One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

KESEY, Ken [Milos Forman].

Item Number: 140941

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1990.

First edition of the Easton Press edition of Kesey’s classic work. Octavo, original black leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon bound in. Although not called for, this example is signed by Ken Kesey. Additionally signed by Milos Forman, who directed the film bearing the same name. In fine condition. Illustrated by Kent Bash. Includes the publisher’s note about the book and its author.

Published in February 1962, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was a great critical and commercial success. Over the subsequent decades the book's reputation and readership swelled as millions recognized Kesey's psychiatric ward as a not-so-fantastic metaphor for a modern world in which bureaucracy and technology combine to diminish humanity, individuality and diversity.