The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac. Grove, 1971. Large best Paperback In Very Good Collectible Condition. Haiku. Tea Poem, "Ecstasy". FREE SHIPPING.

This is an unread tight clean copy. The only noticeable flaws are minor rubbing or discoloration on the front cover and a tiny nick at the spine heel.PUBLISHED BY GROVE PRESS, EVERGREEN BOOK 1971.

Jack Kerouac / The Dharma Bums Viking Compass First Ed. 1971 in Near Mint Vintage Collectible Condition/

SOFT COVER BOOK MEASURES 5" X 8" XXX-PAGES

One of the best and most popular of Kerouac's autobiographical novels, The Dharma Bums is based on experiences the writer had during the mid-1950s while living in California, after he'd become interested in Buddhism's spiritual mode of understanding. One of the book's main characters, Japhy Ryder, is based on the real poet Gary Snyder, who was a close friend and whose interest in Buddhism influenced Kerouac. This book is a must-read for any serious Kerouac fan.

Autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac, published in 1958. The story's narrator, Raymond Smith, is based on Kerouac himself, and the poet-woodsman-Buddhist, Japhy Ryder, is a thinly disguised portrait of the poet Gary Snyder. The book contains a number of other characters who are drawn from actual poets and writers. The plot unfolds when Smith, who is suffering spiritual conflicts amid the emptiness of middle-class American life, meets Ryder, whom he immediately recognizes as a spiritual model. The novel tells of the growth of their friendship and Smith's groping toward personal understanding. Much of the story occurs on the American West Coast.

The volume is a card stock quality pictorial "paperback" with minimal edge wear and without corner bends or bumping... it lays flat... the binding remains tight without loose pages. The hinge along the spine is intact. The cover opens without stress to binding. Appears unread. best