KEROUAC, JACK. The Town and the City. By John Kerouac. New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1950]. 8vo, original russet cloth, very worn, backstrip loosening. FIRST EDITION of the author's first book, PRESENTATION COPY to his good friends George Bouwman and his wife (see note to previous lot), inscribed on front free endpaper: "To George & Eleanor with much love and affection Jack K And in memory of great times & anticipation of many many more, maybe in them sunny Indies." The Bouwmans hosted the party for Kerouac when The Town and the City was published. Charters Ala.