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Vanity of Duluoz; An Adventurous Education, 1935-46
by Kerouac, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 22 x 15 cm. Octavo. 280pp. First edition with no additional printings noted. Black cloth spine, paper covered boards in dust jacket. Original price of $5.50 present on front flap. Some chipping to jacket at head and tail of spine. Light toning to edges of boards and pages. Kerouac's last book.
Synopsis
Vanity of Duluoz is a 1968 semi-autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac. The book describes the adventures of Kerouac's alter ego, Jack Duluoz, covering the period of his life between 1935 and 1946. The book includes reminiscences of the author's high school experiences in Lowell, Massachusetts, his education at Columbia University, and his subsequent naval service during World War II. It culminates with the beginnings of the beat movement.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72196
- Title
- Vanity of Duluoz; An Adventurous Education, 1935-46
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Midway Used and Rare Books
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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