves, being pages from early drafts eventually collected as The Third Mind. — Burroughs, William Seward. 1914-1997; and Brion Gysin. 1916-1986.

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Estimate: $4,000–$6,000 hammer
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books and Manuscripts, New York · 12 June 2018
Record ID: TB-2026-952716
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Burroughs, William. 1914-1997., A collection of 7 autograph and typed manuscript leaves, being pages from early drafts eventually collected as The Third Mind. Bonhams, 12 Jun 2018, lot 191. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-952716.

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Burroughs, William. 1914-1997., A collection of 7 autograph and typed manuscript leaves, being pages from early drafts eventually collected as The Third Mind. Bonhams, 12 Jun 2018, lot 191. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-952716.

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From the same sale Fine Books and Manuscripts · Jun 2018

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Trattato ... della historia, natura, et virtu delle droghe medicinali…	Acosta, Cristobal DE. C.1525-1594.	$2,000–$3,000
Opera omnia. Prima [-Undecima] pars librorum diui Aurelij Augustini. …	Augustinus, Aurelius. 354-430.	$5,000–$7,000
AESOP. c.620-560 B.C. [Vita et Fabulae], Latin prose version of Romul…	Aesop. C.620-560 B.c. [vita Et Fabulae], Latin Prose Version Of Romulus, Franciscus Rinucius Aretinus, Translator, Et Fabulae, Lib. I-iv, With The Metrical Version Of Anonymous Neveletti	$60,000–$80,000
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De rerum varietate libri XVII. Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1557.	Cardano, Girolamo. 1501-1576.	$2,000–$3,000

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