KEROUAC, Jack.. Satori in Paris.. New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1966, 1966.

Price: US$484.35 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing, of Kerouac's short autobiographical tale derived from his trip to Paris. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket. Very light rubbing at extremities of book and jacket; near-fine.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

Kerouac, Jack. Satori In Paris.. Grove Press, New York, 1966.

Price: US$30000.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of Kerouac's penultimate novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Tony's copy- signed by his brother man Jacky Kerouac." The recipient, Tony Sampras was the youngest brother of Kerouac's wife, Stella. Tony and Kerouac were close, Kerouac called Tony two days before his death and the On the Road scroll was left to him by Stella in her will. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kuhlman Associates. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed, especially with such an association. Satori In Paris is a tale of Kerouac's own trip to France, to trace his ancestors and explore his own understanding of the Buddhism that came to define his beliefs, contains some of Kerouac's most lyrical descriptions. From his reports of the strangers he meets and the all-night conversations he enjoys in seedy bars in Paris and Brittany, to the moment in a cab he experiences Buddhism's satori - a feeling of sudden awakening - Kerouac's affecting and revolutionary writing transports the reader. Published at the height of his fame, Satori in Paris is a hectic tale of philosophy, identity and the powerful strangeness of travel.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.