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London: Panther Books, 1960. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Excellent. First appearance of this Beat novel in the UK. First UK Edition [Panther Books, London, 1960]; illustrated card covers, a trifle rubbed at extremities, lightly creased spine, slight age-toning, an excellent paperback copy. First published in the US in 1959, this is the true First UK Printing [a hardcover printing didn't appear in the UK until Andre Deutsch published one in 1974]. This copy with cover printed for Australian market [3/9 price]. Semi-autobiographical book of Kerouac's youth & teenage love Mary Carney.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1970. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Danube Edition [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1970]; black boards, silver titling & motif, front board has a little mottling at top, an excellent copy; in very good illustrated dustjacket, trifle rubbed at extremities, crease on rear inner flap. Uniform Danube Edition of two essays originally published in 1955.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Printing [J.B. Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1915]; xv, 422; dark blue cloth, titling in light blue with gilt design to front board & spine, top edge gilt, rough-cut foredge, a little rubbed & bumped at extremities, profusely illustrated with 8 full-colour plates & over 80 double-tone & line illustrations, dampstain at foredge affecting most pages [at worst, 10cm in length & encroaching 4cm into page from foredge, but most page text unaffected due to 3cm wide margins] ownership stamp of South Australian jewellery firm Wendts Limited on ffep. Kunz was an American mineralogist who published a number of books on precious stones & worked with numerous highly regarded institutions including New York's Museum of Natural History.