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Big Sur
by Kerouac, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth-backed marbled boards, faded blue topstain. First printing stated. Trace shelfwear to board edges, slight sunning to spine ends, slight soil to edge. PO name stamped. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is mildly rubbed/soiled; interior clear tape to one tiny tear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Big Sur is a 1962 novel by Jack Kerouac that recounts the time when the author (called by the name of his fictional alter-ego Jack Duluoz) visited a cabin in Big Sur owned by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Duluoz stayed for a few days, struggling through a nervous breakdown complicated by alcoholism.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41933
- Title
- Big Sur
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1962
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curtis paul books inc.
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Northridge, California
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.