Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: an Inquiry Into Values by Robert M Pirsig: First Edition (20 results)
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Moe's Books
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US$ 60.00
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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.
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- First Edition
Seller: Singing Pebble Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaSinging Pebble Books
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US$ 80.44
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition. Inscribed by previous owner. Minor damage to pages due to age. Some tears in included dust jacket.
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New offers from US$ 210.16, Used offers from US$ 140.44Also find Hardcover, Signed, First Edition
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- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
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US$ 592.95
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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.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.BooksRun
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US$ 5.53
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.
Language: English
Published by William Morrow, New York, 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club
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Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 150.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With the '1' in a number line. The intellectual tour-de-force that opened new vistas in literature, in which the cycle being maintained is "a cycle called yourself." In the iconic Paul Bacon dust jacket, fine, clean and unmarked, with price clipped else… whole. Archival Mylar jacket cover included.
Published by William Morrow & Company, Inc, New York, 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB
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US$ 330.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 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 $7.95 on the front dust jacket's flap. Pirsig's masterful tale of his road trip with his son, framed by his ideas…of what it is to live the good life. A nice copy of a book that was cheaply made, difficult to find thus. A Very Good book with separation between the backstrip and top textblock (common with this title) and a name and number written on the free front endpaper in a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear to the bottom of the spine panel.
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Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United KingdomOrlando Booksellers
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US$ 445.65
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition, with the iconic dustwrapper illustration by John Sewell. An unusually near fine book in a near fine dustwrapper. ***Near fine in dark brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is… still beautifully bright having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are clean and unmarked, with the edges just slightly rubbed. No serious bumps or creases. - head and tail of spine just slightly creased. Corner tips sharp. Page block edges slightly marked but not foxed. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also near fine with no previous ownership details. Pages very clean, with no foxing - just some light offsetting to the endpapers. No creases or tears. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which 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 just very slightly rubbed and creased, mainly at the head of the spine and top edges of the foldover flaps. No chips, serious creases or tears. 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) ***A superb example of the first impression of the first UK edition, in its original attractive colour-illustrated first impression dustwrapper, designed by John Sewell. First impressions of the UK first edition are hard to find now, and are almost always damaged in some way. Copies in such near fine condition are seldom seen now. A collector's copy of this 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. John Sewell (Cover illustration) (illustrator).
Published by William Morrow & Company, Inc, New York, 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
US$ 500.00
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
Published by William Morrow & Company, New York, 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.Raptis Rare Books
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US$ 3,000.00
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Add to basketFirst edition of one of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Pirsig on the front free endpaper, "For Tom, Robert Pirsig." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptiona…l example, most rare and desirable signed and in this condition. "Enormously influential journey of self-discovery permeated by philosophical discussion, and startlingly original and disturbing imagery, based on an autobiographical account of a journey across the USA on a motorbike undertaken with his son in 1968; the shifts between narrative, analogy, and philosophical meditation have prompted several critics to see this work as a latter-day Moby-Dick" (Stringer, 532).
Published by William Morrow & Company, New York, 1984
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.Raptis Rare Books
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US$ 1,500.00
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Add to basketFirst edition of the tenth anniversary edition of one of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century. Octavo, original half cloth. One of only 1,000 numbered copies, this is number 751. Boldly signed by Robert M. Pirsig on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. With the rare original wrap-aroun…d band laid in. Housed in the original pictorial board slipcase. "Enormously influential journey of self-discovery permeated by philosophical discussion, and startlingly original and disturbing imagery, based on an autobiographical account of a journey across the USA on a motorbike undertaken with his son in 1968; the shifts between narrative, analogy, and philosophical meditation have prompted several critics to see this work as a latter-day Moby-Dick" (Stringer, 532).
More imagesPublished by William Morrow & Company, New York, 1974
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 8,500.00
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. A fantastic association copy signed by Robert M. Pirsig and inscribed the day of publication, "Dear Sally and Chad / Really good to watch Zen grow with you. This is just the beginning. [signed] Robert Pirsig April 15, 1974." And… it would be just the beginning--the "Zen" Pirsig is referring to here has nothing to do with motorcycle maintenance but instead the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center. Pirsig was a co-founder of the Center and instrumental in its growth, especially through the publication of this book and the proceeds it would generate. Fellow practitioners Sally and Chad Breckenridge were involved in the MZMC during its nascent days as well; in 1975 Chad and Pirsig collaborated on a fundraising brochure for the Center which Pirsig wrote the text and Chad contributed photographs.The MZMC was founded in 1972 by Dainin Katagiri Roshi, who was invited to come to Minneapolis by a small but growing group of practitioners, many of whom had ties to the San Francisco Zen Center where Katagiri had served as a priest. Upon first arriving, Katagiri held zazen and services on the second floor of a 4-plex apartment building in South East Minneapolis, establishing himself as the first Zen teacher to settle in the Midwest. (Katagiri officiated Chad and Sally's marriage ceremony in 1973.)The burgeoning group officially incorporated in December 1973, several months before Pirsig's book would be published. By May 1975, the MZMC had raised enough funds, aided partially by royalties from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, to purchase the white stucco house at 3343 East Bde Maka Ska Parkway, where group still resides today. The MZMC's official opening ceremony was held on February 1, 1976. While Pirsig did not practice orthodox Zen Buddhism, he drew great inspiration from it in life and while developing of his theory of Metaphysics of Quality introduced in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in silver. Near Fine with typical lean to binding, light fading to spine ends, light soiling to front board; light scratch and minor dampstain to top edge of textblock. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning and wear. Chad's business card laid in. A fantastic association copy of this modern classic. Signed.
More imagesPublished by William Morrow & Company, New York, 1974
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Add to basketCondition: 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. Signed.
