1957 Rare First Edition, 3rd Printing - On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Author: Jack Kerouac.
Title: On the Road.
Publisher: New York, The Viking Press, 1957. First Edition, Third Printing (as stated). Copyright page stating “Second Printing September 1957” and “Third Printing September 1957.”
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 x 5.5 inches.
Pages: 310 pages.
Binding: Very good publisher’s original black cloth binding, spine lettered in white; upper edge stained red (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) in the very good original dust jacket with abstract pictorial design (jacket showing moderate rubbing and small chips at spine ends - as shown, price clipped - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. 
Content: Near fine content (bright, tight and clean - as shown).

Estimate: (USD 700–1000).

The book: A classic First Edition, Third Printing of Jack Kerouac’s landmark novel On the Road, first published in 1957 and widely regarded as the defining literary work of the Beat Generation. The novel follows Sal Paradise and the charismatic Dean Moriarty as they crisscross postwar America in a restless search for freedom, identity, and meaning, capturing the spontaneity, jazz-influenced rhythm, and countercultural energy that transformed American literature. This early printing, issued the same year as the true first edition, preserves the original text and format that introduced readers to Kerouac’s revolutionary, stream-of-consciousness prose and enduring vision of life lived in motion.

The author: Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), a Franco-American writer born in Lowell, Massachusetts, became one of the central figures of the Beat Generation. Drawing heavily on autobiographical experience, his work blends spiritual yearning, travel narrative, and experimental prose. On the Road remains his most celebrated achievement, shaping generations of writers and readers with its celebration of wanderlust, rebellion, and the search for transcendence on the open road.