New York: Grove Press, 1959. First Edition. Attractive copy of the author's fifth published novel, published simultaneously in cloth, wrappers, and a deluxe binding. Kerouac wrote the novel in Mexico City in June, 1952, at the home of William S. Burroughs. "I sat on Bill Burrough's toilet bowl. I had..... More
[Newport, RI: S.i., 1943]. An early, lyrical, and autobiographical prose piece by Kerouac on hitch-hiking out of New York to his native New England. Written while Kerouac was convalescing in the mental ward of the Naval hospital in Newport, RI, while he was enlisted in the Navy; he was hospitalized..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First Edition. The author's first novel, written between 1947-48 in Queens, where he lived with his mother and father. A largely autobiographical novel which Kerouac was not pleased with, written much in the style of Thomas Wolfe. In an August 17, 1966 conversation..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First Edition. The author's first novel, written between 1947-48 in Queens where he lived with his mother and father. The present copies belonged to poet Jackson Mac Low. Laid into the advance copy is a TLS from the publishers addressed to "Miss Maclow"..... More