Kesey's Garage Sale

by Ken Kesey

$4,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

New York: The Viking Press, 1973. First edition. A uniquely decorated copy, fully marbled in white, red, yellow, and green by Kesey on covers as well as edges. Painted inscription For Keith / Ken Kesey on front free endpaper. According his son Zane, Ken began experimenting with marbling techniques in 1964 while traveling on the bus FURTHUR and dropping acid for the first time. Oil paint floating in a puddle entranced the

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