On the Road. The Original Scroll. First Printing

Kerouac, Jack

ISBN 10: 184614020X / ISBN 13: 9781846140204

Published by London. Penguin Classics/Penguin Group, 2007

About this Item

London. Penguin Classics/Penguin Group. First Edition/First Printing (1 printed under first published 2007 to copyright page). Hard Cover. Condition is new with complete bellyband and original adhesive stickers. Decorated endpapers. Quarter bound black cloth spine over decorative manuscript boards. No dust jacket as issued. On the Road: The Original Scroll (Hardback) By Kerouac, Jack This is the original scroll: the first ever publication of Kerouac's original draft for the book - transcribed from the famous 'scroll': hundreds of typed pages which constitute the manuscript taped together by Kerouac himself. "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. A scarce first printing in fine condition. The boards will be protected with a new inert archival 100 micron sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On the Road. The Original Scroll. First Printing
• Publisher: London. Penguin Classics/Penguin Group
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184614020X
• ISBN 13: 9781846140204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This is the ORIGINAL SCROLL: the first ever publication of Kerouac's original draft for the book - transcribed from the famous 'scroll': hundreds of typed pages which constitute the manuscript taped together by Kerouac himself.

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.

About the Author

Jack Kerouac(1922-1969), the central figure of the Beat Generation, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922 and died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969. Among his many novels are On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Big Sur, and Visions of Cody.