The Town and the City
$10,000 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · Signed · In dust jacket
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Very Good. Presentation copy of the author's first book, published as John Kerouac, inscribed to his good friends George and Eleanor Bouwman: "To George + Eleanor with much love and affection Jack K, And in memory of great times + anticipation of many many more, maybe in them sunny Indies." The Bouwmans hosted the party for Kerouac after THE TOWN AND THE CITY was published. Original cloth, very worn and rough, fair only, disguised with a supplied dust jacket.
- Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Year: 1950
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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