Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: an Inquiry Into Values by Robert M Pirsig, First Edition (16 results)

Condition: good. 1st. Used - Good : May be signs of prior use, (Highlighting, writing, creasing, folds, etc.) For USED books, we cannot guarantee supplemental materials such as CDs, DVDs, access codes and other materials.

Wraps. 1st edition thus. 1st ed thus, octavo, wraps, pp xiv, 436. Very good condition. 25th anniversary edition, with new introduction by the author and a reader's guide.

Condition: new. Dust Jacket Condition: New!. 1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 0370103386.

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. 1st Edition. Book size about 5 3/4 by 8 1/4 inches with some 412 pages. Bound in gray paper over boards with a black cloth spine; silver spine lettering. With bright green end papers. In the original dust wrapper with a front flap price of $7.95. Wrapper enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. Book with fading along the very top edge; some light corner bumping; small scuff at front cover bottom spine area; small stain on top edge; light staining to bottom edge. Wrapper with evidence of exposure to damp at rear cover bottom edge; small closed tear at front cover bottom flap fold; light edge wear most noticeable as rubbing. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. complete number line - 1st printing therefore 1st edition, very light soiling/dusting to edges of text block with a small thin stain to bottom rear corner of fore-edge to bottom edge - this stain shows as a 3/4" x 3/4" x 1" faint stain to bottom corner of pages 379 to rear paste-down very small at first growing to the size described at the end - slight sag at top of binding/text block away from spine covering, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows edge wear with toning - 7/16" tear to bottom left edge of front panel - 3/8" wide x 3/8" depp piece missing to bottom center of rear panel - two tiny tears with short creasing to top edge and small chipping to bottom edge of spine - small chips to top/bottom of fold rear panel to flap - 1/8" tear to top and a small chip to bottom of fold front panel to flap - original price intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing with the 1 in the number line and $7.95 price in the dust jacket. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. John Sewell [Cover illustration] (illustrator). First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition, with the iconic dustwrapper illustration by John Sewell. ***Very good in dark brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Very slight bumping to the bottom edge of the front board. Corners sharp. Boards clean and unmarked. Top edge and fore-edge of page block lightly foxed. Internally very clean, with no creases or tears. Ownership name 'Lawrence Campfield' to the front free endpaper. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £2.95 net. The dustwrapper is correct for the first impression, having no mention of impressions on the front flap. Extremities of dustwrapper very slightly rubbed and creased, mainly at the head and tail of the spine. No tears. No chips. No fading except for the usual fading to the light green titles on the spine, which are now white. Dustwrapper bright and clean. ***224mm x 148mm. 412 pages. ***'This extraordinary, almost unclassifiable work has been hailed as one of the most exciting books to come out of America in recent years. On the simplest level, it is the story of a summer month's motorcycle trip taken by the narrator with his eleven-year-old son from their home in Minnesota to California. While they ride, the narrator delivers to the reader a series of discourses which range over a multitude of topics, from motorcycle maintenance itself, through a search for how to live and an inquiry into 'what is best' to a philosophy that can reconcile science, religion and humanism. ***But on another, and connecting, level the book is the story of the narrator's visit to the 'forgotten tomb of his past' and his confrontation there with a ghost. The ghost is called Phaedrus and is his former self, a brilliant, questioning man who in his attempt to make sense of his life went mad, underwent shock therapy and 'died' - and has now returned. He and his son have to face that ghost together. He also has to face the fact that his relationship with his son has been deteriorating during the journey. This is the last problem to which he finds a reconciliation. ***An Autobiography of the mind and the body, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" takes the reader on a trip - in a literal, emotional and philosophical sense - that is not only unforgettable but also unlike anything he has previously experienced.' ***'"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is an unforgettable trip'. Time magazine (Quote and review quote taken from the flaps of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the first UK edition, in its original attractively colour-illustrated first impression dustwrapper, designed by John Sewell. First impressions of the UK first edition are hard to find now. A cult classic. An iconic twentieth century literary and philosophical title. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1974. 1st edition. 1st printing. Hardcover book with the dust jacket. Includes a new archival dust jacket cover. Sturdy binding. The text part of the book is clean and unmarked. Light wear to the edge of the dust jacket. Sealed in Shrink Wrap for protection in storage and shipping. Expertly packed. *PROFESSIONAL BOOKSELLER* Returns accepted. Refunds given. The proceeds of the sale of this book benefit the Friends of the Chippewa Falls Public Library.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is somewhat cocked, text block somewhat bowed, as is typical with first printings of this title. Edge wear to jacket, including a few chips and tears. Small pen marking to front end page. A few instances of pen underlining to text. 8.40 X 5.90 X 1.50 inches; 412 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher: William Morrow, New York, 1974. NEAR FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE mylar-protected, price-clipped dust-jacket. Light wear at extremities. Not remainder marked. First Edition, First Printing.

London : The Bodley Head, 1974. First U.K. edition. Octavo, silver lettered boards in illustrated dustjacket (full), previous owner's name to front free endpaper. slight offsetting to endpapers, pp. 412, internally fine.

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.

First edition, first printing With its full copyright line starting with "1". Not new but quite fine and bright in like dust jacket with just the slightest hint of having been read. Very handsome copy with clean text throughout. The author's first book and endorsed by Eric Hoffer and Edward Hoagland. Tipped in an article from the New York Times Book Review by Pirsig titled "An Author and Father Looks Ahead at the Past".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Near Fine (illustrator). 1st Edition. Near Fine Book, small gap at spine head & Near Fine Jacket, clip else Fine, Signed below name on title page, in protective cover. Signed by Author(s).