Jack Kerouac Introduction (134 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair.

Paperback. Condition: Fair.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade paperback. Condition: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 307 p. Penguin Twentieth Century Classics. Audience: General/trade. book is tight, some edge wear. no markings.

Softcover. Condition: Good. On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience. Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz combine to make On the Road an inspirational work of lasting importance. Kerouac?s classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be ?Beat? and has inspired every generation since its initial publication more than fifty years ago. This Penguin Classics edition contains an introduction by Ann Charters.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience. Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz combine to make On the Road an inspirational work of lasting importance. Kerouac?s classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be ?Beat? and has inspired every generation since its initial publication more than fifty years ago.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This copy is an Ex-Library book, with the usual stamps and markings. Title page, Page v & vi are wavy due to moisture damaged. Pages are not stuck together. Covers are turquoise with brown spine and white lettering. Minimal shelf wear. Dust jacket is under mylar protection. 240 p.…

Trade paperback. Condition: Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Poets, Penguin. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. SC 239.

Condition: Acceptable. This book is acceptable. It is a useful copy but not pretty. There may be writing, loose pages, or a damaged cover. hardcoverUsed - Acceptable.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Published w/out dj. 1st Edition. Trade paperback, 5th printing. Book has light wear. "This book brings together more than sixty previously unpublished works that Kerouac wrote before he was 22, ranging from stories and poems to plays and parts of novels. Interesting early work, nice copy.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The original manuscript of this book, written between 1954 and 1965, has been in the safekeeping of City Lights all the years since Kerouac's death in 1969. Reaching beyond the scope of his Mexico City Blues, here are poems about Mexico and Tangier, Berkeley and the Bowery. Mid-fifties road poems, hymns and songs of God, drug poems, wine poems, dharma poems, and Buddhist meditations. Poems to Beat friends, goofball poemz, quirky haiku, and a fine long elegy in 'Canuckian Chlld Patoi Probably Medieval .an English blues.' More than the sum of its parts, the book reveals a questing Kerouac grown beyond the popular image of himself as iconic beat on the road. 175p.…

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: new.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Hardcover. 176p., foreword, introduction, novella, excerpts from Kerouac's journals, the Beat Movement, brief biography, introduction to Lonesome Traveler, selected bibliographies, CD-Rom in pocket at rear, remainder mark bottom edge otherwise near-fine first edition and printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. The CD-Rom is the attraction here as it includes audio and video materials. The short novel was written in 1945 just after meeting Burroughs, Ginsberg and Carr. Discovered in Stella Kerouac's after her death.…

Condition: very_good. Fast Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Small octavo in dust jacket. Fine condition. Pages: xxvi, 182.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Small octavo in dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Pages: xxii, 249.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A trade paperback in excellent condition, clean with a tight binding and an unmarked text.Signature of the author on the title page.From a private smoke free collection.Shipping within 24 hours, with a tracking number and delivery confirmation.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 192 pages. 7.72x5.24x0.39 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. paperback / softback edition. 320 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.98 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 7.80x5.00x0.67 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 416 pages. 7.64x5.04x1.26 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 512 pages. 7.64x5.12x1.34 inches. In Stock.