Maggie Cassidy [1st UK Ed]
by Kerouac, Jack
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Excellent
- Seller
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Adelaide , South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Panther Books, 1960. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Excellent. First appearance of this Beat novel in the UK. First UK Edition [Panther Books, London, 1960]; illustrated card covers, a trifle rubbed at extremities, lightly creased spine, slight age-toning, an excellent paperback copy. First published in the US in 1959, this is the true First UK Printing [a hardcover printing didn't appear in the UK until Andre Deutsch published one in 1974]. This copy with cover printed for Australian market [3/9 price]. Semi-autobiographical book of Kerouac's youth & teenage love Mary Carney.
Synopsis
Maggie Cassidy is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, first published in 1959. It is a largely autobiographical work about Kerouac's early life in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1938 to 1939, and chronicles Kerouac's real-life relationship with teenage sweetheart Mary Carney. It is unique for Kerouac for its high school setting and teenage characters. He wrote the novel in 1953 but it was not published until 1959, after the success of On the Road (1957).
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- Bookseller
- ORCHARD BOOKSHOP (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11079
- Title
- Maggie Cassidy [1st UK Ed]
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Excellent
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Panther Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Adelaide, Adelaide Arcade, american fiction, beat generation, books, bookshops, bookstores, burroughs, classic, classic books, fiction, first edition, ginsberg, history, literature, old books, orchard bookshop, rare
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