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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1939-1943. First American editions of each work in Koestler's acclaimed trilogy, including his masterpiece, Darkness at Noon. Octavo, original cloth. Darkness at Noon is signed by Arthur Koestler on the front free endpaper. Each volume is very good in a very good dust jackets with some rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. First printings are rare signed. Although there is no narrative connection between the books, Arthur Koestler declared his first three novels to be a thematic trilogy following the publication of the final installment, Arrival and Departure. Set in different eras, each novel explores the ethics and consequences of revolutionary politics and idealism, reflecting Koestler’s growing disillusionment with the political environment of mid-20th century Europe. Published in 1939, Koestler’s first novel, The Gladiators, used the portrayal of the slave uprising led by Thracian gladiator Spartacus in… Read More

Cape, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. The boards are a bit marked and worn. Internally mostly clean and tightly bound - if slightly cocked and sprung. One signature, minor offsetting and a few spots. The jacket is from a later edition. It is a bit chipped and marked.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Jonathan Cape, London., 1940. First edition. Translated by Daphne Hardy. Octavo. 254 pages.Blind ownership stamp on front free endpaper. Covers marked. Spine scuffed and rubbed at head. Good copy in a poor late issue dustwrapper with reviews on it, including one by George Orwell, marked, rubbed and heavily chipped at top edge. Rare.

New York: Macmillan / Random House A collection of sixteen books (14 titles) by Arthur Koestler published between 1941 and 1998. Arthur Koestler (1905-1983) was a Hungarian-British author, journalist, and intellectual, renowned for his penetrating critiques of totalitarianism and his explorations of human freedom. His works spanned fiction, essays, and memoirs, influencing debates on politics, science, and philosophy. Books include: 1. Darkness at Noon (Franklin Library:1979, SIGNED). 2. The Age of Longing (MacMillan:1951, SIGNED 1st edition). 3. The Heel of Archilles (Random House:1974, SIGNED 1st edition). 4. Arrow in Blue (Stein and Day:1984, reprint). 5. Stranger on the Square (Random House:1984, 1st edition). 6. Dialogue with Death (MacMillan:1942, price-clipped dj). 7. Darkness at Noon (MacMillan:1941, lacks dj). 8. The Lotus and the Robot (MacMillan:1961, 1st printing). 9. The Call Girls (Random House:1973, 1st US). 10. The Thirteenth Tribe (Random House:1976, 1st US). 11. Theives… Read More

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Faint foxing on top text block edge. ; Signed by author on 2nd FEP. ; First Franklin Library Edition. .

First Edition of this seminal novel on the authoritarian state. .. Blue cloth over boards with silver lettering on the front (AK) and on the spine. Some fraying at top cover corners and top and bottom of spine; and same age discoloration on the inside covers. Otherwise, no apparent fault; no tears or blemishes.

New York: Macmillan, 1941.. 8vo. 267 pp., Black Cloth, Very Good with staining to end papers, a few pages & boards corner-bumped. First American Edition.

Franklin Ctr, PA: Franklin Library. F. 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Leatherbound signed by the author on a tipped in page. ; Signed by Author .

Folio Society,, 1980. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and full-page engravings in the text; grey cloth boards blocked in gilt and black, black cloth back lettered in gilt, purple top, purple endpapers, a very good, clean copy in publisher's board slip-case.

London: Folio Society, 1980. 1st, This Ed. . Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Buday, George. 267pp.; HB blk.&gray w/gilt-pic.cover-red trim; bookplate,otherwise fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. Slipcase burgundy; slight rub w/dampstain,bttm. "The characters in this book are fictitious. The historical circumstances which determined their actions are real. The life of the man N.S. Rubashov is a synthesis of the lives of a number of men who were victims of the so-called Moscow Trials." illus.

London: The Folio Society, 1980. 1st Thus. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. George Buday. 1st printing. An unread book in a fine slipcase, showing leading edge sunning.

The Macmillan Co., 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Original blue cloth with silver titles and designs and single date on copyright page. Jacket is a faithful first edition facsimile and like new. A fine, clean and unmarked copy with mild rubbing to edges. Still a very attractive, solid copy.

NY: The MacMillan Co., 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1941 MacMillan Co. First Edition ( 2nd?) printing with 1941 present on both the title page and copyright page but no First Edition statement. A very clean tight copy in VG condition/no DJ and only some darkening/foxing to the inside boards.

New American Library. mass market paperback. acceptable; used. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 12mo; 188 pages; acceptable mass market paperabck; spine starting; first edition; tanned pages; nicks and chips to cover edges; tips bumped with slight chip oir fray; crease to cover; scuffs to face cover; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking

New York: Random House, [1951]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original simulated cloth in black and gilt dust jacket, red topstain; [12],117pp.; photographic double-page title page, 3 leaves of photographic plates. General edge wear to jacket extremities, including two short closed tears to top edge of upper panel, one touching a letter without loss of meaning, very faint ring stain to upper panel, else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. First U. S. Edition. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Fair. [12], 267, [1] pages. Small tears at top and bottom edges of spine, wear to edges of boards. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Discoloration and small stains inside boards and flyleaves, ink name ins front flyleaf. Pages slightly darkened, board corners worn. Somewhat cocked. Arthur Koestler, CBE (5 September 1905 - 1 March 1983) was a Hungarian-British author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. In 1931 Koestler joined the Communist Party of Germany until, disillusioned by Stalinism, he resigned in 1938. In 1940 he published his novel Darkness at Noon, an anti-totalitarian work that gained him international fame. Over the next 43 years, from his residence in Britain, Koestler espoused many political causes, and wrote novels, memoirs, biographies and numerous essays. In 1968 he was awarded the Sonning Prize "for… Read More

NY: Modern Library, 1941. Presumed 1st Edition . Buckram/cloth. Good/No Jacket. NY: Modern Library, 1941. Presumed 1st Edition . Buckram/cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Some edgewear to Gray boards and Gold Gilt is rubbed, decorated ep. Signature on fep text is tight, intact, unmarked <br/> <br/>

First. Corners show wear. Some white spots top front edge.Title in white between bands on spine with publisher and author.Text unmarked/ Previous owner stamp in ink recto front endpaper.. Book has been read. Brown stain around edge of rear front cover.

Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1945. First edition thus. Softcover. g. Sm. 8vo. 294pp. Original printed paper wraps. Text in French. Head and tail of spine chipped. Signature of previous owner on title page. Newspaper clipping in French mounted on last page. Overall binding in fair, interior in very good condition.

the softcover stated Signet Classic First Edition from July 1961. Both the cover and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight as a drumLike New