ISBN10: 0025476602, ISBN13: 9780025476608, [publisher: Macmillan] Hardcover First Edition New York. 1982. Macmillan. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0025476602. 398 pages. hardcover. Cover design by Jackie Merri Meyer. Signed by the Author. keywords: Literature Biography Arthur Koestler England Hungary. FROM THE PUBLISHER - One of the Free World's most important writers, Arthur Koestler has led a life as turbulent, dynamic, and multi-textured as any of his compelling works. Born in Budapest in 1905 and educated in Vienna, he became a foreign correspondent in Palestine for a German newspaper syndicate: a career decision that would set the stage for his later role in international affairs. Disenchantment with Zionism led to his conversion to Communism, and he was transferred to Paris. Subsequent writing assignments took him around Europe, including a lengthy stay in the Soviet Union and a tour of duty covering the Spanish Civil War, during which he was jailed and almost executed by the Nationalists. Then, at the outbreak of World War Il, Koestler was confined in a French concentration camp, served a stint in the Foreign Legion, and escaped to England. It was here he published his most famous work - the novel Darkness at Noon, a scathing denunciation of Stalinism - and soon thereafter joined the British army. After the war he played an effective role in persuading the intellectuals of Western Europe to support the cause of democracy during the Cold ...

Scribner Book Company 1982 1st ed hardcover New York. 1982. Macmillan. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0025476602. 398 pages. hardcover. Cover design by Jackie Merri Meyer. Signed by the Author. keywords: Literature Biography Arthur Koestler England Hungary. FROM THE PUBLISHER-One of the Free World's most important writers, Arthur Koestler has led a life as turbulent, dynamic, and multi-textured as any of his compelling works. Born in Budapest in 1905 and educated in Vienna, he became a foreign correspondent in Palestine for a German newspaper syndicate: a career decision that would set the stage for his later role in international affairs. Disenchantment with Zionism led to his conversion to Communism, and he was transferred to Paris. Subsequent writing assignments took him around Europe, including a lengthy stay in the Soviet Union and a tour of duty covering the Spanish Civil War, during which he was jailed and almost executed by the Nationalists. Then, at the outbreak of World War Il, Koestler was confined in a French concentration camp, served a stint in the Foreign Legion, and escaped to England. It was here he published his most famous work-the novel Darkness at Noon, a scathing denunciation of Stalinism-and soon thereafter joined the British army. After the war he played an effective role in persuading the intellectuals of Western Europe to support the cause of democracy during the Cold War and met many of Europe's most influential literary and ...

ISBN10: 0025476602, ISBN13: 9780025476608, [publisher: Macmillan Pub Co] Hardcover some shelfwear/edgewear but still NICE! - may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD HARDCOVER Standard-sized.
[Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1982]

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New York: MacMillan Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. Date: 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0025476602 . "In this full-length portrait, Iain Hamilton conveys the character of the man as well as the thinker, both public and private." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Text block is pulled away from spine head, small bumps on spine ends and top left corner of back board, yellowed along head and tail edges of boards, slightly dirty on head edge; overall, pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has some edge and shelf wear, small creases along head edge, partial circular indentation on back cover, price marked out on front flap, lightly yellowed. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 398 pages . 1982. MacMillan Publishing Company ISBN 0025476602 9780025476608 [US]

Macmillan Pub Co, Date: 1982-06. Hardcover. Good. 1982. Macmillan Pub Co ISBN 0025476602 9780025476608 [US]

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