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KEROUAC, Jean-Louis Lebris de ("Jack") (1922-1969). The Dharma Bums. New York: The Viking Press, 1958. FIRST EDITION, published the year after On the Road.
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KEROUAC, Jean-Louis Lebris de ("Jack") (1922-1969). The Dharma Bums. New York: The Viking Press, 1958.

8vo. Publisher’s black cloth stamped in silver and green; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (slight rubbing). FIRST EDITION, published the year after On the Road.  Chapter 2 includes an account of the legendary 1955 Six Gallery reading, where Allen Ginsberg (here called 'Alvah Goldbrook') read his poem "Howl" (here called "Wail") for the first time. Charters A4a.

[With:] KEROUAC. Big Sur. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962.   8vo. Publisher's cloth-backed boards; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some very slight soiling, a few tiny tears). FIRST EDITION, written in 10 days, recounting three trips Kerouac (here called Jack Duluoz) made to beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti's cabin in Bixby Canyon. Charters A17a. A FINE COPY. 

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