OFF THE ROAD. Twenty Years with Cassady, Kerouac and Ginsberg.

by CASSADY, Carolyn:

$250 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed

London: Black Spring Press. 1990. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher s original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Pete Rozycki designed dustwrapper. Illustrated with tipped-in black and white photographic plates throughout the text. A very good or better copy, the binding firm, the spine a little rolled. The is cloth bright and fresh, with some light rubbing to the spine tips and extremities. The contents, with a couple of finger marks to the fore-edge of the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, which has just a touch of fading to the spine, a short closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel, and a small nick to the head of the front flap fold. Not price-clipped. Inscribed by the author in black ink on the title page For Ed / Carolyn Cassady / 14 June 1990 . There is also a postcard, signed by Carolyn Cassady, loosely laid in. The second autobiographical book by American writer Carolyn Cassady (ne Robinson, 1923-2013), exploring her personal experiences and romantic relationships with prominent Beat writers and poets in the late 1940s-50s, with a particular focus on her marriage to Neal Cassady as his second wife. Cassady, a fellow writer and key member of the Beat Generation, is best known today for his friendships with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, and his iconic

• Publisher: London: Black Spring Press. 1990
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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