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Big Sur.
by KEROUAC, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy,, 1962. First edition, first printing, of Kerouac's "comeback" novel, a stark depiction of the self-destructive trajectory of his life after the success of On the Road. "Craving both solitude and genuine companionship, his fictional counterpart Jack Duluoz careens from the retreat of a cabin at Big Sur to San Francisco's North Beach and back. The novel offers one of the most arresting treatments of alcoholism in modern literature, and although it ends with the narrator experiencing the vision of the Cross of Christian redemption, Kerouac himself was unable to recover from the depths he plumbed in his writing" (ANB). Octavo. Original black cloth-backed marbled blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge blue. With dust jacket. Spine and top edge sunned, light bumps at spine ends, upper corners, and lower edge of front cover, covers slightly bowed; jacket faintly soiled, edges nicked with one short closed tear to foot of rear panel, unclipped: a very good copy in near-fine jacket. Charters A17.
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
- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 168969
- Title
- Big Sur.
- Author
- KEROUAC, Jack
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy,
- Date Published
- 1962
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Sunned
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- Edges
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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