Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
KEROUAC, Jack and Larry Rivers. Lonesome Traveler. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, New York, 1960.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A collection of eight short works from the author of "On The Road" and "The Dharma Bums." Includes drawings by Larry Rivers. An about good copy in boards that are somewhat soiled and with a small chip to the top of the spine. Internally a clean copy. No dust jacket. A solid reading copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Kerouac, Jack. Lonesome Traveler. McGraw- Hill, New York, 1960.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No Dustjacket
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Kerouac, Jack. Lonesome Traveler. Mcgraw Hill, New York, 1960.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dust jacket chips, spine mostly missing, clipped, in mylar, 34195 on rear cover and title page. check marks on 4 chapter titles. Rare in Dust jacket
Seller: Open Door Books MABA, Bath, ME, U.S.A.
Kerouac, Jack. LONESOME TRAVELER (1st edition). McGraw Hill, New York, 1960.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: McGraw Hill. New York. 1960. 183 pages. VG+. First edition Stated. This copy is square, clean and tight. Only flaws include some bumping to edges and previous owner's name written/date on brown endpaper. Brown and Black two-tone boards. Titling on spine still fresh and bright. A very nice copy.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. "First edition" statement printed to the copyright page. Six full page charcoal illustrations by the New York literati, abstract cultural expressionist artist, Larry Rivers. Kerouac's autobiographical collection of eight travel/roaming journal selections. After photographing, as seen in this entry, this dust jacket will be placed in a clear, protective, quality BroDart brand removable sleeve. A quote from page 115 in neat green ink to the front end-paper, upper spine end slightly bumped, else firm, square and very good plus in polished black over tan boards with cream and burgundy embossed titles to the spine, textured tan end-papers, publisher's book number 34195 embossed in burgundy to the lower rear cover; in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with some short tears to the shelf-edges, nicks, short tears and rubbing to the upper and lower spine ends, light brown speckled spots and age-toning to the spine panel, small nicks to the corner tips, and a very short surface rub-wear line to the upper front panel. Octavo; 183 pages; plus Kerouac's introduction.
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$220.41 + shipping
Description: 8°. VI, 183 S. mit zahlr. Illustrationen von Larry Rivers. OPbd. mit illustr. OU. Erste Ausgabe. - Englische Originalausgabe mit dem seltenen Original-Umschlag. Dieser papierbedingt gebräunt u. mit geringf. Randläsuren, sehr gutes Exemplar. Sprache: englisch.
Seller: Antiquariat Haufe & Lutz, Karlsruhe, BW, Germany
Kerouac, Jack. Lonesome Traveler. Mcgraw-hill, New York, 1960.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: Pretty nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked but for vintage bookplate mostly hidden under front flap. Tight and square. Faint foxing to outer page edges. Price intact jacket has some foxing, mostly to front panel but some on rear panel. Rear fold has fairly long closed tear not noticeable in transparent mylar. Very light chipping to spine ends. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Kerouac, Jack. Lonesome Traveler. McGraw Hill, New York, 1960.
Price: US$367.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. A very nice 1st Edition of Kerouac's collected accounts of his nomadic wanderings by all means of transportation. "a mishmosh of life as lived by an independent educated penniless rake going anywhere." "Kerouac describes the days when he was a laborer on the railroads in California, and of a long voyage in the galley of a tramp steamer that sailed the coasts of America. From the lonely peaks of the cascade Mountains, where he had a job as a fire lookout, to the art galleries of Paris, he tells of his experiences." Two-toned paper-covered boards. Square tight binding. Clean interior. 183pp. Tiny bump to lower front corner, else Fine. Dust jacket with mild age toning and edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A desirable, collectible copy.
Seller: Vintage Books and Fine Art, Oxford, MD, U.S.A.
Jack Kerouac. Lonesome Traveler. McGraw-Hill, 1960.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: McGraw-Hill, New York, 1960, stated first printing. Kerouac was born in 1922, in Massachusetts, the son of French Canadian parents. He dies at the age of 47 due to complications resulting from alcohol abuse. He was a pioneer and major player in the Beat Generation and also involved in the evolution of the Hippie Movement. He was a famous traveller and known for his spontaneous style of prose. His most famous work was On The Road written in 1951. This book is comprised of 8 stories about his travels in the United States, Mexico, Morocco, the United Kingdom and France. These include New York Scenes, Big Trip to Europe and The Vanishing American Hobo. This book, 183 pages, in in fine condition in a very good, price clipped dustjacket, protected in a mylar covering. The faults on the dust jacket include scuffing on the letter L in the title, smudges on the back and a 23 mm tear on the foredge. A great copy of an important literary work.
Seller: Raven & Gryphon Fine Books, Hackett's Cove, NS, Canada
Kerouac, Jack. Lonesome Traveler. McGraw-Hill, 1960.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: McGraw-Hill, 1960. Hard cover, first edition. Fine condition in Fine dust jacket; a flawless copy.
Seller: Turgid Tomes, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Kerouac, Jack. LONESOME TRAVELER. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1960.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of Kerouac's collected writings on travel: on foot, by railway, aboard ship, and on the road. Collected journal entries, both previously published and unpublished, by a Kerouac who had "nothing else to do but roam, long-faced, the real America, with my unreal heart." Connected by the common theme of traveling, LONESOME TRAVELER ranges over not only the length and breadth of the United States but "Mexico, Morocco, Paris, London, both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans at sea in ships, and various and interesting people and cities therein included." 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original black and brown boards. Brown endpapers. In original unclipped ($4.50) dust jacket, designed by Larry Rivers. Illustrated with charcoal drawings by Rivers throughout. 183, [1] pages. Minor scuffing and light toning to dust jacket; pencil notation to front flap under original price. Interior clean and unmarked. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.
Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
KEROUAC, Jack. RIVERS, Larry (illus.). Lonesome Traveler.. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1960.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: vi, 183 pp. Drawings by Larry Rivers. 8vo, publisher's cloth and boards in dust jacket. First edition. Very minor rubbing at the extremities of the spine; else a sharp, unworn copy. The dust jacket has very slight tanning to the backstrip, and very light use to its top. A very nice copy of a book often seen in lesser condition.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Kerouac, Jack. Lonesome Traveler. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1960.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. This First Issue dustjacket has the $4.50 printed price present. The book is in excellent condition and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Kerouac, Jack. Lonesome Traveler.. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1960.
Price: US$8800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Kerouac's deeply personal collection of autobiographical vignettes. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated with drawings by Larry Rivers. Laid in is an autograph letter signed by Kerouac which reads, "Dec. 3 1962 Dear Louis, Voila, contracts signed - Glad to hear too of Deutsch London reprint contract which means I can pay for my Sins - Jack Kerouac Tell Sterling I see him Dec. 29 or 28 & You too J." Here, Kerouac refers to his novel Big Sur, first published in September of 1962 by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, and subsequently by Deutsch in London. He also refers to Kerouac's literary agent, Sterling Lord, who was responsible for the publication of Kerouac's masterpiece On the Road (which took him four years to sell) and represented several other major names in American writing including Ken Kesey, Howard Fast, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Larry Rivers. The letter is in fine condition and measures 8 inches by 5 inches. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare. In his first frankly autobiographical work, Lonesome Traveler, Kerouac tells the exhilarating story of the years when he was writing the books that captivated and infuriated the public, restless years of wandering during which he worked as a railway brakeman in California, a steward on a tramp steamer, and a fire lookout on the crest of Desolation Peak in the Cascade Mountains.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.