ISBN: 9780370103389 - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex Library with stamps/labels, etc. 4th impression. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. No DJ.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Please note some stock images show a jacket, this copy does NOT include a jacket. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Third Impression 1975. Dust jacket is shelf-marked, age-toned and creased, unclipped; brown cloth boards, two faint white marks on spine, gilt titling, corners minimally bumped; binding is tight though front joint slightly exposed at upper edge; pages are clean, fore edges age-toned, off-setting and spotting on front and rear endpapers. ; 5.75 x 1.25 x 8.75 inches; 412 pages.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st UK edition. 412pp. 1975 Third Impression of the 1974 Bodley Head UK First Edition of Pirsig's classic. Cover very slightly dulled, G+ and NOT price clipped. Some tanning, but clean throughout and G+. Nice copy. Uncommon.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good as New. Very Good Also UNCUT. First Edition 3rd Impression. 412 pp., , all bright, clean, unmarked text, as new binding with dj, Size: 8vo. Phiilosophy of Life.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, fourth impression, published the following year. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly rubbed, spine slightly yellowed, slight lean, not price clipped (£3.50), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 412pp, illustrated. The book describes, in first person, a 17 day journey on his motorcycle from Minnesota to Northern California by the author (though he is not identified in the book) and his son Chris. They are joined for the first nine days of the trip by close friends John and Sylvia Sutherland who they part ways with in Montana. The trip is punctuated by numerous philosophical discussions, referred to as Chautauquas by the author, on topics including epistemology, ethical emotivism and the philosophy of science. The book sold more than five million copies worldwide and was originally rejected by 121 publishers, more than any other bestselling book, according to the Guinness Book of Records. Robert Maynard Pirsig (1928-2017), explains that, despite its title,'it should in no way be associated with that great body of factual information relating to orthodox Zen Buddhist practice. It's not very factual on motorcycles either'. A cultural classic. Jacket by John Sewell (illustrator).…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Good. Covers are a little chipped and edgeworn. There is tanning and damp spotting to the sides of the text block. A few smudges within. Generally good though.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO Dustwrapper. The book that will change the way you think and feel about your life. Reprinted. Bodley Head Ltd, London 1974. 412pp hb bumped, some light splash marks on covers, previous owner's signature, vg.

8vo, 412pp. A very good hardback copy with offsetting to endpapers and foxing to edges of text block. In a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with a faded spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1974 Bodley Head hardcover first edition, 1st printing. Light reading wear, price clipped dustjacket with a little creasing to flap (now in removable protective sleeve), a little toning to endpapers, else very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Scarce in near fine condition with near fine dust jacket for a reasonable price. First printing, first edition of the UK Bodley Head edition, the first in the UK. More photos on request. Shadowing offset on both endpapers from dust jacket. Minor nibbles to top spine edge of dust jacket. Not price clipped and no sunning to spine of dust jacket. No owners name, no creases, folds, repairs. Book tight bright and clean with just the toning to endpapers, no foxing. 412pp.…

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).…

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.