ON THE ROAD

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with white titles to the upper board and spine, in the Bill English designed dustwrapper. Top edge red. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The red topstain is faded. The contents, with a three line 'Books Of America, Yonkers, New York' ink stamp to the front pastedown, with faint gum residue of a no longer present paper label or bookplate over it, are otherwise very clean and bright throughout. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper which has minor rubbing at the fold corners and some fading to the red portion to the spine. Not price-clipped ($3.95 to the upper front flap). An attractive example, without repair or restoration, scarce thus.

A defining work of the Beat and Counterculture generations.