first edition
1957 · New York
by Kerouac, Jack
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in white with red topstain. Near Fine with faint spotting to cloth at the foot of the spine, else binding is sharp and bright. Former owner name and date to front free endpaper; faint tape ghosts to endsheets and jacket flaps and pages gently tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with faint rubbing to the extremities and light yet pervasive waviness to panels but still very bright and sharp with no fading. A stunning copy of the defining work of the Beat Generation.
(Inventory #: 140944639)