New York, New Directions, 1959
One of 750 copies - signed by the author. Number 89 of 750 copies, signed by the author.
This 128-page excerpt was spawned from Kerouac's revisions to On the Road (1957), presenting a character study of that novel's protagonist, Dean Moriarty, renamed here Cody Pomeray due to copyright restrictions. A further 55 copies were produced out of series.
First edition, sole printing, number 89 of 750 copies, signed by the author; 8vo; line drawings by the author, unmarked internally; publisher's purple cloth-backed boards, silver lettering to spine, purple and red lettering to upper cover, burnt-orange endpapers, minor tanning to extremities, with original acetate jacket, some chips and tears close to corners and spine, else very good.
Charters A9.
This 128-page excerpt was spawned from Kerouac's revisions to On the Road (1957), presenting a character study of that novel's protagonist, Dean Moriarty, renamed here Cody Pomeray due to copyright restrictions. A further 55 copies were produced out of series.
First edition, sole printing, number 89 of 750 copies, signed by the author; 8vo; line drawings by the author, unmarked internally; publisher's purple cloth-backed boards, silver lettering to spine, purple and red lettering to upper cover, burnt-orange endpapers, minor tanning to extremities, with original acetate jacket, some chips and tears close to corners and spine, else very good.
Charters A9.
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