[Rarebooks] FS: INSCRIBED Jack Kerouac, ON THE ROAD, price reduced
Charles Agvent
charles at charlesagvent.com
Mon May 7 10:38:07 EDT 2018
Price reduced to $14,900 NET
KEROUAC, Jack. ON THE ROAD. New York: The Viking Press, 1957. First
Edition. Third Printing in a Third Printing dustwrapper BUT INSCRIBED
and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Don---/from/Jack
Kerouac/I'm really happy/that you came to the/party Henri threw for me!"
Henri was one of Kerouac's oldest friends, Henri Cru, the character Remi
Boncoeur in ON THE ROAD. (Some years ago we sold a copy of this book
inscribed to Henri as "my best friend" by Kerouac.). We have not been
able to identify Don, though it very well may be Don Uhl, a friend of
Neal Cassady's from Colorado, who appears as Ed Wall in ON THE ROAD.
Except for one book signing event in Denver for his first book, THE TOWN
AND THE CITY, Kerouac did not do promotional signings for any of his
books. When ON THE ROAD was published, Kerouac was so overwhelmed by the
publicity that he went into self-imposed exile with his mother.
Consequently, inscribed copies of any printing of this, his most
important book, are rare. The heavyweight champ of Beat Literature
finally made into a film after years of speculation. While Kerouac was
alive he wanted to play Sal Paradise and costar with Marlon Brando, but
Brando decided against the project. Both the book and the dustwrapper
are bright and fresh, with a few very short closed tears to the top of
the dustwrapper. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. (#014877) $20,000.00
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