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First Printing, with the textual errors on pages 9 and 85-86. Octavo (20.75cm); emerald green cloth, with titles stamped in yellow on spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-311,[1]pp. Gentle sunnning to spine and upper board edges, topstain a little dulled, but fresh internally; Near Fine. In the first state dustjacket, with the Kerouac quote at lower front flap; unclipped (priced $4.95), a bit spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny nicks and tears to extremities, and a 1.5cm tear at base of spine neatly tape-mended on verso; Very Good+. Kesey's first published novel, one of the defining works of the 1960's, set in an Oregon psychiatric ward. Basis for Milo Forman's Oscar-winning 1975 film, starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel written by Ken Kesey, first published in 1962. The book is a powerful critique of the mental health system and a poignant study of institutional processes and the human mind.