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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Inscribed)
by KESEY, Ken
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy in red cloth boards. With pleasing copy of unclipped jacket; minor toning to edges, with slightest wear to spine ends
- Seller
-
East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1962. Fine copy in red cloth boards. With pleasing copy of unclipped jacket; minor toning to edges, with slightest wear to spine ends and waviness to laminate at spine, overall near fine.. First UK Edition. Octavo. Published in the same year as the American edition, the British edition featured a new psychiatric jacket design by Kenneth Farnhill. This copy SIGNED by Kesey to front endpaper, with elaborate-if opaque-inscription: "Like an outdated ghost, hold the drawstring tight." Kesey's name blacked out on the copyright page as usual.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29194
- Title
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Inscribed)
- Author
- KESEY, Ken
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy in red cloth boards. With pleasing copy of unclipped jacket; minor toning to edges, with slightest wear to spine ends
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
Harper's Books, Inc.
Books may be returned for any reason within two weeks provided they are received in the same condition as they were sent.
About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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