PIRSIG, Robert M. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. London: The Bodley Head. 1974. 8vo. First British edition, first printing. Publisher’s black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by John Sewell. An about very good copy, the cloth clean, very lightly marked and bumped to the edges. The binding tight and square, the textblock with some light spots and stains, but seldom seeping, and internally usually fine barring a handful of spots. The dust jacket unclipped and complete, the spine panel slightly marked, and elsewhere in places, usually very lightly, with small closed tear to front flap top edge. Overall presenting nicely.
The author’s most famous work and a staple of quote unquote zen literature— an epistemological two-and-a-half-week motorcycle journey across the US with his son on the back, Pirsig’s novel was purportedly rejected by over 120 publishers, then went on to be an international bestseller.
PIRSIG, Robert M. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. London: The Bodley Head. 1974. 8vo. First British edition, first printing. Publisher’s black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by John Sewell. An about very good copy, the cloth clean, very lightly marked and bumped to the edges. The binding tight and square, the textblock with some light spots and stains, but seldom seeping, and internally usually fine barring a handful of spots. The dust jacket unclipped and complete, the spine panel slightly marked, and elsewhere in places, usually very lightly, with small closed tear to front flap top edge. Overall presenting nicely.
The author’s most famous work and a staple of quote unquote zen literature— an epistemological two-and-a-half-week motorcycle journey across the US with his son on the back, Pirsig’s novel was purportedly rejected by over 120 publishers, then went on to be an international bestseller.
