The Subterraneans

by Kerouac, Jack

The Subterraneans was generated out of the same ecstatic flash of inspiration that produced many of Kerouac's other works. This book centers on the tempestous relationship of Leo and Mardou, and it was written over the course of three days and three nights.

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1958
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NY:: Grove Press,. Very Good. 1958. Paperback. Evergreen Book (E-99). First paperback edition (first state - "by" on front cover, Evergreen device along spine, and "An Evergreen Original" on rear cover all in white. Light crease to upper corner of front cover, minor edge wear at the crown of the spine, else very good … Read more about this item
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1958
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NY: Grove, 1958. Second printing. 8vo, pp. 111. Ivory cloth. Cover somewhat stained, o/w a VG tight copy. This is a copy of the very scarce cloth bound edition of the novella.
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1958
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New York: Grove Press Inc, 1958. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. 12mo. First edition, second state ("BY" on front cover is blue instead of white). Soft cover. 111 pp. Covers creased, rubbed and scuffed, wear to head of rear cover and spine head. Ink ownership stamp to half-title.
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1960
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1960 first impression of first British edition, some library rubber stamps to end papers and title page, also to closed edges, some faint adhesive residue to boards where DW was taped down FACSIMILE of first impression DW, the original had a sunned spine and was slightly trimmed to edges, with a small rubber stamp to tail… Read more about this item
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New York: Grove Press, 1958. First trade edition of this work, published simultaneously with a wrapper bound edition. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.   Kerouac's breathless and Benzedrine-fueled account of his affair with a Black woman, Mardou Fox: 'so hip, so cool, so beautiful, so modern, so new, so unattainable.'
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1960 second impression of first British edition, some booksellers pencil to fep, boards and spine lightly soiled, generally very tidy, closed edges lightly soiled, FACSIMILE of first impression DW, the original had a sunned spine and was slightly trimmed to edges, with a small rubber stamp to tail of rear flap, (500 gram rate) . First Edition.… Read more about this item
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1960. 2nd impression of the First British Edition. Centering around the tempestuous breakup of Leo Percepied and Mardou Fox, part of the 1950s San Francisco underground. A tale of dark alleys and smoky rooms, of artists, visionaries, and adventurers existing outside mainstream America's field of vision. CONDITION Green bds with bright gilt title (unworn) 158 pages are… Read more about this item
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1960. First British Edition. Centering around the tempestuous breakup of Leo Percepied and Mardou Fox, part of the 1950s San Francisco underground. A tale of dark alleys and smoky rooms, of artists, visionaries, and adventurers existing outside mainstream America's field of vision. CONDITION Red bds faintly rubbed bottom front cnr o/w unworn, copy is bright with name… Read more about this item
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New York: The Grove Press, 1958. Limited First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, one of a limited 100 copies specially bound and numbers, this being copy 25. Bound in publisher's original off0white speckled paper over brown spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light fading to spine and toning to edges of covers, pages toned. Kerouac's first… Read more about this item
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1959
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New York: Avon Publications, Inc, 1959. First Edition. Paperback. An Avon Book T-302. Preface by Henry Miller. Corner crease to front cover. A very good+ copy. ; Small octavo.
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New York: Avon, 1959. First edition. Softcover. 126 pages. Avon T 302. The first paperback edition of this slim novel from the author of "The Dharma Bums" and "On the Road." Features a preface by Henry Miller that wasn't in the Grove edition. A fine copy in wrappers with some of the usual toning to the pages. A very… Read more about this item
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1959
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New York: Grove Press, 1959. First edition thus. Softcover. Very Good. First softcover edition, with a prefece for this ediiton by Henry Miller. Colr illustrated softcovers. Very good. "In his superbly lyricl style, Jack Kerouac has spun a strange and deeply moving love story...of a man's unreasoning passion for a woman he must but cannot love...'.
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1960
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