![[KEROUAC, Jean-Louis Lebris de ("Jack"), (1922-1969)]. -- PLATO. The Republic. Translated into English, with notes by John Llewelyn Davies and David James Vaughan. London: Macmillan and Co., 1935. 8o (155 x 100 mm). Original blue cloth gilt (rubbed, shaken). Provenance: Jack Kerouac (signature "John Kerouac" dated 1945 on front free endpaper) -- annotations in the text in another hand.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2001/NYR/2001_NYR_09806_0231_000(034559).jpg?w=1)
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[KEROUAC, Jean-Louis Lebris de ("Jack"), (1922-1969)]. -- PLATO. The Republic. Translated into English, with notes by John Llewelyn Davies and David James Vaughan. London: Macmillan and Co., 1935. 8o (155 x 100 mm). Original blue cloth gilt (rubbed, shaken). Provenance: Jack Kerouac (signature "John Kerouac" dated 1945 on front free endpaper) -- annotations in the text in another hand.
Plato's Republic is one of the books taught in Columbia University's Core Curriculum, and is likely to have been used by Kerouac as a student at Columbia in 1940-41. The two following titles were acquired in a later period.
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BUNYAN, John (1628-1688). The Pilgrim's Progress. New York: J.H. Sears, n.d. 8o (164 x 100 mm). Original red cloth gilt (faded, wear at extremities). Provenance: Jack Kerouac (signature "John Kerouac" dated 1949 on front free endpaper).
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PLOETZ, Carl. Epitome of Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern History. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. 8o (193 x 123 mm). Original brown cloth gilt (light wear). Provenance: Jack Kerouac (signature "John Kerouac" dated 1949 on front free endpaper"). (3)
Plato's Republic is one of the books taught in Columbia University's Core Curriculum, and is likely to have been used by Kerouac as a student at Columbia in 1940-41. The two following titles were acquired in a later period.
[With:]
BUNYAN, John (1628-1688). The Pilgrim's Progress. New York: J.H. Sears, n.d. 8o (164 x 100 mm). Original red cloth gilt (faded, wear at extremities). Provenance: Jack Kerouac (signature "John Kerouac" dated 1949 on front free endpaper).
[With:]
PLOETZ, Carl. Epitome of Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern History. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. 8o (193 x 123 mm). Original brown cloth gilt (light wear). Provenance: Jack Kerouac (signature "John Kerouac" dated 1949 on front free endpaper"). (3)