On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

$3,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First Edition. 310 pp. 8vo. Black cloth, spine cocked but otherwise near fine, unclipped dust jacket rather shaken. Charters A2a. Item #352879 The roman à clef that represents the Beat Generation in all its glory. William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady and Kerouac himself are all represented here. The composition of the work is almost as famous as the book. Kerouac typed the entire first draft

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