The Sixties Catalogue

T h e S I X T I E S 42 “A Roar Of Protest” ( Time ) 40. KESEY, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. New York, 1962. Octavo, original green cloth, dust jacket. $7000. Click for more info First edition of Kesey’s most “popular and enduring” work, in scarce dust jacket. “Ken Kesey’s first novel remains his most popular and enduring… Cuckoo’s Nest resonates with the classic theme of the individual rebelling against the controlling forces of society” ( Books of theCentury , 98). Adapted to the stage in 1963, with Kirk Douglas in the lead, the novel was the basis for the highly successful 1975 film starring Jack Nicholson. First issue , with “that fool Red Cross woman” on page 9, lines 12-13, in first-issue dust jacket containing Kerouac’s endorsement on the front flap. Dust jacket with light expert restoration. Book bright and about fine. A most desirable copy. “All I know is this: nobody’s very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.”