On the Road – Jack Kerouac

On the Road. By Jack Kerouac. Published in 1957 by Viking, New York. First edition, first printing. Copyright page indicates published in 1957 by The Viking Press, Inc. with no other printings listed. Kerouac’s novel was first published in 1957 by Viking. 310 pages. Black boards, white lettering, fraying at head, rubbing and scuffs at back board. Facsimile dust jacket. Provenance: Bob and Eileen Bassing (authors and screenwriters).

The 1957 novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), which was inspired by his own cross-country travels, became a defining work of the Beat and Counterculture generations. The story follows its protagonists’ freewheeling lives amidst a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use.