NMLP P-012986 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-04

Tristessa

Jack Kerouac · Avon Books · 1960

Pictorial wrappers with a sensational illustration of Tristessa and the lurid tag line describing a morphine-racked prostitute; the first printing carries the Avon T-429 designation and the printed cover price

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-012986 for "Tristessa" by Jack Kerouac (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-012986, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).