Fine Books & Manuscripts

KESEY, Ken (1935–2001). One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. New York: The Viking Press, [1962]. 8vo. Publisher’s green cloth, spine lettered in yellow, original unclipped dust jacket (few tiny chips at ends, spine panel gently sunned, small closed tear to lower panel near head). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with “that fool Red Cross woman” on p. 9, lines 12–13; and with “It’s the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen–doe–lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about…” on pp. 85–86. In the FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with a five-word Kerouac quote on front flap. –– [Together with:] KESEY, Ken. Demon Box. [New York]: The Viking Press, [1986]. 8vo. Publisher’s cloth backed boards, original unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Fine. –– KESEY, Ken. Last Go Round. [New York]: The Viking Press, [1994]. 8vo. Publisher’s cloth backed boards, original unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. –– and two “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” paperbacks. –– Together, 5 works in 5 volumes. Kesey’s enduring study of the institutional process and the human mind. Basis for the 1975 film starring Jack Nicholson and winner of all five major Academy Awards including Best Picture.