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Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-46
by Kerouac, Jack
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Beaverton, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Coward McCann, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Printing ( date 1968 on the copyright page with no other later dates or later printings listed). Bound in green/cream patterned boards with black cloth spine strip. 280 pages. Not price clipped. Book FINE. All corners pointed. Binding firm and square. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. Title information to spine is faded. Not marked and clean and bright. Dust jacket VERY GOOD. With 1/4 inch tear and wear to top of spine and rubbing to other corners. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed.
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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- Bookseller
- Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23121607
- Title
- Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-46
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Coward McCann
- Date Published
- 1968
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Beats;
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About the Seller
Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts
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About Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts
We owned and operated The Looking Glass Bookstore in downtown Portland, Oregon for thirty years. Our citations on this site are the accumulation of first editions, small press, galleys, letter press, comics and comix, and other interesting books and ephemera that we set aside over those years. Almost everything we saved is new, added to boxes that were sealed and kept until now.
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- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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