Kerouac, Jack

On The Road: The Orginal Scroll

ISBN: 9780670063550
New York, NY: Viking Press, 2007. Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Softcover. These are the Advance Uncorrected Proofs preceding the milestone publication of the legendary original scroll, word-for-word, of On the Road as Jack Kerouac wrote it in a burst of "spontaneous bop prosidy" during a three-week period in 1951, six years before it was finally published in an edited, truncated form. "On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of On the Road, Viking will publish the 1951 scroll in a standard book format. The difference between the two versions are principally ones of significant detail and altered emphasis."(back cover). A rare pre-publication version, issued to reviewers & sellers, of this most iconic Beat masterpiece in its original form, straight from the scroll. This copy also contains four promotional single sheets, printed on one side, of the front dj cover of another Viking Press Kerouac volume also published in 2007, Why Kerouac Matters, a historical/critical work by John Leland. Book & sheets are in as new condition. As new [Item #1582]