zen art motorcycle maintenance inquiry von pirsig robert, Erstausgabe (8 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. (1st printing with full number line.) Very Good, gift inscription on front free endpaper, light wear, in Good dust jacket with chipping at head, price-clipped. The classic philosophical/counterculture book.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Hardcover in dustjacket. First Edition with number line to 1. Condition is Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Book has clean covers, square corners and a tight binding. Book has a touch of fading along edges and two small spots of soiling on text fore-edge. The jacket is clean and bright with a very short closed tear and wrinkle at spine head and another very short closed tear near bottom of spine. Photos upon request.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by William Morrow and Company, New York. 1974. 412 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (spine ends lightly chipped and worn). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Light foxing present to the endpapers. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Few books transform a generation and then establish themselves as touchstones for the generations that follow. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is one such book. This modern epic of a man's search for meaning became an instant bestseller on publication in 1974, acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters. It continues to inspire millions. A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions on how to live. The narrator's relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning; the craft of motorcycle maintenance leads to an austerely beautiful process for reconciling science, religion, and humanism. Resonant with the confusions of existence, this classic is a touching and transcendent book of life. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 412 pages.

Zustand: VERY GOOD. First printing. A classic of the 1970's - "the story of a summer month's motorcycle trip taken by the narrator and his 11 year old son, from their home in Minnesota to California. While they ride the author gives a Chautauqua . . on many topics from motorcycle maintenance itself through a search on how to live, and an inquiry into 'what is best,' to the creation of a philosophical system that reconciles science, religion and humanism." It is also a very personal confrontation with the author's past - a past which included madness, hospitalization and shock therapy. 412 pp, Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. Very good in a very good dust jacket (spine cocked, previous owner's name, short closed tear to front cover of dj, orig price of 7.95 on dj flap).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [12], 11-412, [6] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper-covered boards, with silver lettering on the spine. Green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $7.95 on the front dust jacket's flap. Pirsig's masterful tale of his road trip with his son, framed by his ideas of what it is to live the good life. A nice copy of a book that was cheaply made, difficult to find thus. A Very Good book with separation between the backstrip and top textblock (common with this title) and a name and number written on the free front endpaper in a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear to the bottom of the spine panel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Signed limited edition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig. This edition was released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original publication. (illustrator). Limited Edition. Octavo, 412pp. Teal cloth boards, title in silver on black morocco spine. Fine condition. Housed in the publisher's matching slipcase, with the original cover art on front panel, near fine. One of 1,000 limited edition copies, this one numbered 314. Signed by Robert M. Pirsig on the front free endpaper. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974) by Robert M. Pirsig is a philosophical novel that combines autobiographical elements with discussions on philosophy, particularly the concept of "Quality." The book follows a motorcycle journey across the United States taken by the narrator and his son, Chris, while exploring themes of classical versus romantic approaches to life and technology. It introduces Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality, which challenges traditional dualistic thinking. The book became a national bestseller and remains an important work in philosophical literature.

Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Presentation copy signed by Robert M. Pirsig on the front free endpaper, inscribed to William Kemsley, founder of and reviewer for Backpacker magazine: "Dear William Kemsley[,] Many thanks for your insightful reading of this book. You've seen its main point-- an effort toward a new mythos-- which other reviewers have curiously overlooked. Robert M Pirsig June 21. 1974." 412 pp. Bound in publisher's original black paper boards over black spine cloth lettered in silver. A Fine copy, unread and bright internally, with textblock slightly sunken, as is typical, in an excellent example of the jacket with a tiny pucker along the front gutter, else Fine. A superior copy of a fragile, cheaply-produced book almost always encountered looking like it was run over by a leaky motorcycle. A classic of modern spirituality, with a very nice inscription.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Robert M. Pirsig on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original black paper boards over black spine cloth lettered in silver. Very Good with the typical lean to the binding, light soiling and wear to boards, textblock edge lightly soiled, pages tanned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, toning and edge wear, chipping to the spine ends with a small puncture scrape near the top end, a small tape repair to the foot made to the verso, old price-sticker residue to front flap and a few small light stains. The first of Pirsig's books in which he explores his Metaphysics of Quality.