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KEROUAC: A Biography
by Charters, Ann; Ginsberg, Allen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
(San Francisco): (Straight Arrow Books), 1973. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. Signed second printing of the essential Kerouac biography. A handsome copy signed by Charters, Kerouac's first biographer and bibliographer, and the only one to draw on firsthand interviews with her subject. Comprehensive and definitive. 9'' x 6''. Foreword by Allen Ginsberg. Original yellow cloth. In original unclipped ($7.95) brown pictorial dust jacket. Blue endpapers. 418 pages. Signed by Chambers on title page. Spine lightly sunned. Jacket lightly scuffed along edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40645
- Title
- KEROUAC: A Biography
- Author
- Charters, Ann; Ginsberg, Allen
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Straight Arrow Books)
- Place of Publication
- (San Francisco)
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- 20th century,American,Woman Author,Criticism,Biography & Memoir,Beats
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About the Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2004
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Brian Cassidy Bookseller is the counterculture department of Type Punch Matrix, a rare book firm founded in 2019 by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. BCB @ TPM specializes in the avant garde in all its various guises, including: The Beats; artists' books; poetry; small journals and magazines (especially those associated with the Mimeo Revolution); modern and contemprary art; photography; music; archives and appraisals; as well as vernacular, folk, and outsider books of all kinds. We are always looking to purchase books within my areas of interest, from single titles to collections. Please inquire. We are open by appointment and are easily accessible by public transit.
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