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Viking Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. Jacket in mylar cover. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.
About this book
Perhaps
the most famous and influential of the Beat novels, Jack Kerouac's On
the Road represents much of what
made the Beat and Counterculture movements so unique and important.
The plot concerning the road trips and adventures experienced by
Kerouac and his friends is well-known, as are the rumors and tall
tales of the books' production.
Kerouac often claimed that the wrote On the Road in a mere three weeks on a single 120-foot scroll of paper. Although that scroll does indeed exist and is featured in museums, Kerouac kept detailed journals of his travels that would later become passages and chapters in the finished product. The book was first published by Viking in 1957.
Viking Press would go on to publish an edited version of On the Road in 2007 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first printing. They substituted the fictional names for the real Beat protagonists, and they even included some of the more sexually explicit passages that were edited out of the 1957 edition.
Due to the cultural significance of the book, true first editions/first printings of On the Road are quite valuable. But be warned: it is easy to mistake reprints or book club editions for the real thing, so always check with an expert before making a significant purchase.
Kerouac often claimed that the wrote On the Road in a mere three weeks on a single 120-foot scroll of paper. Although that scroll does indeed exist and is featured in museums, Kerouac kept detailed journals of his travels that would later become passages and chapters in the finished product. The book was first published by Viking in 1957.
Viking Press would go on to publish an edited version of On the Road in 2007 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first printing. They substituted the fictional names for the real Beat protagonists, and they even included some of the more sexually explicit passages that were edited out of the 1957 edition.
Due to the cultural significance of the book, true first editions/first printings of On the Road are quite valuable. But be warned: it is easy to mistake reprints or book club editions for the real thing, so always check with an expert before making a significant purchase.
First Edition Identification
On The Road was first published by Viking in 1957. True first printings of the book include the $3.95 pricing information on the top right hand corner of the front inside dust jacket flap. Later printings and subsequent book club editions do not feature the price in that location. Additionally, a photo of Kerouac is featured on the back inside cover flap along with a brief description of the author.
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- Title On the Road
- Author Kerouac, Jack
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition Th
- Publisher Penguin, New York, NY
- Date 1979
- ISBN 9780670525133
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On the Road: Text and Criticism
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The Viking Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition, 1979. Ex-library. Red cloth boards, mostly minor rubbing to extremities; bottom corners and foot of spine show a little more wear. Minor water damage to lower corner of front board; red dye from cloth bleeds onto front pastedown. Library stamp on text block edges; library pocket on rear free endpaper. Minor wear and handling to dust jacket; tiny bit of waviness to panels; spine panel sun faded; jacket in fresh mylar protector. Happy to send pics. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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New York: Viking, 1979. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth over boards, spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is lightly sunned at the spine. Previous owners name and dat in ink on ffep, annotations in pencil. Some underlining throughout.
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