Town & the City

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. (Stated on the copyright page). 8vo., 499 pages. On the library table are Kelmscott works, including William Morris's The Glittering Plain and his 1895 translation of Beowulf. All the books are clearly bound in the distinctive Kelmscott full limp vellum tied with silk ribbons. The Wood… Read more about this item

Hardback, first UK edition, DJ intact, not price clipped. 'John' is in fact Jack Kerouac. His first novel.

Stated First Edition; A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. A handsome copy of this debut novel from the author of "On the Road" and "Big Sur"; one of the most influential writers of the 20th Century. This copy is in near fine condition showing only light rubbing to the board edges, a faint foxing to the… Read more about this item

Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1950. first. hardcover. good/fine. SIGNED first edition, as stated on copyright page. In facsimile dust jacket . Book good, soiling and damage to covers, spots on top edge, soiling at rear at rear free end paper and paste-down, otherwise pages are clean. Dust jacket fine.

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. Hardcover 1950 stated first edition, Library binding, stamps on bottom edge and endpapers and spine First novel by Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road (second novel). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Cover.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company [1950], 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [8], 3-499, [5] pp. Red cloth with Kerouac's initials in gold on the front board, and gold lettering on the spine; grey topstain. Price of $3.50 on front flap of jacket. Ahearn APG 001b. A presentable copy of Kerouac's first book. Very Good… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First edition. Fine/Very Good +. A Fine, bright copy of the book with dark blue top-stain. In a Very Good+ dust jacket with some chips at tears at the spine and a faint dampstain, mostly visible from the verso. Slight chip on the rear panel close to the portrait of Kerouc. … Read more about this item

NY: Harcourt Brace. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth titled in gilt, topstain. Stated first edition. Backstrip and spine ends softened. Slight rubbing to board edges. Bookplate to ffep. Faint toning to endpages from flap. Unmarked, square, sound binding. The DJ in mylar is chipped/edgeworn/lightly foxed. Flap price $3.50 intact.… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. Book is bound in brick red buckram with gilt decorations and lettering. Book is fine with 499 clean pages with no marks of any kind. Dustjacket has been expertly repaired and presents as fine with the… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped, generally soiled, toned at the spine, rubbed and with a few small closed tears at the edges and corners. Green cloth on the boards, mottled and toned at the spine. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges and… Read more about this item

New York:: Harcourt, Brace and Company,, [1950]. First edition of the author's first book.. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Just about fine in a bright, sharp, near fine jacket with the slightest of use to the bottom of the spine. . 8vo..

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1950. 499pp. Burgundy red boards with embossed "JK" in a square on the front panel. Prev.owner signature in black ink on the front free endpaper. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. There is light roughness to top spine edge, light creasing to the bottom edge, othewise a clean, unmarked copy. The unclipped pictorial… Read more about this item

New York:: Harcourt, Brace and Company,, [1950]. First edition of the author's first book.. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Slight insect damage to rear pastedown, else fine, in a jacket which has a lot of insect damage to the spine.. 8vo..

New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1950. Softcover. Good/None. Softcover, Advance Review Copy, rose colored wraps stamped in black. Cover and next two blank pages loose from spine, spine has paper loss, exposing signatures. Still a firm binding except for cover and first two pages, clean. Record # 353164

Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Beige coloured cloth covered boards with red coloured titles to the backstrip. The first novel of Jack Kerouac, using his more unfamiliar original name. A coming of age story, where the protagonist is grieving over the death of his father and… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1950. First edition stated on copyright page. Author's first book. Light wear to spine ends. Textblock tight and square. NO markings. Light water spotting to blue topstain. Jacket has large chip at base of spine approx 1" X 1". It does not affect any lettering or… Read more about this item

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode 1951.. 499pp. 8vo. Original cloth in lightly chipped dustwrapper, tape erasure on inner flap. Foxing to edges and endpapers, with some offsetting. Tape marks and erasures on front pastedown, otherwise a very good copy.. First UK edition.

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode 1951.. [6]+499pp. 8vo. Original cloth, spotting on backstrip, minor wear to head and foot of spine. Foxing and offsetting on endpapers. Spine canted, otherwise a very good copy.. First UK edition.

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode 1951.. 500pp. 8vo. Original cloth, unevenly faded and lightly spotted. Ink stamp on upper edge. A very good copy.. First UK edition.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1950. F First Edition Stated Collectible. H Hardcover. Very Good+. In pictoiral blue, red and green jacket over red cloth with gilt spine and upper cover titling, 8vo, 499pp. A nice copy with price of $3.50 intact on jacket flap & Author's portrait on jacket rear panel. A stated First Edition of… Read more about this item