Mexico City Blues (242 Choruses)
by Kerouac, Jack
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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south dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Grove Press, 1959. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Third Printing.. The DJ is unclipped, $5.50 also with the GP- 682 notation. Very bright orange boards with the wording on the DJ in red and green. Bright gilt spine lettering. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Mexico City Blues is a poem published by Jack Kerouac in 1959 composed of 242 "choruses" or stanzas. In his own words, Kerouac wanted to be known as a jazz poet and with this book he sought to write in a way consistent with how a musician would play jazz.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wayward Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019601
- Title
- Mexico City Blues (242 Choruses)
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Third Printing.
- Publisher
- The Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Wayward Books
Biblio member since 2006
south dartmouth, Massachusetts
About Wayward Books
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Specialities are: Steinbeck, Vietnam War Literature, Cape Cod and the Islands, Melville, Thomas Merton, Signed First Editions.
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Spine
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