Verlag: Ardis, 1979
ISBN 10: 088233333X ISBN 13: 9780882333335
Anbieter: Dean Family Enterprise, Hopkinsville, KY, USA
Hardcover w/Jacket. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. Book is in very good condition with a good dust jacket that does show some minor edge wear. Please See Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 199 pages.
Verlag: Ardis, 1979
ISBN 10: 088233333X ISBN 13: 9780882333335
Anbieter: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good dust jacket. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 199 pages. Dust jacket shows some wear and has a couple of small chips and closed tears. Book shows very little wear . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.
Verlag: Ardis Publishers, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1979
Anbieter: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
First Edition. Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. Arthur Koestler, CBE (UK: /ËkÉËstlÉr/, US: /ËkÉst-/; German: [ËkÅ"stlÉ]; Hungarian: Kösztler Artúr; 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, but he resigned in 1938 because Stalinism disillusioned him. 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 1949, Koestler began secretly working with a British Cold War propaganda department known as the Information Research Department (IRD), which would republish and distribute many of his works, and also fund his activities.[2][3] In 1968, he was awarded the Sonning Prize "for [his] outstanding contribution to European culture". 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.[4] In 1983, he and his wife Cynthia committed suicide together at their home in London.
Verlag: Ardis, Ann Arbor, 1979
Anbieter: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, USA
leatherette, dust jacket. Koestler, Arthur (illustrator). small 4to. leatherette, dust jacket. 199 pages. Includes books, contributions to books and periodicals, and works about Koestler. Ex library copy with markings. Dust jacket has uneven fading along covers and spine.