Doctor Sax.
by KEROUAC, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1959. . First edition, first hardback issue; 8vo; Hudson's Bookshop label to rear pastedown, else unmarked internally; publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the unclipped dustjacket, slight edge-wear, primarily to spine ends, else a clean and crisp copy.
An exceptional copy of one of Kerouac's scarcer titles, written while living with William S. Burroughs in Mexico City.
An exceptional copy of one of Kerouac's scarcer titles, written while living with William S. Burroughs in Mexico City.
Synopsis
Doctor Sax is a novel by Jack Kerouac published in 1959. Kerouac wrote it in 1952 while living with William S. Burroughs in Mexico City.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111966
- Title
- Doctor Sax.
- Author
- KEROUAC, Jack
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1959.
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About the Seller
Shapero Rare Books
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London, London
About Shapero Rare Books
Specialising in rare books on Travel & Voyages, Natural History, Literature (including modern first editions), Children's Books, Guide Books, Judaica & Hebraica, titles of Russian interest, and Islamica.
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- Crisp
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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