Jack Kerouac
90 copies for sale · $30–$35,000 · 44 first editions · 4 signed
Notable copies for sale
Satori in Paris Presentation copy (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$25,000
The Subterraneans Limited edition (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$4,500
On the Road (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$35,000
THE TOWN AND THE CITY - JACKSON MAC LOW'S COPIES FIRST TRADE AND ADVANCE , TOGETHER WITH A (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$5,000
Visions of Gerard Presentation copy (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$5,000
THE DHARMA BUMS - REVIEW COPY (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$2,500
LONESOME TRAVELER (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$600
On the Road (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$3,500
Dr. Sax; Faust Part Three (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$175
Doctor Sax: Faust Part Three (first edition) — B & B Rare Books$150
The Subterraneans (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$5,800
The Subterraneans (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$4,800
Works on the market
ON THE ROAD5 copies · $4,200–$9,800
ON THE ROAD5 copies · $43–$64
The Dharma Bums4 copies · $650–$750
On the Road2 copies · $3,500–$35,000
THE SUBTERRANEANS2 copies · $75–$5,800
DR. SAX2 copies · $69–$3,000
DOCTOR SAX2 copies · $1,800–$2,500
Big Sur2 copies · $650–$690
SATORI IN PARIS2 copies · $500
Lonesome Traveller2 copies · $40–$125
DESOLATION ANGELS2 copies · $57–$88
MAGGIE CASSIDY2 copies · £30–£73
THE SUBTERRANEANS2 copies · $43–$48
THE TOWN AND THE CITY2 copies · $41–$45
A fine letter – partly unpublished – in which kerouac speaks of his legendary novel On the1 copy · $29,075
Satori in Paris Presentation copy1 copy · $25,000
ON THE ROAD WITH SIGNED CHECK1 copy · $16,979
ON THE ROAD WITH SIGNED CHECK1 copy · $16,973
Kerouac Letter To Lois Beckwith [Signed]1 copy · $8,625
Market context
30 copies of Jack Kerouac's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $61 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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