Bidspirit auction | Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over

Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - [Advanced Review Copy, First Edition, First Printing, First State Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Covers and spine have light soiling (covers and spine only, interior pages are not soiled or stained, pages 34 and 35 both have a gum-like foreign substance stuck to pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. New York: The Viking Press [1962]. An advance review copy of the first edition, first printing. First Edition, First Printing, First State Dust Jacket.. Review copy with business card from Phyllis Sari Levy of The Viking Press that is inscribed ”Dear Mrs. Horsch: Here's an advance copy of one Kesey boo. Phyllis Levy”. Points for First state dust jacket features a single-line blurb from Jack Kerouac in red ink on the bottom of the front flap and the original retail price of $4.95. Page 9 includes the phrase ”that fool Red Cross woman,” and pages 85–86 include the ”plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin. Housed in an Asprey full-imitation leather clamshell case. Not price clipped ($4.95 price top right inside front flap), protected in mylar. Provenance: Estate collection of an advanced collector, Fort Collins, Colorado. This lot measures 9.25 x 7 x 2 inches for shipping purposes.