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Published by Bantam, 1984
ISBN 10: 0553265954ISBN 13: 9780553265958
Seller: Heisenbooks, Yardley, PA, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. US Soft Cover Edition. Book is in good condition. Slight wear may be present on cover, pages, spine or corners.
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Published by Bantam Books, 1968
Seller: Bank of Books, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Good. Cover has heavy rubbing, fold creases, chipping, pen scribble on page 17, 89 and inside front cover, small tear at the spine. Book shows common (average) signs of wear and use. Binding is still tight. Covers are intact but may be repaired. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!.
Published by A Bantam Book by arr. w/ Macmillan Company., New York., 1979
ISBN 10: 0553131877ISBN 13: 9780553131871
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
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Mass-market paperback. Mass-market (rack) paperback. 216 p. Fiction set in the era of the Moscow trials. An aging revolutionary Bolshevik, imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the Party to which he had dedicated his life, relives the ironies of a career in a totalitarian government masking itself as an instrument of deliverance. Koestler, b.1905 in Austria, himself became immersed as a Communist in the 1930s, was disillusioned; then arrested by Franco's Fascists in Spain, liberated by British intervention, then arrested in France in 1939 for his political views. Released again, he went to England. Very good. Signed by previous owner. Light wear. "Bantam Modern Classics edition.1968" Later print.
Published by Vintage Classics 01/12/1994, 1994
ISBN 10: 0099424916ISBN 13: 9780099424918
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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Published by Bantam Books, 1966
ISBN 10: 0553117068ISBN 13: 9780553117066
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
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Published by Bantam Books, 1968
ISBN 10: 0553057790ISBN 13: 9780553057799
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paper Back. Condition: Good. Good mass market paperback, some wear.
Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. Pictorial wraps with only minor aging and edge wear. Book is square and securely bound with an uncracked and uncreased spine. Book is unread and very close to near fine. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 216 pages; sold Abe 4.12.23.
Published by NY Modern Library (1941)., 1941
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
G. "He who established a dictatorship and does not kill Brutus.will only reign a short time." Machiavelli, Discorsi Tale of old Bolshevik Nicholas Rurashov, now imprisoned, an aging revolutionary who can no longer condone the excesses of a regime he created. Set during Stalin's purge trials of the 1930s. Gray binding, red title block with gilt lettering, bottom corners bumped. Reprint edition.
Published by Time Reading Program Special Edition/Time Incorporated, New York, 1962
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Tracy Sugarman (Cover Illustration) (illustrator). Copyright 1962. 216 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use and clean text. Front cover ripped at lower spine. Top edge on back cover ripped in places.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1944
Seller: Grandmahawk's Eyrie, Mansfield Center, CT, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 5th Impression HB, light brown, red lettered boards, 254pp. General rubbing to covers, split to lower spine, rounding to corners, inside has PO name to ffep, tanning to page edges, else square & tight. Novel highly critical of the Stalinist regime & communism in Europe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Published by The Macmillan Company, 1941
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Jacket very chipped, closed tears on front hinge and fold. Boards lightly rubbed at tips. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Heron
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.
Published by Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1984
ISBN 10: 0140181202ISBN 13: 9780140181203
Seller: Dragonfly Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 211 pages. May require extra postage. Size: Trade Paperback. Used.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Jacket and binding dampstained with some warping to rear board; text rippled from page 247 to end; jacket has a few nicks to edges.
Published by The Macmillan Comapny, New Yorik, NY, 1941
Seller: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. American First. Dust jacket shows considerable wear but is now protected by a mylar cover; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; a very good reading copy. Book.
Published by Modern Library, NY, 1941
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. dj w/chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; 267 clean, unmarked pages; (#74 in series, #352 on dj reverse)); grey Blumenthal binding w/gilt titles on red; Rockwell Kent end papers; owner's name Size: 12 vo.
Published by Modern Library, NY, 1941
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. dj w/shelf rubbing, clipped price, in mylar; 267 clean, unmarked pages; (#74 in series, lists to 383 on dj reverse); grey Blumenthal binding w/gilt titles on red Size: 12 vo.
Published by Little, Brown and Company / A Signet Book Published by The New American Library, New York, 1953
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cover art of "The Age of Longing" by James Avati (illustrator). A fictionalized account of Stalin's Soviet show trials, this small, 1960s Modern Library hardcover edition of "Darkness at Noon" bears no dust jacket, and has suffered a few bangs to the fore-edge of the boards -- grade it "good." It does, however, bear to the FFE the bookplate of Parley J. Cooper, now 85, author of more than 24 novels including "Dark Desires," "The Feminists," "My Lady Evil," and "Reverend Mama." Cooper also writes under the pseudonyms Jack Mayfield, Alex Nebrensky, William Freytag, and Dorothy McKinney. 267 pp., followed by 8 pp. publisher's ads. OUR SECOND KOESTLER OFFERING, "The Age of Longing," is Signet Giant 5985, a very-good mass market paperback originally priced 35 cents, first paperback printing January 1953 (the Macmillan hardcover true first of this tale of doomed love between a young American woman and a Communist official in Paris having been 1951.) Pages of "The Age of Longing" moderately and evenly age-browned, some rub to edges of spine, 350 pp. The pair now reduced from $18.
Published by Jonathan Cape. London., 1943
Seller: VJ Books, Alcester, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The book and contents are in VGC.254pp. No jacket,a quick name.
Published by The Modern Library/Random House, New York, NY, 1941
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ex-Lib. Text/VG w/light stain to pg 80, small loss to lower corner of pg 213, and few bent corner tips. Vintage 1941, Modern Library, English translation. Darkness at Noon (original German title: Sonnenfinsternis) is the best known work of Hungarian-born Arthur Koestler (1905 - 1983). In 1972 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Book 1st published 1940 in German. Koestker, primarily educated in Austria, joined the Communist Party of Germany, then, disillusioned w/Stalinism, resigned in 1938. This volume is the story of Rubashov, a 50 year old Bolshevik, now arrested, imprisoned, and tried for treason against the gov't he helped to create. Protagonist Rubashov is a fictional portrait of Koestle's acquaintances; time wise the narrative is set the short period between 1938 & 1940, during the Stalinist Great Purge & Moscow show trials. Historically faithful in time, the novel names neither Russia nor the Soviets --- instead, it employs generic terms to describe people & organizations: for instance, the Soviet gov't is cited as "the Party", and, Nazi Germany as "the Dictatorship"; Joseph Stalin as "Number One",the menacing dictator. The novel covers the USSR at eve of World War II.
Hardcover. pp. 267. Gray over black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Lightest shelfwear; near fine in a scuffed, edgeworn slipcase.
Hardcover. pp. 267. 8vo. Navy blue binding with silver lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, spotting throughout; very good.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1941
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
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Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 267 pp. Solidly bound copy showing moderate signs of use. Worn along edges and corners. Small rips at top and bottom of spine. Clean text; no markings. Foxing around pages. No dj.
Published by Penguin Books, 1964
ISBN 10: 0140005390ISBN 13: 9780140005394
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 211 pages. Cover worn. Text foxedOriginally published in 1941 , Arthur Koestler's modern masterpiece, Darkness At Noon, is a po werful and haunting portrait of a Communist revolutionary caught in the vicious fray of the Moscow show trials of the late 1930s. During Stalin's purges, Nicholas Rubashov, an aging revolutionary , is imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the party he has devoted his life to. Under mounting pressure to confess to crimes he did not commit, Rubashov relives a career that embodies the i ronies and betrayals of a revolutionary dictatorship that believe s it is an instrument of liberation. A seminal work of twentieth- century literature, Darkness At Noon is a penetrating exploration of the moral danger inherent in a system that is willing to enfo rce its beliefs by any means necessary.
Published by The Folio Society, London, 1980
Seller: AJ Scruffles, Leigh On Sea, ESSEX, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Impressive Folio Society edition of Koestler's allegorical 1940 novel on Stalin's purges and trials of bolsheviks. Handsome three quarter cloth binding with b/w wood engravings by George Buday. With an introduction by Vladimir Bukovsky. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has toning. Volume is clean and tight. Very good.
Hardcover. Condition: Gut. Publishers linen-cloth without jacket, blue boards, 14x21, pp. 267. Good condition +.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1941
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. [12], 267, [1] pages. Small tears at top and bottom edges of spine, wear to edges of boards. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Discoloration and small stains inside boards and flyleaves, ink name ins front flyleaf. Pages slightly darkened, board corners worn. Somewhat cocked. Arthur Koestler, CBE (5 September 1905 - 1 March 1983) was a Hungarian-British author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. In 1931 Koestler joined the Communist Party of Germany until, disillusioned by Stalinism, he resigned in 1938. In 1940 he published his novel Darkness at Noon, an anti-totalitarian work that gained him international fame. Over the next 43 years, from his residence in Britain, Koestler espoused many political causes, and wrote novels, memoirs, biographies and numerous essays. In 1968 he was awarded the Sonning Prize "for [his] outstanding contribution to European culture" and in 1972 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 1976 he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and in 1979 with terminal leukemia. In 1983 he and his wife killed themselves at their home in London. Novel based on the victims of the so-called Moscow Trials. Darkness at Noon is a novel by Hungarian-born British novelist Arthur Koestler, first published in 1940. His best known work, it is the tale of Rubashov, an Old Bolshevik who is arrested, imprisoned, and tried for treason against the government that he had helped to create. The novel is set in 1938 during the Stalinist Great Purge and Moscow show trials. Despite being based on real events, the novel does not name either Russia or the USSR, and tends to use generic terms to describe people and organizations: for example the Soviet government is referred to as "the Party" and Nazi Germany is referred to as "the Dictatorship". Joseph Stalin is represented by "Number One", a menacing dictator. The novel expresses the author's disillusionment with the Soviet Union's version of Communism at the outset of World War II. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Darkness at Noon number eight on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Koestler wrote Darkness at Noon as the second part of a trilogy: the first volume was The Gladiators (1939), first published in Hungarian. It was a novel about the subversion of the Spartacus revolt. The third novel was Arrival and Departure (1943), about a refugee during World War II. Koestler, who was by then living in London, wrote that novel in English. Darkness at Noon was written in German while Koestler was living in Paris. His companion, the sculptor Daphne Hardy, translated it into English during early 1940 while she was living in Paris with him. For decades the German text was thought to have been lost during the escape of Koestler and Hardy from Paris in May 1940, just before the German occupation of France. However, a copy had been sent to Swiss publisher Emil Oprecht. Rupert Hart-Davis, Koestler's editor at Jonathan Cape had misgivings about the English text but agreed to publish it when a request to Oprecht for his copy went unanswered. At Hart-Davis' prompting, Hardy changed the title from Rubaschow (the main character's name) to Darkness at Noon. In August 2015, Oprecht's copy was identified in a Zurich library by a doctoral candidate of the University of Kassel. Kingsley Martin, reviewing Darkness at Noon, described the novel as "one of the few books written in this epoch which will survive it". The New York Times described Darkness at Noon as " a splendid novel, an effective explanation of the riddle of the Moscow treason trials. . . written with such dramatic power, with such warmth of feeling and with such persuasive simplicity that it is absorbing as melodrama" First U. S. Edition. Presumed first printing.
Published by The Folio Society, London, England, 1980
Seller: Post Horizon Booksellers, Moose Jaw, SK, Canada
Book
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Buday, George (illustrator). 267pp. Ten wood-cuts including frontis by George Buday for this Folio edition. Deep red endpapers. Small bookplate to front pastedown. Grey and black cloth with figure to boards, gilt lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Octavo. Maroon slipcase is structurally sound, showing small wear. Translated by Daphne Hardy. Introduction by Vladimir Bukovsky.
Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1985
ISBN 10: 0224029932ISBN 13: 9780224029933
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Leather. Condition: As New. Limited Edition. Limited. ed., First Thus, First Printing; Hard cover 8vo in gold-tooled black leather w/2-ribbed spine, all edges 24k gilt, moire silk endpapers, ribbon bookmark bound-in. As New and unread; No DJ, as issued. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on tipped-in tissue-guarded front endpaper. 238pp; illustrated by George Roth. Gorgeous. Signed by Author(s). Book.