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The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€290.01€261.01
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About This Item
London: Andre Deutsch, 1959 . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. First UK edition, first impression of this novel by Jack Kerouac in the original dust wrapper. The first UK edition of The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. With the second state first edition dust wrapper with updated publication information labelled over the original incorrect information stating it was published in 1950. The '1950' date is visible through the label. This is one of the American author's best known works, heavily inspired by Buddhism. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. There is some wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper and some slight loss to the head and tail of the spine and some small creases and a few short closed tears. To the binding, there is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
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
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 843W68
- Title
- The Dharma Bums
- Author
- Jack Kerouac
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Jack Kerouac The Dharma Bums First UK edition First impression The Dharma Bums
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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