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New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1959. . First edition, first hardback issue; 8vo; Hudson's Bookshop label to rear pastedown, else unmarked internally; publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the unclipped dust-jacket, slight edge-wear, primarily to spine ends, else a clean and crisp copy. An exceptional copy of one of Kerouac's scarcer titles, written while living with William S. Burroughs in Mexico City.

Doctor Sax (Faust Part Three) is a novel by Jack Kerouac. The third book of Kerouac's autobiographical series, the story unfolds in the author's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts. It follows the dark and mystical adventures of the protagonist Jack Duluoz, Kerouac's alter ego, as he navigates a realm of fantasy peopled by the enigmatic figure of Doctor Sax and other characters.