The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 244pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. First edition with Published in 1958 on copyright page, same date on title and coypright page and no additional printings noted. Light rubbing to the edges of the boards. Head of spine lightly bumped. Rubbing to the jacket. Original price of $3.95 present on front flap. Several closed tears to the jacket which have been neatly repaired with tape. Ann Charters A4a.
Synopsis
The Dharma Bums is a 1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. The semi-fictional accounts in the novel are based upon events that occurred years after the events of On the Road. The main characters are the narrator Ray Smith, based on Kerouac, and Japhy Ryder, based on the poet, essayist Gary Snyder, who was instrumental in Kerouac's introduction to Buddhism in the mid-1950s.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63879
- Title
- The Dharma Bums
- Author
- Jack Kerouac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Midway Used and Rare Books
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.