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BIG SUR
by Kerouac, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 241 pages. In Good condition with Good dust jacket. White spine with blue and black text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has tearing to spine edges, chipping to corners and edges of both covers, damp staining to inside and outside of both covers, and wrinkling to rear cover from water damage. Bowing to rear board from water damage. Textblock has damp staining to pastedowns, damp staining to rear endpaper, foxing to some pages, and damp staining to head edge. First Printing stated on copyright page. Shelved Case 6. 1373166. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1373166
- Title
- BIG SUR
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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