One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey, 1st Printing, all points, FLATSIGNED

Description: You are viewing a First Edition, First Printing copy of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, flat-signed by Ken Kesey. Published by The Viking Press in 1962, the novel was adapted into the iconic film starring Jack Nicholson, winning five Academy Awards in 1976. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Novels. This copy was signed by Ken Kesey on the front free endpaper. We are selling the book on behalf of family friends of the Keseys. The elder couple who brought us this book to sell offers this story as provenance: "My wife and I discovered a signed copy of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest when we were helping my parents move from their home in Eugene. We were instantly puzzled when we came across the book in a small bookshelf.We really don’t know how Ken and my father came to know each other. It’s possible that one connection might have been the fact that my father was a track athlete at the University of Oregon. Another connection could have been both were members of the same fraternity on the Oregon Campus. My parents previously lived in the Pleasant Hill area before moving to Eugene in 1980. Ken Kesey and his family purchased a farm on Ridgeway Road in 1965. According to several accounts, Ken was involved with the Wrestling Program at Pleasant Hill High School. My father was a member of the Pleasant Hill School Board for a number of years and knew the previous owners of Ken’s farm." Our percentage of proceeds will go toward an Indiegogo campaign currently underway to pay off Tsunami Books' debt to the community:https://igg.me/at/tsunami-books-indiegogo/x/37920977#/ First Printing, with all points of issue present (as per photos): "Published in 1962 by The Viking Press" stated on middle of copyright page with no mention of subsequent printings. Light green cloth, orange spine lettering, and orange top stain. Contains "that fool Red Cross woman" on page 9, lines 12-13. Contains “Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about..." on the top of page 86.This particular copy is in very good condition. All pages clean and bright, with no foxing. A small water stainas per photo, is visible on the front cover. The dust jacket, protected in a new mylar wrap, is a facsimile of the original dust jacket. This book will be very carefully packaged and shipped in a priority box, insured, at our cost. Thank you very much for viewing. The best of fortune to us all.

Price: 4650 USD

Location: Eugene, Oregon

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