New York: Scribner’s, (1952). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 311 pp. Original full cardinal cloth-covered boards, stamped in blue, in original unclipped ($3.50) dust-jacket. Mild edge wear with chipping, fraying to spine ends and corners rubbing and scuffs. Mildly toned, particular to spine. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Rubbing and wear to edges and small bumps to corners. Light curling to spine ends with a few small tears to the cloth. Page edges mildly toned. Previous owner’s name to ffep..

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“Go is a semi-autobiographical novel by John Clellon Holmes. (Holmes referred to the book as a roman à clef.) It is considered to be the first published novel depicting the beat generation. Set in New York, it concerns the lives of a collection of characters largely based on the friends Holmes used to hang around with in the 1940s and 1950s in Manhattan. An underworld of drug-fueled parties, bars, clubs and free love is explored through the eyes of character Paul Hobbes, Holmes' representation of himself in the novel. Hobbes is torn between joining his friends in their riotous existence and trying to maintain his relatively stable life and marriage to his wife Kathryn.”