Description
Near Fine First Paperback Edition, Early Printing of Big Sur by Jack Kerouac. First Paperback Edition described, 1962 Penguin. Sixth Printing with number line.
The exterior of the paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with clean, bright covers, mild surface wear, strong title on an uncracked spine, some spots on side page block, a tight binding with no creases, heavily rubbed spine ends, moderate edge wear and rounded corners.
The interior of the book is in very Good condition with no marks, inscriptions or other signs of ownership inside. The interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
In this 1962 novel, Kerouac’s alter ego Jack Duluoz, overwhelmed by success and excess, gravitates back and forth between wild binges in San Francisco and an isolated cabin on the California coast where he attempts to renew his spirit and clear his head of madness and alcohol. Only nature seems to restore him to a sense of balance. In the words of Allen Ginsberg, Big Sur “reveals consciousness in all its syntactic elaboration, detailing the luminous emptiness of his own paranoiac confusion.”
Full size trade paperback: 7.4″ x 5″ x 0.7″ Ships promptly in a manila envelope with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
