Desolation Angels
by Jack Kerouac
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Mayflower Paperbacks, 1968. Paperback. Acceptable. 1968. Mayflower Paperback. 366 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Pencil inscription to half title page. Pulling to covers. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light curling to corners. Some tanning to spine and edges. Minor marks to covers.
Synopsis
Duluoz's desperate travels continue in Desolation Angels , a Jack Kerouac semi-autobiography that was written in the late fifties but not published until 1965. This story has a pervasive melancholia as Duluoz struggles with his fascination of the Buddhist religion.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1687942535MHP
- Title
- Desolation Angels
- Author
- Jack Kerouac
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Mayflower Paperbacks
- Date Published
- 1968
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...