first edition
1957 · New York
by Kerouac, Jack
New York: The Viking Press and by The First Edition Library, 1957. Facsimile First Edition Library Reprint. Fine in black cloth covered boards with white text on the spine and front board. An octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/4". In a very near fine facsimile, first issue, unclipped dust jacket with very light rubbing to the colors at the upper edge of the spine area and with a minor dampness stain to the upper edge of the front panel. Both the book and its dust jacket are contained within a fine slip case covered with light gray cloth with reproductions of the front and rear panels of the dust jacket on the panels of the slip case. Laid-in is The First Edition Library information card describing the printing history of this title. 310 pages of text. (Inventory #: TB32935)