SANDISON, DAVID:: JACK KEROUAC

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SANDISON, DAVID: : JACK KEROUAC

LONDON.HAMLYN,1999.

ISBN 0600597091.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Four colour banded subject portrait photographic upper wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore -edges clean,contents pristine.Green and white scenic photographic boards with superimposed black ink text and white ink letters to upper board and spine/backstrip with b/w subject,portrait photograph with superimposed black ink text,endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10 -154pp includes b/w,scenic photograph double-paged title page,profuse b/w+sepia contemporary photographs,some colour photographs and illustrations,a list of Kerouac's books,who was who with real and fictional names and a selected bibliography. Part of the Hamlyn History series of 20thC biographies,this illustrated account focuses on the life of one of the great names in post-war popular culture. Jack Kerouac epitomised the 'Beat Generation' writers of '50's America,and in his most famous novel 'On The Road' provided a textbook for the bohemian lifestyle that has attracted disenchanted youth ever since.Once dubbed 'the James Dean of the typewriter',his own life was as colourful as his books,and with a foreword by Carolyn Cassady who was one of the key figures in Kerouac's life,this is an authoritative publication celebrating a major influence in modern literature. Author David Sandison specialises in popular culture and modern history.He was principal writer and series editor for the Golden Years partwork,covering social history from 1950 to 1975, and contemporary biographies have included the painter David Oxtoby,Robert Maxwell,Sharon Stone,Che Guevara and Ernest Hemingway. Also in the Hamlyn History series is Che Guevara and Ernest Hemingway. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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