Zorba Greek by Kazantzakis, First Edition (23 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine-. U6020, First Printing, Dec. 347pp. Photos on request. Size: Mass Market.

Paperback. first PB. U6020, , very good , , (MOVIE TIE-IN), , paperback,

Soft. Condition: Good. Third Printing. Ex-libris of the poet William Scammell, previous owner inscription on front endpaper.Text bright, pages tanned, light rubbing and spotting on soft covers, creases on spine from previous readings but binding firm. Size: 8vo. Ex Libris.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1953 Simon & Schuster hard cover - 1st edition 1st printing - no dustjacket - some staining to cover and top closed page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition, 2nd Printing. "Bursting with wit, fantasy, & enjoyment of life [with a] continual undertone of serious philosophical reflection," you will never forget Alexis Zorba, the old Greek workman who accompanies the narrator, a bookish philosopher, to a mine he owns in Crete (the author's native land). Basis for the unforgettable 1964 movie starring Anthony Quinn. Translated from the original Greek by Carl Wildman, this is the FIRST EDITION, Second Printing, from 1952, in 311 pages, this octavo *6" x 8.75") has terra cotta cloth over quarter tan cloth-covered boards, lettered in purple & gilt with purple title box to spine, author initials in gilt to front. Condition is VG+: very clean, corners crisp, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages show modest tanning with offsetting to endpapers & foxing to all outside edges of text block, & endpapers. Fading to upper edges of both boards all around. Good, Interior pages completely white & unmarked. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $3.50 price intact to lower front flap) is Good+, with a noticeable vertical crease covering most of front cover, milder rubbing to extremities, with small chips to both ends of spine & all corners' nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free!Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Stated First Printing. From a private lending library of the period. Flaps of unclipped jacket($3.50) are glued to pastedowns with some residue from prior jacket protector under front flap on pastedown. Jacket is trimmed down about one 1/4 inch to fit into aforementioned protector with some creasing across middle from shrinkage. An arcing tear about 1 1/4 inches to bottom of rear panel near spine and nick to same, otherwise littel wear and no fading. In rose colored boards with debossed silhouette on front board and purple title panel on tan cloth spine with gilt to type. Top page ends tinted rose. Rubbing/fraying to corners and spine ends - especially at top. 'Fair Oaks' in pen to ffep, otherwise clean with solid binding. 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. An early printing of the classic with some interesting history. Apparently inscribed as a gift by Kay Thompson, author of the Eloise books. In rose colored boards with debossed silhouette on front board and purple title panel on tan cloth spine with gilt to type. Corners and top of rear board dinged/bumped with boards showing in spots due to same and the industriouswork of silverfish at corners, edges, top page ends and some to cloth of spine. Some foxing to endpapers and first and last few pages, otherwise pretty clean with tight binding. Jacket is unclipped with chipping and silverfish activity(holes) to corners, spine ends, rear flap crease, bottom of front panel and to a lesser extent top of rear. Foxing/spotting to inside of jacket and jacket flaps and some scuffing to panels and spine of jacket. 2nd Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5", cloth backed boards, 311pp, covers rubbed, extremities worn, spine ends bumped, bottom edge of textblock spotted, small bookseller label at bottom of front fly, pp toned, in a rubbed, edge-worn/torn/chipped dustjacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with unused printed post card "The publishers would like to know whether this book has lived up to your expectations" with "Zorba the Greek" printed below.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards (HB) in very good condition with light discoloration to front edges, tiny rub to top back, 1 brown spot and small indent line to bottom. First Edition, first printing. Zorba has been acclaimed as one of the truly memorable creations of literature?a character created on a huge scale in the tradition of Falstaff and Sancho Panza. His years have not dimmed the gusto and amazement with which he responds to all life offers him, whether he is working in the mine, confronting mad monks in a mountain monastery, embellishing the tales of his life or making love to avoid sin. Zorba's life is rich with all the joys and sorrows that living brings and his example awakens in the narrator an understanding of the true meaning of humanity. This is one of the greatest life-affirming novels of our time. 311 pages.

Blue HC Board-Gilt Lettering. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. minor discoloration around the cover board rims; pp. pp.311+1; initials on inside last blank page; very minor corner bumping; po signature on first blank page; translated by Carl Wildman.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a slight skew to the binding, bumps to the spine ends and upper cover corners with mild wear to the lower corners, light sunning to the spine and head with some fading to the top edge, and a small sticker scar to the first free end page. Overall, a solid, tight, Near Very Good copy in a price-clipped, Good only dust jacket, which has wear with tears and shallow chips to the spine ends, edges, corners and folds, internal and external tape repairs to some of the damaged areas, rubbing with faint spots to the panels, a small peel at the tail of the spine. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar, and additional images are available by request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Translated by Carl Wildman with an Introduction by Ian Scott-Kilvert. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped, generally toned, bumped and with some shallow tears and chips at the edges. Quarter grey cloth, pushed at the head and foot of the spine, with red paper on the boards. Firmly bound with a forward lean, red top stain, clean internally. Kazantzakis's beloved novel of Alexis Zorba who shows a young intellectual how to live, adapted into the 1964 film Zorba starring Anthony Quinn.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 311 pages. First printing stated, with publisher's topstain (faded). Jacket rubbed, toned, chipped, and splitting along front flap fold; not price clipped. Faint spine crease; Lfght soil to paper covered boards. Short old signature to front free endpaper. Binding is sound; jacket now in a removable archival sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first printing hardcover. Mild soil, wear to points. PO name. Firm binding, bit of play to hinges. The DJ in mylar is a bit nicked, edgeworn, rubbed, with a short closed edge tear and a minor edge stain to rear panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

No Binding. Condition: Not A Book. No Jacket. First Edition. First Edition. No Binding. Custom Clamshell Case. Kazantzaki [Kazantzakis], Nikos. ZORBA THE GREEK. Custom Clamshell Case Only. London: John Lehmann Ltd., [1952, Book Date]. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box features a complex, multi-layered embossed [sculpted] dustwrapper inspired Zorba on the right cover; gilt-stamped titles to spine. The box finished in fine dark brown leather & fine raspberry cloth & finally, finished inside in soft black velour. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over a hundred cornerstones generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included.

Hardcover. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 311 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Gold spine with black and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$3.50", has mild shelving wear, small open tears along the head edges and spine tail edge, light chipping along the extremities, stains on the rear cover, and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges, light bumping along the head fore corners, a dent along the rear head edge, and stains on the rear board. Textblock has a stain on page 185, mild adhesive staining on the hinges, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning along the edges. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. First novel of acclaimed Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis who was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature nine times and has been hailed as one of the fathers of modern Greek literature. 1394707. Special Collections.

Rare first Greek edition, preceding all other editions of the author's classic work, which was the basis for the beloved Oscar-winning film starring Anthony Quinn. Octavo, bound in half morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, original illustrated wrappers bound in. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis on the copyright page. In near fine condition, name to the title page page. First editions of Zorba The Greek are of legendary scarcity. Zorba the Greek is the epic tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorba. Kazantzakis has made a work of stunning genius. The book is about life. How does one live it? How does one deal with the vicissitudes of it? The tragedies? The failures? Does one stand on the sidelines of life and never jump in? Does one fear getting married or fear having children or fear doing any activity that could fail or come to naught? Zorba tells us what to do. And in the end, when the whole bloody mess comes falling down around us, and all our plans and schemes are for naught, what do you do? Dance. Dance as hard and as wild as you can. Spit and fume and sing and smash your heels into the dirt. And laugh at it all. the absurdity of worry and wondering. Zorba shows us the joy of just "being" and "doing". It was adapted into a successful 1964 film of the same name as well as a 1968 musical, Zorba.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Publisher's gilt-titled pink cloth. Bottom board edge lightly bumped. Tight and square. Some fairly insignificant pencilled margin marks in the first 70 pages. The price- clipped DJ in mylar is a bit toned to spine, slightly edgeworn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1953. 311 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Dick Dodge DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (chipping present to the extremities). Bound in 1/2 cloth boards with matching red paper covered boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Small stain present to the top edge of the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. First published in 1946, Zorba the Greek, is, on one hand, the story of a Greek working man named Zorba, a passionate lover of life, the unnamed narrator who he accompanies to Crete to work in a lignite mine, and the men and women of the town where they settle. On the other hand it is the story of God and man, The Devil and the Saints; the struggle of men to find their souls and purpose in life and it is about love, courage and faith. Zorba has been acclaimed as one of the truly memorable creations of literaturea character created on a huge scale in the tradition of Falstaff and Sancho Panza. His years have not dimmed the gusto and amazement with which he responds to all life offers him, whether he is working in the mine, confronting mad monks in a mountain monastery, embellishing the tales of his life or making love to avoid sin. Zorba's life is rich with all the joys and sorrows that living brings and his example awakens in the narrator an understanding of the true meaning of humanity. This is one of the greatest life-affirming novels of our time. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

First edition in English, preceding the American edition by one year of the author's most popular novel. basis for the Oscar-winning film starring Anthony Quinn. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis. From the library of Odysseas Elytis, the recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1979. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Carl Wildman. Introduction by Ian Scott-Kilvert. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Trade editions signed by Kazantzakis are exceptionally rare. Zorba the Greek is the epic tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorba. Kazantzakis has made a work of stunning genius. The book is about life. How does one live it? How does one deal with the vicissitudes of it? The tragedies? The failures? Does one stand on the sidelines of life and never jump in? Does one fear getting married or fear having children or fear doing any activity that could fail or come to naught? Zorba tells us what to do. And in the end, when the whole bloody mess comes falling down around us, and all our plans and schemes are for naught, what do you do? Dance. Dance as hard and as wild as you can. Spit and fume and sing and smash your heels into the dirt. And laugh at it all. the absurdity of worry and wondering. Zorba shows us the joy of just "being" and "doing." It is basis for the 1964 Oscar-winning film directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Lila Kedrova, Irene Papas, and Sotiris Moustakas, with music by Mikis Theodorakis.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Carl Wildman (translator) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Simon & Schuster. New York. 1953. 311 pages. First edition; first printing; stated. Book is about fine; in incredible condition. Panels are bright and clean; with four sharp corners. Endpapers are bright and clean; as are pages. Pages lay tight and undisturbed; seemingly unread. Binding and hinges are strong. Aside from a previous owner's initials written on FFEP; book is about fine. Original DJ not as crisp as book; but still nice. $3.50 price intact on DJ flap. Only light rubbing and soiling. Shallow chipping at foot and fold corners; 1 inch chip at crown. A scarce first American printing; in near fine collectible condition; in VG dj.

First French edition of Zorba the Greek, published one year after the first Greek edition and six years prior to the first English translation. Octavo, original wrappers. Kazantzakis traveled to Paris frequently throughout his life and spoke French fluently. From 1902 Kazantzakis studied law at the University of Athens, then went to Paris in 1907 to study philosophy. Here he fell under the influence of Henri Bergson. His 1909 dissertation was titled "Friedrich Nietzsche on the Philosophy of Right and the State." In very good condition. Zorba the Greek is the epic tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorba. Kazantzakis has made a work of stunning genius. The book is about life. How does one live it? How does one deal with the vicissitudes of it? The tragedies? The failures? Does one stand on the sidelines of life and never jump in? Does one fear getting married or fear having children or fear doing any activity that could fail or come to naught? Zorba tells us what to do. And in the end, when the whole bloody mess comes falling down around us, and all our plans and schemes are for naught, what do you do? Dance. Dance as hard and as wild as you can. Spit and fume and sing and smash your heels into the dirt. And laugh at it all. the absurdity of worry and wondering. Zorba shows us the joy of just "being" and "doing". The novel was adapted into a successful 1964 film of the same name as well as a 1968 musical, Zorba.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First English Edition. First edition in English, first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with light wear at extremities, minor foxing to edges, light offsetting at endsheets and a bookseller stamp at rear pastedown. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear and light soiling; toning and foxing to verso. A handsome copy of Kazantaki's most popular work of literature, in much nicer shape than usually found. Later adapted into the Oscar-winning 1964 film starring Anthony Quinn.