One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, First Edition, Signed (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine -. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine -. First Edition, First Printing. Overall, a beautiful copy. Inscribed by KEN KESEY in the 1970s (though not dated): "For Isaac Harary: Sweet beasts with hooks walk the brim of our firepool. Ken Kesey" on the flyleaf. This inscription is in pen, predating the era when Kesey signed with multicolor markers. A previous owner's signature on the top. The includes the first issue points ("fool Red Cross Woman" on p. 9 and "plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin" on pp. 85- 86). The first state dustjacket (with the 5 word statement by Jack Kerouac on the front flap) is price-clipped and has a slight touch of fraying at extremities. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing/issue with correct points on p.9 & 85-86. First issue jacket with one line blurb from Jack Kerouac; priced at $4.95. Three small water droplets to rear board else FINE and crisp with top edge "peach" stain vibrant.Actually appears unread! Enclosed in a NEAR FINE dust jacket with tiny chips and spider- web creasing to spine ends. Light wear to fore edge tips and a little creasing to bottom front fore edge tip. All corners crisp. Spine unfaded ! NOW enclosed in a CUSTOM SLIPCASE covered with hand-made marbled paper suitable to the title and the author's sensibilities! Source for the movie. Winner of all five major Academy Awards! Laid in is an excised half-title page from "Kesey's Garage Sale" which has been SIGNED by the author. The page is folded once. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition/1st Printing Thus.- 40th Anniversary Edition (2002)- complete numberline on copywrite page. SIGNED by KEN KESEY on a card affixed to title page. $24.95 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. This edition contains a new introduction by Kesey and also Kesey illustrations he composed while writting novel. Also SIGNED by famed director MILOS FORMAN (director of movie version of book) on a card attached to front end page. Forman won an Oscar as best director for film; also attached to front end page is a bookplate SIGNED by BO GOLDMAN (wrote screenplay). Attached to half-tile page is a card SIGNED by MICHAEL BERRYMAN (played 'Ellis'); and another card SIGNED by DANNY DeVITO (played 'Martini'). Laid-in (not attached) is card SIGNED by LOUISE FLETCHER (played 'Nurse Ratched'; a color photo SIGNED by JOSEP ELIC (played 'Bancini'); a card SIGNED by RICHARD CHEW (film's Editor); and a card SIGNED by AUDREY LANDERS (played the actress on TV screen scene).). Also includes laid-in a B&W photo SIGNED by ARLENE GOLONKA (played 'Candy Starr' in the 1963 original Broadway play). Also comes with a DVD of the 1975 film. NIce copy of Anniversary Edition of authors first novel with additional movie tie-ins for the Kesey -- Cuckoo fan or collector. Note: No International orders for this book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUTHOR SIGNED on CARD.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Bookstore bookplate on bottom of FEP. Faint rubbing along panel edges. Faint soiling along top/bottom of both boards and panels. ; Signed by Ken Kesey on 2nd FEP. ; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED COPY. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, ORIGINAL UNPRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET, HALF TITLE PRESENT, HAND SIGNED BY KEN KESEY TO CARD PASTED TO INNER FRONT BOARD WITH A PRINTED SKELETON DESIGN. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. VERY MINOR EDGE WEAR TO TOP FRONT EDGE OF JACKET WITH A VERY MINOR STAIN TO TOP FRONT EDGE & TOP REAR CORNER OF JACKET, MINOR BUMP TO CLOTH AT TOP OF SPINE, FAINT BROWNING TO FRONT ENDPAPER WITH A FEW SPOTS OF FOXING TO PAGE FORE-EDGES. OVERALL A LOVELY COPY IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION WITH NO LOSS TO JACKET & INTERNALLY FREE FROM FOXING. PLEASE NOTE: DUST JACKET HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING THAT MAY SHOW SOME WRINKLES OR REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. Octavo, 311pp. A crisp, clean copy, about fine, in the publisher's green cloth. In a very good first-issue dust jacket with mild fading (as often) to the spine, and some shallow wear to the spine ends. A singular copy, with a significant inscription by Malcolm Cowley on the front free endpaper: "This is the very rare first printing, withdrawn from the bookstores because of a passage the [sic] Gwen Davis claimed to be libelous. Malcolm Cowley." Kesey was one of Cowley's writing students at Stanford, and Cowley helped Kesey get this hit novel published at Viking. Davis, a therapist steeped in the 60s counterculture (she was famous for "nude encounter therapy") believed the minor character of Gwendolyn (spelled "Gwen-doe-lin") was based on her, and she threatened Viking with a lawsuit, which resulted in a number of first printings being removed from bookstores, and the book quickly reprinted with the character changed to "Public Relation," a heavyset man who cynically promotes the institution to unwitting outsiders. The first issue is uncommon, particularly with such a meaningful inscription from one of Kesey's most important colleagues. An excellent copy. (Note that the book is NOT signed by Kesey.).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very scarce title in any condition, this Easton Press Limited Edition is in Fine condition. The front and back covers are both in terrific condition and the gilded page edges show hardly any wear (see pictures of all gilt sides). There are no markings, bookplates, or other signs of prior ownership in this book. This book was published by Easton Press. It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes and would be a beautiful addition to your Easton Press collection. Signed by Author(s).

First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Kirk Douglas on the half-title page. Douglas starred in the stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as McMurphy. Additionally laid in is a note from Kesey which reads, "For Henry: The wind blows the plumtree branches, this way.that. Ken Kesey." Near fine in a very good first-issue dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Published in February 1962, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was a great critical and commercial success. Over the subsequent decades the book's reputation and readership swelled as millions recognized Kesey's psychiatric ward as a not-so-fantastic metaphor for a modern world in which bureaucracy and technology combine to diminish humanity, individuality and diversity. Adapted to the stage in 1963, with Kirk Douglas in the lead, and was the basis for the highly successful 1975 film directed by Milos Forman and starring Jack Nicholson. Considered to be one of the greatest films ever made, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ranks number 33 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Movies list. It was the second to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director, and Screenplay) following It Happened One Night in 1934, an accomplishment not repeated until 1991 by The Silence of the Lambs. It also won numerous Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Calder & Boyars Ltd. London. 1972. 311 pages. First UK edition thus., first printing. Signed on a loosely laid-in, adhesive-backed bookplate; signed in two-tone (black & pink) by author Ken Kesey. This is the rare Calder & Boyars edition printed in 1972, ten years after the first UK edition published by Methuen & Co. Book is about fine; tight, bright and clean; inside and out. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Minimal shelf-rubbing. Rare, original DJ with 2.50 Sterling price intact on flap. DJ shows minor soiling. Sunning to red and yellow hues on spine. A rare edition in its rare DJ with an attractive two-color signed bookplate by Ken Kesey loosely laid in. NF/VG. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ken Kesey (1962) 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', US first editions, first printing and first state. Signed and inscribed by the author on the ffep: "For Michael [underscore] Ken Kesey". First state with "That fool Red Cross Woman" on page 9, and "Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about." on the top of page 86 as called for. Those passages were in subsequent printings removed following a court case which Kesey lost. About the Kesey signature: Ken Kesey whenever his time permitted and fans sent in their books for him to sign used to pen this title in various colours. This was meant to represent the psychedellic period of his life and also the topic of the book. Kesey took LSD as part of CIA experiments and later also other drugs together with the Beat Generation of American writers. Condition: the book is in absolutely fine condition without any previous owner's scribbles, no bookplates and no stamps. The cloth boards are vibrant in colour and clean and the lettering on the spine is NOT rubbed out as often encountered. No bumps to any of the corners. NO foxing. The very good original first state dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon is NOT price clipped showing the USD 4.95 and Jack Kerouac blurb as called for. There are three small professional tape repairs to the jacket as shown and the top spine edge has been a triffle retouched. The spine is just a touch colour faeded compared to the front panel. The book is housed in a sturdy quarter bound leather tray case which protects the book for generations to come. The spine of the case displays the title, author's name, year and 'Presentation Copy' and makes it stand out on the shelf. A scarce landmark book in superb condition of one of the most important and influential American books of the 20th century, and defining novel of the counter-culture movement. Adapted for cinema by Milo Forman in 1975 starring Jack Nicholson. The film won five Academy Awards (Oscars). First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey. Signed by the author Ken Kesey on a professionally affixed cut page from another book. First edition, first printing "Published in 1962 by The Viking Press, Inc." on the copyright page. First issue with "that fool Red Cross woman" on page 9, and "It's the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about" on pages 85-86. With its original first issue dust jacket with the single line blurb from Jack Kerouac on the bottom of the front flap. Original $4.95 price present. The original dust jacket is in very good minus condition. Chipping and creasing to the extremities, most noticeable at the flap folds, spine ends and the top of the rear panel. Spine is sun-faded. The book is also in very good minus condition. Some noticeable staining to the green cloth boards. Cloth is worn away at the corners and spine ends. Previous owner's name and address stamped at the bottom of the title page. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(K9-5).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. The First Edition Library printing of Kesey's remarkable first novel. Published in 1990 by the First Edition Library, replicating all design and issue features of the original first printing from 1962. Basis for the much acclaimed fil of the same title, starring Jack Nicholson in one of his most memorable performances. Bound in publisher's green cloth. This copy has been inscribed by Kesey. Book, dust jacket and matching slipcase all fine. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition. Inscribed first printing of the influential literary achievement by a towering figure of the counterculture. The basis for one of the defining films of 1970s cinema, Kesey's novel was first published more than a decade earlier, at the dawn of the '60s, and is all the more shocking for that original context. The novel is set in a men's psychiatric hospital among inmates who, afflicted variously by mental illness, minority status, criminal convictions, and aggressive nonconformity, are all subject to the indignities and cruelties of nurses and doctors alike. Kesey's sadistic Nurse Ratched lives on as a quasi-folk myth, like the real Lizzie Borden and the fictional Annie Wilkes; her name is perhaps better known even than Kesey's own. An enduring attack on the establishment's power to punish and enforce. 8'' x 5.5''. Original green cloth, spine lettered in yellow. Original unclipped color dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon, photographic portrait of Kesey by Hank Kranzler on rear panel. Beige topstain. [8], 311, [1] pages. Kesey's inscription scrawled in black ink across front paste-down ("For Darrel / Kesey 1993"); previous owner's signature penned to front endpaper. Jacket spine only just sunned; a touch of rubbing at spine folds, faint scratching (close inspection only) on front panel. Mild patches of offsetting and small stamp "Fe 21 '62" to verso of jacket. Small water spot to cloth. Presents beautifully. Very good in very good plus jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. FIRST BRITISH EDITION with First Dust Jacket SIGNED ELABORATELY BY KEN KESEY in Green Day-Glo Paint & then again over the Paint in Silver Paint Pen signed To Tom, I had this book signed in person & he said he hadn't signed many of the British Firsts in this great shape Mylar Cover in light & climate controlled storage case for more than 20 years, first time offered to the public for sale. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, first issue. Very good first edition in near fine first issue dust jacket, with one line blurb from Jack Kerouac on the front flap. Signed by Ken Kesey on a slip attached to front free endpaper. Also, First published in 1962 by Viking Press stated on copyright page and with the following points: "that fool Red Cross woman" on pp. 9, lines 12-13, and "It's the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about." pp. 85-86. Prior owner's stamp on page edges, top, bottom, and foreedge. Jacket has original price on it. Comes in a custom-made collector's clamshell case.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. famous DJ design by Paul Bacon (illustrator). 1st Edition. Viking (1962) 1974. NY. 311 pages. 8vo. The 1st/1st of this title originally published by Viking hit the presses in 1962. This copy was printed in 1974 and copyright page states Twenty-second printing June 1974. DJ price of $6.00 intact on flap. Also states Viking Compass Edition Issued in 1964 by the Viking Press. This copy is BOLDLY SIGNED by KEN KESEY in a gold paint pen on front-free endpaper. For --, Ken Kesey. Ken Kesey also stamped a large multi-colored frog stamp to same endpaper. Book is about fine in clean, bright green cloth with 4 sharp corners. Yellow topstain. The only thing holding this book back from being flawless is a minor flaw: 3 bottom page edges having a tiny chip or folded-up chip (tiny). This flaw hardly detracts from this excellent copy. Most minor shelf-wear to edges. Flaws are overstated. This book is in excellent, crisp condition. DJ is in the famous design as the 1st printing with cover design/art by Paul Bacon. DJ is bright and colorful. Black edges are nearly impossible to keep free of flaws and this copy is no different. Some of the black color has rubbed off at corners and along contours. As a result of the rubbing on DJ, we have graded it VG++ . Of the few signed Viking copies available, this is a beautiful book and a fine alternative to the signed 1st printing which will set you back a cool $ 7K. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition, First printing SIGNED by Ken Kesey on a laid in signature. This ORIGINAL sophisticated First Issue dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or pieces missing. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with light wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Kesey First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition, first printing, with "fool Red Cross woman" on page 9. Signed by Ken Kesey on on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine lettered in yellow. Near Fine with light discoloration to cloth along bottom edge, former owner bookplate to front pastedown. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with blurb from Jack Kerouac to front panel, wear to the extremities, fading to the spine panel, light indentations to the front panel and toning to the blindside. The cult classic novel that served as the basis for the 1975 film starring Jack Nicholson.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing, first state with "fool Red Cross woman" on page 9. Signed by Ken Kesey on the dedication page. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine lettered in yellow. Near Fine with light tanning to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped ($4.95) dust jacket with five-word Jack Kerouac blurb on the front flap, with light wear to the extremities, fading to the spine, a small spot of browning to the front flap and blindside of the spine panel. Served as the basis for the 1975 film starring Jack Nicholson.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. The 1975 Academy Award-winning movie based on Kesey's novel, in VHS format. Signed by Kesey on the case, over the picture of Jack Nicholson, who himself won an Academy Award for the lead role. The placement of the signature may have been a statement on Kesey's part: he was known to have strongly opposed the casting of Nicholson as McMurphy (thinking a more physically imposing actor, such as Gene Hackman, would have been more appropriate), and he reportedly considered having his own name taken off the movie in protest. Kesey's son, Zane, said that this was the only copy of the movie he had ever heard of being signed by his father, because of how thoroughly unhappy he was with the film. Fine in a very good, rubbed case, with a small sticker removal abrasion. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.