Mexico City Blues
by Kerouac, Jack
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Temecula, California, United States
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About This Item
Grove Press/Evergreen Books, 1959. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Grove Press/Evergreen Books: New York, 1959. Sm 8vo (7 7/8" by 5 3/8"). 244 pp. White wraps with black illustration, and green and orange lettering. First paperback edition, Evergreen Books E-184, priced at $1.95. Very good with two faint creases to the top right corner of the front panel, and some staining/soiling to the edges.
Synopsis
Mexico City Blues is a poem published by Jack Kerouac in 1959 composed of 242 "choruses" or stanzas. In his own words, Kerouac wanted to be known as a jazz poet and with this book he sought to write in a way consistent with how a musician would play jazz.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Paul Johnson Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 585
- Title
- Mexico City Blues
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Grove Press/Evergreen Books
- Date Published
- 1959
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Paul Johnson Fine Books
Biblio member since 2020
Temecula, California
About Paul Johnson Fine Books
I sell mostly literature including many signed books, poetry, and mysteries.
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