NMLP P-015510 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Town and the City

John Kerouac (Jack Kerouac) · Harcourt, Brace and Company (New York) · 1950

Harcourt, Brace US (1950) is the true first — Kerouac's debut, issued under the name 'John Kerouac.' Eyre & Spottiswoode issued the UK edition (1951). Scarce, especially in jacket and signed.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015510 for "The Town and the City" by John Kerouac (Jack Kerouac) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015510, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).