One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Kesey, Ken
An international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the defining works of the 1960s. This version of the novel is bound with the traditional cover.
A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, the novel chronicles the head-on collision between its hell-raising, life-affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Big Nurse. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward like a blast of fresh air and turns the place upside down, starting a gambling operation, smuggling in wine and women, and egging on the other patients to join him in open rebellion. But McMurphy's revolution against Big Nurse and everything she stands for quickly turns from sport to a fierce power struggle with shattering results.
With One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Kesey created a work without precedent in American literature, a novel at once comic and tragic that probes the nature of madness and sanity, authority and vitality. Greeted by unanimous acclaim when it was first published, the book has become and enduring favorite of readers.
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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
by Ken Kesey
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New York: The Viking Press. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Jacket and book are both first state -- first state dust jacket with the Kerouac blurb and the unrevised text and in the book on page 9 the uncorrected reference to the "fool Red Cross woman… Read more about this item Item Price
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by KESEY KEN
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London: Methuen, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. A neat name and date on the front paste-down and light foxing to the top edge otherwise a near fine copy in like D/W with no tears, creases or fading and which is NOT price-clipped. The interior is un-marked and immaculate. Unusually on… Read more about this item Item Price
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One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
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New York: Viking, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine first edition, first printing copy, internally perfect, with very slight fading to top edge and bottom of spine, of Kesey's first novel in a VG first issue jacket with some fraying and chipping at spine ends and… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Ken Kesey
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Neon green and black boards with gold writing on spine; edges of boards very slightly discolored. Top and bottom of book spine slightly rumpled; slight chipping on top edge of front dust jacket. Very slight dings on edges of dust jacket where dust jacket flaps fold; top of dust jacket spine missing small piece and pushed back. Small crease at… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Methuen & Co. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition Inscribed by the Author. Loose bookplate laid in inscribed by Ken Kesey in red ink "For Ruth, Ken Kesey." On the copyright page, Kesey's name is blacked out with black marker. Fine with Very Good Plus Dust Jacket. Jacket has… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Signet Q4171, New York. 15th paperback printing. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, light soiling on white areas of covers, spine creases, previous owners stamp on inside front cover. Well read book.
Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in an Oregon State mental hospital with a strict and unbending routine, unopposed by her patients, who remain cowed by mind-numbing medication and… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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New York: Viking, 1962. First. Hardcover . Used - fine/No Jacket. First Edition with correct points ('Red Cross woman' on pp. 9 and 85/86). Rebound in dark green bonded leather with gilt lettering to spine. Textblock faintly dampstained, starting at gutter of upper half of each page and reaching roughly one inch into text. There is… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
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New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good first-issue dust jacket with some expert restoration. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Published in February 1962, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was a great critical and commercial success. Over… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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London: Methuen, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First British edition. Author's name blacked out, as is typical. [viii], 311 pp. Crimson cloth with gilt and turquoise stamping on spine. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with typical light laminate bubbling, spine panel a bit faded, light soiling around edges, small tear near head repaired… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
by Kesey, Ken [Kirk Douglas]
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New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Kirk Douglas on the half-title page. Douglas starred in the stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as McMurphy. Additionally laid in is a note from Kesey which reads, "For Henry: The wind blows the plumtree branches,… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Shelton CT: The First Edition Library, 1990. Special Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1990 First Edition Library FIRST THUS FACSIMILE copy in NEW condition with a New DJ and pristine slipcase. It is Boldly **SIGNED & INSCRIBED** and RARE as such.
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by KESEY Ken
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1962. First Edition . Signed. KESEY, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. New York: Viking, (1962). Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $12,500.First edition of Kesey's most ""popular and enduring"" work, a distinctive presentation copy inscribed by him in red and black ink, ""for N— Ken Kesey,"" in original dust jacket,… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
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London: Methuen, 1962. A first edition, first printing published by Methuen in 1962. A near fine book with a small previous owner's name to the head of the endpaper. In a very good+ wrapper with some minor wear and light rubbing with some fading to the head of the spine. A pleasing copy and the basis for the classic… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (The Classics of Modern Literature)
by Kesey, Ken
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Penguin Books. New in New dust jacket. 2005. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 0143036904 . Book and DJ New. NO notes, names or ANY markings. New DJ not clipped. ; Ist edition thus. Number line with beginning #1 ; Classics Of Modern Literature; 277 pages . Item Price
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by KESEY, Ken
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London: Pan Books, 1980 Very good reprint copy. Item Price
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Kesey, Ken
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Viking Press, 1962-02-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1962 Viking first edition first printing first state in first issue jacket. Significant chip on the jacket at the spine just about obliterating the title. (from the jacket) Damp stain to top of rear board. Please email for photos. Item Price
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
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Picador Pan Books. Paperback. Used; Good. Simply Brit – welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there’s something for every literary palate. All orders are… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Kesey, Ken
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New York: Penguin, 1994. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. Reprint. Faint edge wear. 1994 Trade Paperback. A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest chronicles the head-on collision between its hell-raising, life-affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Big Nurse. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward… Read more about this item Item Price
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