Evergreen Original E-160. First Edition, First Printing in wraps. The soft cover edition was issued simultaneously with the first hard cover edition A very nice copy in wrappers. Spine not cracked. About fine, light rubbing at extremities. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, Minimal handling wear. ------- Publisher's paper wrappers, lettered in red, gray, and white over black. 8 inches tall; 245 pages. ------ Kerouac wrote Doctor Sax in 1952 while living with William S. Burroughs in Mexico City, but the novel was not published until 1959 after the success of On the Road (1957). It features the author's fictional alter-ego, Jack Duluoz, who represents a younger Kerouac and makes appearances in subsequent novels. -------- Kerouac considered Doctor Sax "the greatest book I ever wrote, or that I will write." Laid-in is Folded Evergreen Book Catalogue for Spring 1959, 12 pages .