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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Kesey, Ken
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1999. Leather bound. SIGNED. 311 pp. Octavo [22 cm]; black leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped decorative patterns on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Moire endsheets. Fine condition. Signed in bright colors by Ken Kesey on the page before the half title page. With publisher's certificate of authenticity. Kesey attended the University of Oregon and received a degree in Speech and Communications. He was also awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to enroll in the Creative Writing program at Stanford. His classmates in the program included Robert Stone, Larry McMurty, Ken Babbs, and Wendell Berry, all of whom would become noted writers and lifelong friends of Kesey. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was his writing project at Stanford. Kesey published this work in 1962. The novel was an immediate success. Dale Wasserman adapted it into a stage play, and Milos Forman directed a screen adaptation in 1975.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22480
- Title
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Author
- Kesey, Ken
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1999
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ken Kesey; signed; Easton Press; leather; collector's edition; BOSTON 2017; PASADENA 2018 (ABAA); BOSTON 2018; LAX2019 & SEATTLE2019; santa monica 2021; bannedbook
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Fine
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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