New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth, spotting; publisher's dust jacket, rubbing, spotting.

The Dharma Bums was written based on real events which took place following the publication of Kerouac's seminal work, On the Road, and examines the author's relationship to mountaineering, nature, and life in the city. It would later become a significant influence to the counterculture movement of the late 1960s.