The Dharma Bums
by Kerouac, Jack
The Dharma Bums is a 1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. The semi-fictional accounts in the novel are based upon events that occurred years after the events of On the Road. The main characters are the narrator Ray Smith, based on Kerouac, and Japhy Ryder, based on the poet, essayist Gary Snyder, who was instrumental in Kerouac's introduction to Buddhism in the mid-1950s.
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The Dharma Bums
by Kerouac, Jack
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- Very Good
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- First
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- 1858
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- Original publisher’s black cloth binding with dust jacket.
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Newcastle, Maine, USA
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$925.00
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The Dharma Bums. A very nice copy of this classic from the Beat Generation.
Viking, New York 1958, pp. 244. First Edition with unclipped dust jacket. Text is clean, unmarked and tight. The original black cloth covers lettered in silver and green are unmarked, and the book is in FINE CONDITION. The dust jacket is in very good condition,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dharma Bums
by Kerouac, Jack
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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$225.00
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Viking Press, 1958. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover without Dust Jacket. First printing with published in 1958 on copyright page with same date on title page and no additional printings noted. Bound in black boards with title and author information to spine and cover in silver. 244 pages. VERY GOOD. All corners… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good Indeed
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- 1959
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- Cloth
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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$310.41
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1959 . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. First UK edition, first impression of this novel by Jack Kerouac in the original dust wrapper. The first UK edition of The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. With the second state first edition dust wrapper… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dharma Bums
by Kerouac, Jack
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
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The Woodlands, Texas, USA
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$450.00
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New York: The Viking Press. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book is clean and spine is bright. No previous owner marks, no remainder marks. Spine very gently bumped at both ends, bottom rear corner rubbed. Dust jacket has its original price of $3.95. Dust jacket rubbed on front and… Read more about this item Item Price
$450.00
The Dharma Bums
by KEROUAC, Jack (1922-1969)
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR
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$855.22
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New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1958. [Beat Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 244; [4]. Publisher's black cloth with titles in green and silver. Top edge light green. With the dust-jacket designed by Bill English, priced at $3.95. With occasional light marginal pencil marks. Light bumping to cloth. Jacket rubbed, with bruises and chips to edges,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DHARMA BUMS
by Kerouac, Jack
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Covina, California, USA
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$150.00
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New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition, first printing. The Dharma Bums, at once an exploration of Buddhist spirituality and an account of the Bay Area poetry scene, is notable for its thinly veiled portraits of Kerouac's acquaintances, including Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and Kenneth Rexroth. Octavo: 244 p. Original black cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac
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- Used - Good
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- 1958
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Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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$20.00
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Mass-market paperback. All pages unmarked. Likely unread. Item Price
$20.00
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The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac
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- First edition
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- 1958
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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$400.00
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New York: Viking Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 244pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. First edition with Published in 1958 on copyright page, same date on title and coypright page and no additional printings noted. Light rubbing to the edges of the boards. Head of spine lightly… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dharma Bums.
by KEROUAC, Jack.
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- 1958
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London, GBR
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$1,076.95
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New York: The Viking Press,, 1958. First edition, first printing, this copy in a variant binding not noted by Charters, with "Dharma Bums" lettered in silver on the spine rather than metallic blue, and without the green top edge. This title outlines "the equipment and attitudes it took to live Kerouac's way, including both the spiritual equipment [Zen Buddhism]… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dharma Bums
by Kerouac, Jack
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1958
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$2,200.00
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New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in metallic green and silver, top edges stained green. A Fine copy with fading to green topstain in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, with minimal rubbing and faint wear. A fantastic copy of a book typically found… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,200.00
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The Dharma Bums
by Kerouac, Jack
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- Used - Very good
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- Very good
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- First edition
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$480.00
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New York: Viking Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Kerouac's fourth novel, published a year after On the Road.
Published in an edition of 13,000 copies. First edition (first printing). An attractive, square copy on the outside, but with a prior owner's name and a list of the characters and their real-life counterparts written in… Read more about this item Item Price
$480.00
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THE DHARMA BUMS
by Kerouac, Jack
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- Used - Fine in very good plus jacket.
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- 1959
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Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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$600.00
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(London): Andre Deutsch, 1959. Fine in very good plus jacket.. First UK edition of Kerouac's classic Beat novel, published the year after the U.S. edition, in the striking Bernard Blatch dust jacket. Written over ten marathon sessions in 1957 (also in scroll format, like ON THE ROAD), DHARMA BUMS follows Kerouac's and Gary Snyder's literary stand-ins as they… Read more about this item Item Price
$600.00
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The Dharma Bums
by Kerouac, Jack
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- Used - Fine
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- fine
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- First Edition
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$3,000.00
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New York: Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 244p octavo. a fine copy in like dust jacket . The book is another roman-a-clef in which Neal Cassady, Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Philip Whalen, Kenneth Rexroth and Kerouac himself appear thinly disguised. Jacket show slight bleeding from the cloth onto the edges of the back panel
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The Dharma Bums: 50th Anniversary Edition
by Kerouac, Jack
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 2008
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- Hardcover
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- 9780670019939
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Manasquan, New Jersey, USA
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$35.00
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New York: Viking, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.,187pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($24.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A pretty collectable copy and surprisingly uncommon. Item Price
$35.00
The Dharma Bums
by Kerouac, Jack
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- Used - Fair. Fair-G-condition. Pages faded but clean. No markings
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- 1959
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- Mass-market paperback
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- 9780451143228
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Clayton, Missouri, USA
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$11.56
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Signet Book, 1959. Mass-market paperback. Fair. Fair-G-condition. Pages faded but clean. No markings. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Confusing case: Copyright page claims "First Printing, October, 1959", however number line has only numbers 8-16 left. No ISBN on back so ISBN is doubtful. May be serious bargain. Item Price
$11.56
The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac
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- Used - Good
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- 1976
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- Hardcover
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- 9780899661353
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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$60.49
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Buccaneer Books, Incorporated, 1976. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is:… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Jack Kerouac
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- Used - Near Fine
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- October 31, 2006
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- 9780143039600
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Cheverie, Nova Scotia, CAN
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$12.00
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A near fine papberback copy, no spine creases, light wear to covers. A nice clean reading copy Item Price
$12.00
The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Jack Kerouac
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- New
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- October 31, 2006
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- New
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- 9780143039600
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Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, USA
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$6.99
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A deluxe edition of Kerouac's 1958 classic
Published just one year after On The Road, this is the story of two men enganged in a passionate search for Dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen Way, which takes them climbing into the High Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dharma Bums (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Kerouac, Jack
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Paperback
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- 9780141184883
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$5.07
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Paperback. Acceptable. Item Price
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The Dharma Bums (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Kerouac, Jack
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
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- 9780141184883
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$5.07
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
$5.07