Big Sur
by Kerouac, Jack
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. A lovely copy of the book. Just about Fine, with a few spots to the lower edge of the closed text block and a touch of sunning to the top-stain. In a Near Fine jacket with only trivial wear and discoloration to the jacket.
"In this 1962 novel, Kerouac's alter ego Jack Duluoz, overwhelmed by success and excess, gravitates back and forth between wild binges in San Francisco and an isolated cabin on the California coast where he attempts to renew his spirit and clear his head of madness and alcohol. Only nature seems to restore in him a sense of balance" (Saroyan). Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
"In this 1962 novel, Kerouac's alter ego Jack Duluoz, overwhelmed by success and excess, gravitates back and forth between wild binges in San Francisco and an isolated cabin on the California coast where he attempts to renew his spirit and clear his head of madness and alcohol. Only nature seems to restore in him a sense of balance" (Saroyan). Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Synopsis
Big Sur is a 1962 novel by Jack Kerouac that recounts the time when the author (called by the name of his fictional alter-ego Jack Duluoz) visited a cabin in Big Sur owned by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Duluoz stayed for a few days, struggling through a nervous breakdown complicated by alcoholism.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4707
- Title
- Big Sur
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Text Block
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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