first edition
1959 · New York
by Kerouac, Jack
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's grey cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light soiling to fore edge, and bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown; trivial rippling to bottom margin of contents throughout. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and a crease to lower edge of front panel. A sharp copy of the Beat author's spontaneous prose written whilst living with William S. Burroughs. Charters A5.
(Inventory #: 140947848)