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Remarks: HARDCOVER. 1st Edition, 1st Printing of the ORIGINAL SCROLL MANUSCRIPT. For the very first time, published without edit. The legendary April, 1951 scroll draft of ON THE ROAD, published word for word as Kerouac originally composed it, without paragraph breaks. Written over a period of three weeks, in an amphetamine-fueled state-of-mind, in an apartment in Manhattan. Kerouac typed ON THE ROAD out as one long, single-spaced paragraph encompassing eight long sheets of tracing paper which he later taped together to form the fabled 120-foot scroll. Six years later, Viking published the text that most of us are familiar with yesterday but the original scroll manuscript is slightly longer reflecting Kerouac's trademark sexually frenetic style punctuated by his adroit use of the English language. His friends are written about using their real names, rather than the fictional names used in the final Viking draft. Truly an original piece of American history. Collector quality copy.
