New York: Grove Press, (1959).
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Hardcover. First edition, hardcover issue. Subtle crease in the cloth of the front board (a production flaw), else fine in a nice, very good dustwrapper with a corresponding rubbed line on the front panel, wear at the extremities and a small split at the front flap fold, in a custom made chemise and slipcase with a morocco spine label. Inscribed by Kerouac to fellow Greenwich Village Beat poet: "For Ted Joans. Love, Jack." Joans was a multifaceted African-American artist, who was part jazz poet, painter, musician, and surrealist. He was born in Cairo, Illinois and educated in New York, where he lived for a time with Charlie Parker and was an active member of the Beat Community in Greenwich Village. He later toured Great Britain and Europe extensively, made Paris his home and called both Salvador Dali and André Breton his friends. The hardcover issue of this book is uncommon, particularly inscribed and with a nice association. Later in life, besotted by alcohol, Kerouac allowed his more racist tendency full reign.
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Jack Kerouac
birth name: Jean-Louis Kerouac
born: 3/12/1922
died: 10/21/1969