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VISIONS OF GERARD
by Kerouac, Jack; Spanfeller, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in very good jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1963. First edition (stated). Fine in very good jacket.. First printing of Kerouac's autobiographical novel of his brother's death. Lightly fictionalized portrait of Kerouac's youth and his short-lived older brother Gerard, presented in a hazy glow of sanctity and urgent nostalgia. The first volume of the 'Duluoz legend,' VISIONS OF GERARD was written in 1956, though not published until 1963. While derided as 'hipster yawping' by contemporary critics, any irregularities of punctuation or slang are less striking than its pervasive religiosity; Kerouac himself esteemed it highly among his own works, and the Gerard of the book is less an accurately remembered child than absolute purity in a child's form, the catalyst for Kerouac's own apprehension of divine mysteries: "the definite and immortal idealism which had been imparted me by my holy brother." 8'' x 5.5''. Original quarter black cloth with decorative salmon-pink and white boards. Gilt-titled spine. In original unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket. Illustrations by James Spanfeller throughout. [2], 152 pages. Dampstaining to jacket spine, primarily visible on verso; 1'' closed tear to upper edge of rear joint, minor soil and spotting.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40035
- Title
- VISIONS OF GERARD
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack; Spanfeller, James
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- 20th century,American,1960s,Beats,Counterculture
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About the Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2004
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Brian Cassidy Bookseller is the counterculture department of Type Punch Matrix, a rare book firm founded in 2019 by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. BCB @ TPM specializes in the avant garde in all its various guises, including: The Beats; artists' books; poetry; small journals and magazines (especially those associated with the Mimeo Revolution); modern and contemprary art; photography; music; archives and appraisals; as well as vernacular, folk, and outsider books of all kinds. We are always looking to purchase books within my areas of interest, from single titles to collections. Please inquire. We are open by appointment and are easily accessible by public transit.
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