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Author: Kerouac, Jack
Title: Doctor Sax
Place: New York
Publisher: Grove Press
Date: [1959]
Item # : 168658
Sale Number   327
Lot Number   236
Sale Name    
The Edwin Blair Collection of Beat Literature, plus Modern Literature
Sale Date   03/09/2006
Price realized   $ 575
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Description:
Illustrated with Kerouac's black and white sketch drawing of Dr. Sax, on the half-title. 8vo. Dark gray cloth, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition.
Author's scarce fifth book and one of Kerouac's best works. Photo of Kerouac by William Eichel on the rear jacket panel. Charters A5a.
Condition:
Short tears and tiny chips with light creases to jacket edges, slight rubbing, top front flap corner clipped but $3.00 printed price still present (but with red inked line), a few faint stains to verso; foot of volume spine and corners a bit bumped; front hinge tender; else near fine in a very good and scarce jacket.
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