first edition Cloth
1966 · New York
by Jack Kerouac
New York: Grove Press, 1966. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1966 stated 1st printing, WITH A PRISTINE EXAMPLE OF THE ORIGINAL GROVE PRESS REVIEW SLIP LAID-IN. Solid and Near Fine (just a touch of light offsetting at the endsheets) in a crisp, price-intact ($3.95), Near Fine dustjacket, with very light foxing at the flap-folds and one tiny closed tear along the spine crown. Octavo, "Somewhere during my ten days in Paris (and Brittany) I received an illumination of some kind that seems to 've changed me again...." (Inventory #: 15390)