2007 Sees the 50th anniversary of the publication of Jack Kerouac's ON THE ROAD, I'll be marking that date with stuff on the site and in Beat Scene magazine. To that end I'm placing some of the more thoughtful and attractive covers that have graced the book over the years - on this site. There are a few below.

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" 

Below a newspaper obituary from a Florida daily in 1969 reporting the death of Jack Kerouac.

Some Jack Kerouac books for sale. All prices include post in the UK. We are constantly adding to the stock, this is just a tiny sample. If you would like a paper booklist (remember them?) just ask. Send a First Class stamp for a listing of 500 + titles.

JACK KEROUAC...LEGENDS OF THE 20th CENTURY...19 track compact disc which comes packaged as a small hardcover book with full colour inside...all original recordings read by Jack Kerouac...beautifully packaged...new copy...£16

KEROUAC: THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY by Paul Maher Junior...with a foreword by David Amram...giant 2004 USA hardcover first edition biography of Jack Kerouac. Photos..557 pages...AS NEW...£23

JACK KEROUAC...DEPARTED ANGELS: THE LOST PAINTINGS text by Ed Adler...glossy, colourful, large format softcover of the hidden, obscure artwork of Jack Kerouac...285 pages of a beautiful book which carefully documents a little researched aspect of Kerouac...very good condition, slight bump bottom of big spine...£16

GOOFBOOK FOR JACK KEROUAC by Philip Whalen...originally written to Jack Kerouac in 1961 but not published until 2003...USA paperback...AS NEW...£12.95

   KEROUAC IN FLORIDA: WHERE THE ROAD ENDS by Bob Kealing...brand new illustrated USA paperback (lots of previously unpublished photos of Kerouac in Florida)...£15

JACK KEROUAC, ALBERT SAIJO & LEW WELCH...TRIP TRAP...scarce 1973 Grey Fox Press USA paperback in exceptional condition...£50

JACK KEROUAC...WINDBLOWN WORLD: THE JOURNALS OF JACK KEROUAC 1947-1954 edited by Douglas Brinkley...vast USA hardcover...new...£22

JACK KEROUAC'S ON THE ROAD: BLOOM'S MODERN CRITICAL INTERPRETATIONS edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom...2004 USA hardcover, large format, mint & new copy, essays...£20

ANGELS STILL FALLING: THE STORY OF KEROUAC AND CASSADY by Richard Deakin...1997 UK paperback...a controversial play about Kerouac and Cassady...mint & new copy...£6.50

JACK KEROUAC...VISIONS OF KEROUAC: THE LIFE OF JACK KEROUAC by Charles E. Jarvis...1974 USA Ithaca Press paperback (2nd edition) in very good condition, one of the few of the biographers who actually met and talked with Kerouac while compiling the book...£20

JACK KEROUAC: A CHICKEN ESSAY by Victor Levy Beaulieu...1979 Canadian paperback. One of the more obscure books about Jack Kerouac...in very good condition indeed...£35

USE MY NAME: JACK KEROUAC'S FORGOTTEN FAMILIES by Jim Jones...1999 USA paperback...illustrated..new copy...£9

JACK KEROUAC: ANGELHEADED HIPSTER by Steve Turner...large format 1996 UK softcover edition of this beautifully illustrated biography of Jack Kerouac...new copy...£12.95

JACK KEROUAC...by Tom Clark...1990 USA paperback...virtually mint...illustrated & rated by Carolyn Cassady as the best Kerouac biography...£13

THE LONG SLOW DEATH OF JACK KEROUAC by Jim Christy...1998 Canadian paperback investigation into the later life of Jack Kerouac, mint & new...£12.50

   JACK KEROUAC...LONESOME TRAVELLER...1972 UK paperback edition...lovely condition...no spine crease or reading crease, no inscriptions...£6

JACK KEROUAC...VANITY OF DULUOZ...2001 USA paperback edition...as new...available at this price in UK & Europe only...£5

JACK KEROUAC...OLD ANGEL MIDNIGHT..2001 (3rd printing) Grey Fox USA paperback...near mint condition...£7.50

JACK KEROUAC...POMES ALL SIZES...1992 City Lights USA paperback. Number 48 in their historic Pocket Poets Series. Virtually a new copy...£6

JACK KEROUAC...BOOK OF HAIKUS...2003 advance uncorrected proof copy...mint & new...£99

JACK KEROUAC READS ON THE ROAD...released in 1999, advance promotional compact disc (it says so on the disc)...released on the Rykodisc label...£25

JACK KEROUAC...ORPHEUS EMERGED...2000 USA hardcover FIRST EDITION, complete with the CDROM...mint & new copy...£25

JACK KEROUAC...TRIP TRAP: HAIKU ON THE ROAD with Albert Saijo & Lew Welch...later 1998 USA paperback...mint copy...£12

     JACK KEROUAC...VISIONS OF KEROUAC a play by Martin Duberman...1977 USA Little Brown USA paperback...fantastic condition & a rarity these days...£25

          

 JACK KEROUAC...SAN FRANCISCO BLUES...original 1993 stapled wrappers...mint...£12.50