First printing of Kerouac's final novel, his last work published before his death in 1969.
Near fine in near-fine jacket.
Price: $300.00
"You are not even Jack Kerouac. There is no Jack Kerouac. His books were not even written."
A lovely copy of Kerouac's last semi-autobiographical novel, spanning a young man's college years and the Second World War; the semi- in semi-autobiographical is tissue-thin, with just enough deniable masquerade for art's sake and his publisher's comfort. Allen Ginsberg is "Irwin Garden" and Neal Cassady is "Cody Pomeray," but Kerouac? "My name is Jack (Duluoz) Kerouac. I was born in Lowell, Mass. on 9 Lupine Road on March 12, 1922. 'Oh, you're putting me on.' I wrote this book, Vanity of Duluoz. 'Oh, you're putting me on.'"
First edition. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, (1968). 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original quarter black cloth with grey and white decorative boards, gilt-stamped spine. In original unclipped ($5.50) dust jacket. Black and white photo-illustrated endpapers. [2], 280 pages. Spine lettering faded; faint smudge to front board. Light scuffing to jacket corners and spine ends. 2'' closed tear to rear flap. Faint pencil mark to front flap.
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