KESEY, Ken. Sometimes a Great Notion. NY, 1964. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. WITH KESEY'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. IN FIRST-STATE DUST JACKET.
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May 3, 2022
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KESEY, Ken (1935-2001). Sometimes a Great Notion. New York: The Viking Press. 1964.
8vo. Half-title. Original cloth stamped in green and blue; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some staining verso, some toning and shipping, 1 3/4-in. separation to front flap fold.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the Viking logo on the half-title. WITH KESEY'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. IN FIRST-STATE DUST JACKET with Hank Krangler's photographer credit on rear flap. Kesey's second novel, considered by critics to be his best work, despite the popularity of his first novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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