city lights books, san francisco, 1957. First edition, third print,overall VG condition, lightly yellowed covers, pages crisp and bright, priced on cover at 75 cents, pp. 30, printed in stapled wraps edition only, scarce third printing of this "awakening" essay/manifesto by novelist norman mailer, defining "the hipster", and as well defining important cultural issues in mid-20th century america about jazz, "negroes", jazz musicians, addicts, homosexuals, psychopaths, and the emergence of "cool" as a white man's "hip" attitude, a kind of american existentialism" defined. Originally published in dissent magazine in 1957, this book includes additional reflections on hipsterism by jean malaquais, ned polsky, with additional replies by mailer, american essay, manifesto, hipster, african-american, negro, jazz, jazz musician, drug addict, junkie, homosexual, psychopath,existentialist, the Hip, definition of hip,rebellion,rage,cool, essay, manifesto,american sociology,americana