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499 pages, First edition, first printing, one of 1,500. Dust jacket design by Leo Manso. His first book, preceding On The Road in 1957. Autobiographical story of Kerouac's childhood in New England & the early Beat Movement in New York. Fine book in a fine dust jacket a touch of rubbing to the top & bottom of the spine and a 1/2" closed toward the bottom of the front cover. A beautiful copy!.

The Town and the City was Jack Kerouac's debut novel, published in 1950. It presents a coming-of-age story of a young man who experiences the dichotomy between provincial American life and the attraction of the city. Kerouac's alter ego is Peter Martin. The novel is heavily influenced by the works of Thomas Wolfe and is based on Kerouac's own early life.