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[004080] Kerouac, Jack. Orpheus Emerged. Newport Beach, CA: Books on Tape, 2000. First Edition. CD. Fine / Fine. Jack Kerouac's early novella, unabridged on 3 CDs. Total running time, approx. 3 hours. Read by Grover Gardner. Though not shrinkwrapped, this is a new, unplayed copy. $17.95

[001949] Kerouac, Jack (read by David Carradine). On the Road. St. Paul, MN: Penguin HighBridge Audio, 1993. Audio Tapes. Fine. Abridged; three hours on two cassettes.

Still shrinkwrapped; brand new. Just the thing for your next road trip! $9.95

[000732] Kerouac, Jack, Read By David Carradine. On the Road (audio) . Don Mills, Ontario : Listen for Pleasure, 1986. Audio Tape. Fine / Good. Abridged, on two cassettes. Read by David Carradine. The tapes are in fine condition, the box shows some wear. SOLD

books about Jack Kerouac

[002834] Hunt, Tim with a Foreword By Ann Charters. Kerouac's Crooked Road: The Development of a Fiction. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1996. First Paper. Wrappers. Fine. A new, unread copy. $14.95

[003121] Gifford, Barry. Kerouac's Town. SIGNED. Illustrated by Marshall Clements (photographs). Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Company, 1977. First Thus. Wrappers. SIGNED. Fine. This issue is the "revised, expanded edition including 'A Visit with Stella Kerouac' and 'A Note on Kerouac's City' with a new selection of photographs by Marshall Clements." This is Number Two in the Modern Authors Monograph Series. This is a fine copy, signed on the title page by Barry Gifford, along with a Chinese character and the date, 31 Aug. 78. $29.95

[001862] Dorfner, John J. with a Foreword by Allen Ginsberg. Kerouac: Visions of Lowell. SIGNED. Raleigh, NC: Cooper Street Publications, 1993. First Edition. Wrappers. SIGNED. Fine. The publisher says: "Kerouac: Visions of Lowell takes readers on a mystical journey back to "ti jean" Kerouac's childhood- back to his birthplace, back to the streets and neighborhoods of Centralville and Pawtucketville, back to the fantasy-filled houses, castles and tenements that made up Kerouac's unique psyche." $16.95 [000922] Knight, Arthur W. King of the Beatniks: A Play In Three Acts. Sudbury, MA: Water Row Books, 1986. First Edition. Wrappers. Good+. A play based on the life of Jack Kerouac, though using fictional characters. A bump to the upper corner resulted in tiny tear in front and back covers, spine a bit sunned, else fine. Fifty-eight pages. $9.95

[004281] Coolidge, Clark. Now It's Jazz: Writings on Kerouac and the Sounds. Albuquerque, NM: Living Batch Press, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. Fine 136 pages. This is a new, unread copy.

Coolidge explores the music inherent in Jack Kerouac's writings, which Kerouac called "spontaneous bop prosody" & which was directly inspired by jazz. Includes an afterward by David Meltzer. $13.95

[002968] Parker, Brad. Kerouac: An Introduction. SIGNED. Lowell, MA: The Lowell Corporation for the Humanities, Inc., 1989. First Edition. Wrappers. SIGNED. Very Good. An overview & discussion of Kerouac's life & work, with a chronology, prose samples, notes, and a guide to Kerouac-related sites in Lowell (with a map). Printed for the twentieth anniversary of Jack Kerouac's death, October 1989. The author has signed this copy, and dated it Jan. 1990. Light wear (no creases) to covers, else fine. $16.95

[002838] Challis, Chris. Quest for Kerouac. London: Faber and Faber, 1994. First Edition. Wrappers. Near Fine. Cover shows a trace of wear, page edges a bit toned, else a fine, unread copy. $14.95

Jones, Jim. Use My Name: Jack Kerouac's Forgotten Families. Toronto: ECW Press, 1999. First Edition. Wrappers. Fine. 203 pages, a trade paperback. This exploration of the lives of five of Jack Kerouac's family members includes many photos. This new, unread copy is offered at the cover price. $14.95

[003970] Jarvis, Charles E.. Visions of Kerouac: The Life of Jack Kerouac. Lowell, MA: Ithaca Press, 1974. Second Edition. Wrappers. Very Good The second edition, published a year after the first. A biography of Kerouac, by his friend, and Beat scholar, Charles Jarvis. Includes six pages of photos. Small bump at bottom front of spine, trace of darkening at spine, else fine - this is an unread copy. $9.95

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