Nothing More to Declare, John Clellon Holmes — 1st Edition

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Nothing More to Declare, John Clellon Holmes — 1st Edition

Name: Nothing More to Declare, John Clellon Holmes — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6676
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Publication: London, André Deutsch, 1968

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 253.

Condition Report: Good. The original orange cloth binding remains structurally sound and reasonably square, exhibiting only minor compression to the spine extremities and negligible shelf-wear. The striking pop-art dust jacket is remarkably well-preserved for a circulating copy, retaining vibrant, un-faded colours across the panels and showing only trivial rubbing to the edges. Internally, the pages are clean and highly legible, though the volume bears unmistakable institutional provenance: a 'Glamorgan County Library Committee' circular stamp is present on the title page, with a similar stamp located on the lower text-block edge, alongside a 'Withdrawn from Circulation' ink notation on the copyright page.

Catalogue Note: This is the first UK edition of Holmes’s seminal collection of essays, published a year after the American first edition.

The dust jacket for this British edition features a wildly different, psychedelic pop-art design compared to its American counterpart, making it a highly desirable variant for collectors of 1960s countercultural literature and Beat Generation ephemera.

As noted in the condition report, the volume is an ex-library copy, formerly of the Glamorgan County Libraries. Despite its institutional history, it has survived in surprisingly bright condition, avoiding the heavy reading wear, loose joints, and aggressive marking typical of circulating stock from this era.

At the age of forty, John Clellon Holmes, often regarded as the quiet, philosophical voice of the Beat Generation, turned his critical eye toward his own maturity and the explosive literary movement he helped define. Nothing More to Declare is a provocative and deeply personal summation of the mid-century counterculture. Part memoir, part cultural critique, the collection offers intimate, firsthand portraits of his contemporaries and friends, including Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Gershon Legman, providing an essential, ground-level view of the men and ideas that shaped modern American literature.

Book Condition: Good

Book Authors: John Clellon Holmes

Book Publisher: André Deutsch

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Criticism & Essays

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 253

Book Publication Year: 1968

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Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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