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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. 1st PB EDITION, 1s PB PRINTING. SIGNED. A Collection of essays about Koestler by some of the most important critics of his era. This copy is VG; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked; binding is tight, slight wear on edges. Signed by editor. The covers are also VG; intact, including very good color and design, but signs of rubbing. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. We guarantee: NO NASTY SURPRISES. Signed by Editor.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. 1st PB EDITION, 1s PB PRINTING. SIGNED. A Collection of essays about Koestler by some of the most important critics of his era. This copy is VG; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked; binding is tight, slight wear on edges. Signed by editor. The covers are also VG; intact, including very good color and design, but signs of rubbing. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. We guarantee: NO NASTY SURPRISES. Signed by Editor.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 189 historical and informative pages! "In the late 1930s and 1940s, with the fall of much of Europe first to the Nazis and then to the Soviets, the end of history seemed real, often imminent. In the 1950s and the early 1960s, with Cold War tension and the threat of nuclear holocaust, the apocalypse seemed equally real, in some ways more imminent. Arthur Koestler, because of his Middle European Jewish background, his refugee situation, and his personality, felt the apocalyptic nature of his times with particular intensity, and for a generation of his life, from his first book in English in 1937 to his farewell to political literature in 1955, he chose to express himself mainly in apocalyptic and prophetic modes." ---- from the Introduction.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition stated. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist from reading or improper shelving. No bumped corners. No broken hinges. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket priced at $7.95 (not clipped) shows no edge wear, no sun fading. …

The essays are by: George Orwell, Malcolm Cowley, Merleau-Ponty, Rebecca West, etc. -- Softcover. Condition: very good. ISBN 0130492051.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Twentieth Century Views. Trade paperback. Full number line to 1. Light wear to crown, heel, corners, surfaces. Gold Prentice-Hall sticker to front near lower edge. Text block mellowed, one small faint stain on text block fore edge. Neat personal signature on upper right front end paper half-title page. (x)189pp.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback. x, 189pp, bibliography. Or card covers with slight edge wear, light toning to page edges. Volume in Twentieth century Views series. A selection of essays offering literary criticism, discussion of his scientific theory of cognitive forces, and evaluation of his political significance as a writer and activist among others. Part One deals with politics and literature, while the second part deals with science and mysticism. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American edition (so stated). 8vo. Editor's preface, introduction and acknowledgments. Bibliography. Dust jacket (unclipped). Very good-fine. No signatures or bookplates. Literary and political responses to the Spanish Civil War by such authors as Ernest Hemingway, W.H. Auden, John Dos Passos, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, George Bernard Shaw, Stephen Spender, Evelyn Waugh, et al.…