[KEROUAC, JACK]. On the Road. London: Andre Deutsch, 1959.
FIRST UK EDITION, THIRD IMPRESSION, cloth-bound, hardcover with original dust jacket, octavo (19.5cm x 13cm x 3cm), pp. 310. English text. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to spine, supplied with the original and complete dust jacket, initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. Printed in Great Britain by D. R. Hillman & Son Ltd. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square. Covers clean with very slight bumping to spine ends. Interior largely very clean with some light browning to endpapers. Previous owner name neatly inked to front endpaper. Dust jacket with some slight edge wear and tear, plus marginal staining. Scarce thus.
Notes: First UK edition, third printing of Kerouac's masterpiece and a defining work of the post-war Beat and counterculture generations. The iconic dust jacket, designed by Len Deighton, with Kerouac's photo to the rear flap. A very good copy.
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