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Auction archive: Lot number 157

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 157

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Author: Kesey, Ken Place: New York Publisher: Viking Date: [1962] Description: Green cloth, dust jacket. First Edition, First Issue. With an inscribed slip of paper mounted to the front free endpaper, reading: "I'm sorry but I never give auto-grafs. Ken Kesey 1986". First issue, with "that fool Red Cross woman" on p. 9, lines 12-13; and with "It's the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about...." on pp. 85-86. Jacket with the five word Kerouac quote on front flap. A classic of late twentieth century literature, this is Kesey's masterpiece and his first published book. Time Magazine named the book one of the 100 Best English Language Novels from 1923-2005. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket spine faded, some light wear at edges; a few small spots on cloth, front hinge cracked; book and jacket very good. Item number: 240926

Auction archive: Lot number 157
Auction:
Datum:
10 Oct 2013
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Author: Kesey, Ken Place: New York Publisher: Viking Date: [1962] Description: Green cloth, dust jacket. First Edition, First Issue. With an inscribed slip of paper mounted to the front free endpaper, reading: "I'm sorry but I never give auto-grafs. Ken Kesey 1986". First issue, with "that fool Red Cross woman" on p. 9, lines 12-13; and with "It's the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about...." on pp. 85-86. Jacket with the five word Kerouac quote on front flap. A classic of late twentieth century literature, this is Kesey's masterpiece and his first published book. Time Magazine named the book one of the 100 Best English Language Novels from 1923-2005. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket spine faded, some light wear at edges; a few small spots on cloth, front hinge cracked; book and jacket very good. Item number: 240926

Auction archive: Lot number 157
Auction:
Datum:
10 Oct 2013
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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