The Town and the City by Jack Kerouac

KEROUAC, John [Jack]. The Town and the City – Advance Review Copy. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.

Advance copy of the first edition of Kerouac’s first book.

Kerouac’s The Town and the City provides captivating insights into the lives of the Beat Generation, seven years before the publication of his masterpiece On the Road. Serving as an essentially autobiographical novel, this book already showcases the author’s lyrical sensibility, along with his immense literary energy and imagination.

Octavo, pp. 499; a near-fine copy with some light staining to title; original peach-coloured wrappers, front cover lettered in black (spine expertly relaid, some very light staining to front cover); custom box.