VISIONS OF GERARD, Jack Kerouac (1963)

Farrar, Straus & Co. 1st Edition.

Hardcover with cloth-bound spine measuring 8.5 x 6 inches. Pink and cream patterned boards with gilded titling over a black spine. Book is in Near Fine condition. Binding is tight and pages are clean and intact. No markings or stamps. Deckled fore-edge. Tiny amount of shelf rubbing to lower front corner. Dustjacket is in Very Good Plus condition. Interior flaps are clean and unclipped, showing original $3.95 price point. Panels are crisp and uncreased, with small smudge spots to back and faint sun-tanning along spine. Extremely slight chips to top and base at fold points. Jacket has been neatly wrapped in fresh mylar.

This is a beautiful 1st Edition copy of Kerouac's heartfelt novella about the love and loss of his brother Gerard at a young age, and the precariousness of existence. For domestic buyers, this item will be shipped with signature confirmation upon delivery.