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KEROUAC, JACK.
The Dharma Bums.
8vo, publisher’s black cloth stamped in
silver and green; dust jacket, slightly scuffed, minor edgewear, price-clipped, but still pre-
sentable with no tears or chips; contents clean.
FIRST EDITION
. Charters A4a.
New York: Viking, 1958
[400/600]
174
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KEROUAC, JACK.
On the Road.
8vo, publisher’s black cloth lettered in white,
slightly cocked, top edges stained red; facsimile dust jacket; small spot of staining on fore-
edge to last 15 or so pages, old ownership signature on rear pastedown.
FIRST EDITION
.
Charters A2a.
New York: Viking, 1957
[600/900]
175
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KEROUAC, JACK [as JOHN].
The Town and the City.
8vo, publisher’s red
cloth; dust jacket, light surface wear, few tiny nicks to fold corners; light dust-soiling to top
edges.
FIRST EDITION OF KEROUAC
’
S FIRST BOOK
. His follow-up novel would have to wait
a full seven years to see publication; 1957’s epochal On the Road. Charters A1a.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1950)
[1,000/1,500]
176
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KESEY, KEN.
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.
8vo, publisher’s green cloth,
spine lettered in yellow; dust jacket, overall rubbing, spine panel ends slightly chipped, and
faded as usual, light browning to verso, few short closed tears.
New York: Viking, (1962)
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE
of Kesey’s first novel, with Kerouac blurb on front flap. Milos
Forman’s 1975 film adaptation would prove as successful as the source material, garnering five
Oscars, including Best Film and Jack Nicholson’s Best Actor award.
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