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Maggie Cassidy by Jack Kerouac
by Kerouac, Jack
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Woodland Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
[Pulp] Kerouac, Jack. Maggie Cassidy. New York: Avon Books, 1959. First Edition, 1st Avon Paperback printing. 189 pages. Octavo. Mass market paperback with vibrantly illustrated covers capturing a young couple in love. Maggie Cassidy is a novel by the American writer Jack Kerouac, first published in 1959. It is a largely autobiographical work about Kerouac's early life in Lowell, Massachusetts, from 1938 to 1939, and chronicles his real-life relationship with his teenage sweetheart Mary Carney. The original manuscript published by Avon Books in 1959 was almost immediately pulled from the shelves due to objections over profanity in one particular passage. The passage was rewritten and the book redistributed even though Kerouac reportedly objected to the changes. Jack Kerouac's books and poems have often been referred to as the catalyst for the 1960 counterculture revolution. Roughly 50 pages are unbound from the spine, spine is chipped, and has two 1 inch tears. Some pages have red pen annotations. Overall in very good condition.
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- Max Rambod Inc.
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- 19218
- Title
- Maggie Cassidy by Jack Kerouac
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Book Condition
- Used
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Woodland Hills, California
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For over 30 years, we have served a clientele of collectors, private institutions, universities, and public libraries in acquisition and collection development. We are members of ILAB, ABAA, and PADA, and have furnished collections around the world with rare and unique material; from the personal letters of literary greats to first edition Journals of Congress to unique pamphlets from the civil rights era. We strive to find archives and original early printed material that can fill gaps in existing institutional holdings; the kind of material that can bring new perspectives to the traditionally disregarded voices of indigiouneous peoples, women, and African-Americans.
We pride ourselves on the ability to track down the rarest and most interesting material for our client's collections. The partnerships we form with libraries, institutions, and personal collectors begin with a phone call or an email and last for decades. We offer an unconditional guarantee for each item's authenticity and completeness.
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