Zen Art Motorcycle Maintenance by Pirsig Robert, First Edition (32 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Softcover, Trade Paperback, Condition: As New, Only due to light rubbing to bottom corner and light toning to page edges otherwise New, Unread, Spine Not Broken, Tight and Clean copy, , 8" x 5.25", 430 pages PLUS a 16 page "Insights, Interviews & More" section at back of book, First Quill edition published 1999, First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition published 2005, later printing with # Print Line 06 07 08 09*/RRD 10 9 8 7 6 as printed on copyright page, publisher pre-marked @ $13.95 on back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This copy is Good; the text is clear, bright, but with some lines in the margins and a few pages underlined, also writing on back inside board and back bep, edges show some age; binding is tight. Stated first edition and fourth printing. The jacket is Very Good, intact, including color and design, but small tear top front corner and white turning ivory top edges. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate.

Hard cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First edition. Jacket yellowed and worn with some tearing on edges and light soiling on back. Spine cocked but pages securely attached. Pencil underlining throughout. As is.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Bound in publisher's original quarter black cloth with boards, spine stamped in silver. Book is fine. Dust jacket is fine, with a hint of wear to heel of spine. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. 412 pages.

Hardcover. First edition. 21.5 x 14 cm. 412pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. First printing with number line beginning in 1. Signed by Pirsig with a very early inscription: "Dear Sally and Chad Really good to watch Zen grow with you. This is just the beginning Robert Pirsig Apr 15, 1974": Original price of $7.95 present on front flap. Light toning to the edges of the jacket. Toning to head and tail of cloth spine. The notriously fragile glued binding is still tight and holding but it is coming away at the head. In uncommonly nice condition. Classic semi-autobiographical philosophical novel which explores the concept of quality. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine cocked. Small closed tears on spine heel and top and bottom rear gutter. Light soiling on top rear panel. ; 412 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression, a near fine copy in the dust wrapper, gift inscription to Irish poet Paul Durcan on the front end paper, from John Buckley, most probably the composer and member of Aosdana on the front end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. very important first English edition of Pirsig's first work in very good dj.

Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8.5in. 412pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the a small sticker shadow of the front endpaper, otherwise remains Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows several chips from the edges, price-clipped, otherwise remains bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Dust jacket illustration by John Sewell (illustrator). First British edition. Octavo. Brown cloth. Pp. 412. Near Fine, stain to top edges, light soiling to page ends in Near Fine dust jacket. First impression of the first UK edition, with the iconic Sewell imagery on the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition and first first printing in very good condition. Water mark to the jacket at the base of the rear panel some loss as well to the base of the front panel. Light foxing to the textblock's edges.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Jacket By John Sewell (illustrator). First U.K. Ediiton, Third Impression. DJ in mylar is NOT price clipped (L 2.95) and has wonderful front cover design by John Sewell with terrific b&w photo of Pirsig on motorcycle on back. Previous owners name/address is written in small print on top corner of ffep. A very nice copy ot this collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition and first printing in much better than normally found condition. Slight wear to the jacket and book at the spine ends and corners, otherwise an exceptionally nice copy.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 375. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in quarter black cloth, dark grey paper covered boards, green endpapers, in a Fine glossy black, silver and green dustwrapper, price-clipped. Not cocked, textblock square. Clean and unmarked throughout. 412pp. A popular bestseller of the 1970's. Q19691.

Hardcover. Condition: 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.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine, Leather Bound. 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 to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; Signed by author on 2nd FEP. ; First Easton Press Edition.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

PIRSIG, Robert M. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Advanced Reading Copy preceding the publication of the first edition. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1974. Beige wrappers with "$7.95" and "Pub. Date: 4/15" on front cover. Octavo. 412 pages. One of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance explores deep questions of value, morality, fear, and love while narrating a cross-country motorcycle trip between mother and son. Approximately 4" in tear from spine to title that has been repaired with Archival tape . A very good copy, would be near fine if not for one repaired tear. Textblock tight, pages clean and bright. Scarce.