Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Kerouac, Jack. Visions of Gerard and Tristessa. Andre Deutsch Limited, London, 1964.
Price: US$25.44 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: First UK edition containing two novellas: Visions of Gerard (114pp) and Tristessa (77pp). First UK publication of the first novella while Tristessa had appeared as a paperback original from World Distributors in 1963. Visions of Gerard was originally published in the US by Farrar, Straus and Company in 1963 while Tristessa was a paperback original from Avon 1960. Ex-library copy. Jacket is covered in sticky backed plastic and firmly stuck to the front and rear pastedowns. It is quite an attractive copy externally with good colouring to the front panel and the spine but there is some yellowing and staining to the rear panel but described as poor because of what has been done to it. Light browning to page edges with some small dark marks to the top edges. There is a library stamp on the front free endpaper and some staining to the bottom of the front free endpaper. There is also some staining to the bottom of the title pages and to one or two other pages within the book. Jacket design by William Belcher. First printing.
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Kerouac, Jack. Visions of Gerard. Andre Deutsch, 1964.
Price: US$49.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Excellent internally. No inscriptions etc. DJ has some tiny edge tears but otherwise very good. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide to check availability etc. Size: 20 x 14cm
Seller: O'Connell's Bookshop Est. 1957, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Kerouac, Jack. Visions of Gerard and Tristessa. Andre Deutsch, London, 1964.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An excellent copy with some very mild fading to backstrip, and slight snag to rear cover. Text clean. Binding tight. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 12mo
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Kerouac, Jack. Visions of Gerard and Tristessa. Andre Deutsch, London, 1964.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An excellent copy with some very mild fading to backstrip, and slight snag to rear cover. Text clean. Binding tight. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 12mo
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
Kerouac, Jack. Visions of Gerard and Tristessa. Andre Deutsch, London, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Jacket with price intact, and a couple of slight marks.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Kerouac, Jack. Visions of Gerrard and Tristessa. Andre Deutsch, 1964.
Price: US$150.48 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Not Ex-Library. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Kerouac, Jack. Visions of Gerrard and Tristessa. Andre Deutsch, 1964.
Price: US$151.94 + shipping
Description: Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Missing jacket. The dust jacket of the book is missing.
Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
Kerouac, Jack.. VISIONS OF GERARD AND TRISTESSA.. Andre Deutsch, 1964.
Price: US$155.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8 x 5.25, boards, 192 pp, ink inscription from former owner, minor spotting to top edge of textblock else vg in slightly browned dw with a few shallow edge tears. FIRST BRITISH ED.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$171.72 + shipping
Description: [Modern Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by William Belcher with printed price 18s to flap. Light spotting to textblock edge, fading to board top edge, minor rolling. Wear and chipping to dust-jacket edges, and a touch of sunning to spine. Very good.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Kerouac, Jack. Visions of Gerard and Tristessa. Andre Deutsch London 1964, 1964.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition dust jacket Fine octavo. 192pp., Ownership inscription o/w nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket with tiniest chips
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
KEROUAC, Jack.. Visions of Gerard and Tristessa.. London: Andre Deutsch (1964)., 1964.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 192 pp. Small ink name to first leaf, and light foxing to page edges, else near fine in very good plus dust jacket with some rubbing to spine, a crease to the front flap, and two short tears and a small chip to the front panel. Review slip laid in. Charters A19b.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Kerouac, Jack. Visions of Gerard and Tristessa. Andre Deutsch, London, 1964.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Two novellas by Kerouac. First edition thus, each novella published previously in the U.S. Near fine in a near fine jacket with light wear to the crown and a short closed tear to the bottom of the rear panel. Not price-clipped, no writing or other flaws.
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
Jack Kerouac. Visions of Gerard and Tristessa. Andre Deutsch, London UK, 1964.
Price: US$330.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy complete with scarce dust jacket illustrated by William Belcher. Two short novels of the lost innocent characters, Gerard and Tristessa. Original blue cloth boards with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Very light fading on the top edge. Clean end papers and contents. The unclipped dust jacket is clean and bright with light browning on the rear and spine. Mild chipping and wear on the extremities. 3cm closed tear on rear top edge. 2cm rubbed mark on the spine.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom