Description: CLELLON HOLMES, John, Random House, New York 1958, The Horn. First Edition . Octavo, 243 pp. publisher’s teal and black boards with white and blue lettering to spine. Black top stain. First printing stated on copyright page. Pictorial dust jacket with $3.75 price on flap and author photo to rear panel. . The definitive jazz novel of the Beat Generation from the man who defined the term, “Beat Generation”. Kerouac is said to credit Clellon Holmes with the title while talking one day. “You know, this really is a best generation…”. - John Clellon Holmes. The is the author’s second novel. Holmes was also the author of the first Beat Novel, “Go” in 1952. Kerouac referred to the author as, the quiet beat. He remained one of Kerouac’s best friends until Kerouac’s death. . Book VG with edgewear, foxing & age toning to pages. Spotting to topstain. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Slight scuffing to corner of last endpage. Jacket in VG with edgewear, chipping to edges and a closed tear to rear panel. Overall a nice copy of a scarce book about Jazz, counter culture and the best generation with its characters recognizable as best regulars. . IG: books_4_ewe . #thehorn #jazz #jazznovel #beatgeneration #johnclellonholmes #jazzmusic #beatpoet #jackkerouac #kerouac #counterculture #newyorkcity #go #beatnovel #allenginsberg #williamburroughs #rarebooks #bookstagram #igbooks #bookcollector #bookcollection #bookstore #bookshop #booktok #bookish #bibliophile #biblio
Price: 100 USD
Location: Clover, South Carolina
End Time: 2025-01-29T18:16:22.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.99 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: John Clellon Holmes
Publisher: Random House
Topic: Literature
Subject: Beat Generation
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1958
