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KEROUAC, Jack.. Visions of Cody.. New York New Directions, 1959.
Price: US$2420.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, sole printing, number 89 of 750 copies, signed by the author; 8vo; line drawings by the author, unmarked internally; publisher's purple cloth-backed boards, silver lettering to spine, purple and red lettering to upper cover, burnt-orange endpapers, minor tanning to extremities, with original acetate jacket, some chips and tears close to corners and spine, else very good. Number 89 of 750 copies, signed by the author. This 128-page excerpt was spawned from Kerouac's revisions to On the Road (1957), presenting a character study of that novel's protagonist, Dean Moriarty, renamed here Cody Pomeray due to copyright restrictions. A further 55 copies were produced out of series. Charters A9.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Jack Kerouac. Excerpts from Visions of Cody. New Directions, 1959.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: long case. #699/750cc, signed by Kerouac. Covers shelfworn. Mild foxing along edges.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Kerouac, Jack. Visions of Cody. New Directions, New York, 1959.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Jack Kerouac on the limitation page. This limited edition of only 750 copies printed is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. A superb copy with the publisher's prospectus present housed in a custom clamshell box.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
KEROUAC, JACK. VISIONS OF CODY. New Directions, New York, 1959.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited to 750 signed, numbered copies. An excerpt, the only portion of this work published during Kerouac's lifetime. Includes the publisher's original prospectus and the acetate dustjacket (which has a few chips at top and bottom of spine).
Seller: Euclid Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
KEROUAC, Jack.. Excerpts from Visions of Cody.. New York: New Directions, 1959, 1959.
Price: US$3864.79 + shipping
Description: First edition, sole printing, number 613 of 750 copies signed by the author, here retaining the original acetate jacket. This 128-page excerpt of Visions of Cody spawned from Kerouac's revisions to On the Road (1957) and presents a character study of that novel's hero, Dean Moriarty, renamed here Cody Pomeray due to copyright restrictions, though still based on Neal Cassady. A further 55 copies were produced out of series. No further editions or printings were issued separately until the complete edition of 1973, although sections were printed in various magazines, such as Playboy, The Beats, Transatlantic Review, and a few others. Reviewing the final version of the text, one New York Times critic observed, "you will find some of Kerouac's very best writing in this book. It is funny, it is serious. It is eloquent. To read 'On the Road' but not 'Visions of Cody' is to take a nice sightseeing tour but to forgo the spectacular rapids of Jack Kerouac's wildest writing" (Latham). Charters A9. Aaron Latham, "Visions of Cody", New York Times, 28 Jan. 1973. Octavo. Original purple cloth-backed white boards designed by Kerouac, spine lettered and decorated in silver, front cover lettered in red and purple, orange endpapers. With publisher's clear acetate dust jacket. Line drawings by the author. Faint and topical lingering scent of cigarette smoke, toning to binding's upper edges, otherwise a clean, sharp copy in fine acetate jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Kerouac, Jack. Excerpts from Visions of Cody. New Directions, New York, 1959.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. An exceptional copy of this SIGNED/LIMTED EDITION of 750 copies printed. The publisher's prospectus is present. This is number 100 of 750 copies SIGNED by Jack Kerouac. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The boards are crisp, and the colors are vivid without wear or fading to the spine. A spectacular copy with the original acetate cover. We buy Kerouac First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.