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8vo. [9], 4-244, [4] pp. Black cloth with green lettering on the front board and silver and green lettering on the spine. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 005a. Charters A4. Kerouac's classic work epitomizing the Beat movement and sensibilities. The corners and spine ends very minutely rubbed; jacket with moderate rubbing and a few traces of edge wear.

The Dharma Bums is a 1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. The semi-autobiographical story is based on the author's experiences during the mid-1950s while living in California, after he'd become interested in Buddhism's spiritual mode of understanding. One of the main characters, Japhy Ryder, is based on the real poet Gary Snyder, who was a close friend and whose interest in Buddhism influenced Kerouac.