05-31-201405-31-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2730BBoston
May 31, 2014 11:00 AMCalender
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Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969) Four First Editions.

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$677$550
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2730BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 31, 2014 11:00AM

Description:

Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969) Four First Editions.
The Dharma Bums, New York: Viking, 1958, bright, in publisher's black cloth, lettered in silver, green, and lilac, with the jacket, crease to front panel of jacket, top edge green, faded, slight spotting to front board, contents good.
Lonesome Traveler, New York: McGraw-Hill, [1960], illustrated by Larry Rivers, bound in publisher's half black cloth with brown paper boards and brown end leaves, in the original dust jacket, slight rubbing, abrasions, a little dusty.
Big Sur, New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, [1962], in publisher's black cloth spine, decorative indigo blue paper boards, top edge blue, in a clean jacket, the binding and jacket very good.
[and] Desolation Angels, New York: Coward-McCann, [1965], in publisher's vivid orange cloth, the binding tight, with the dust jacket, and yellow end leaves, very good, slight fading to spine of dust jacket. (4)
Estimate $400-600


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Keywords

Larry Rivers, McGraw-Hill, Cudahy