New York: E.P. Dutton, (1964). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 253 pp. Original quarter black cloth under mustard yellow boards, stamped in yellow, in original unclipped ($4.50) dust jacket. Light edge wear, particular to spine ends, corners, tips. Handling and shelf wear, with rubbing. Spots of soiling to spine near the bottom, som spotting to front panel and along the front panel spine. Small abrasion at bottom of spine. Protected in archival mylar. Book is moderately tight, square and firm. Mild handling, shelf wear present to panels, a few nicks to panel edges. Page edges mostly bright with a few tiny nicks to edges, top text block mildly toned. Light curling to spine ends, rubbing to corners. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“Returning to their respective homes in Connecticut and Louisiana, Dan Verger and May Delano find their perspectives on their relationship changed by the experience. Dan Verger and May Delano share a loft in New York City, but the passion that brought them together has turned brittle and sour, much like the boozy parties and late-night discussions that so thrilled them a few years ago. The brightest lights of their circle have moved on—visionary poet David Stofksy to a job in advertising, novelist Gene Pasternak to Mexico—and Dan and May eventually decide to do the same, abandoning each other to return to their respective hometowns. Best known for his 1952 novel Go. Considered the first "Beat" novel, Go depicted events in his life with his friends Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg. He was often referred to as the "quiet Beat" and was one of Kerouac's closest friends. Holmes also wrote what is considered the definitive jazz novel of the Beat Generation, The Horn.”