Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first edition, early printing hardcover copy of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig with a price-clipped dust jacket protected in a new archival wrap. First Edition unstated, 1974 Wm. Morrow. Third Printing with full number line, 3 4 5 78 77 76 75 74. 1974 is on both copyright and title pages.
The book is in Very Good condition with clean boards with mild fading at edges, strong title ink on a straight spine, moderate to heavy foxing on page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled and lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with a large sprawling Birthday gift inscription on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions or signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with mild surface wear, heavy edge wear, and the $7.95 price on the front flap. Presumed first state jacket with ISBN 0-688-00230-7 and no barcode on the white back cover. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions on how to live. The narrator’s relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning; the craft of motorcycle maintenance leads to an austerely beautiful process for reconciling science, religion, and humanism. Resonant with the confusions of existence, this classic is a touching and transcendent book of life.
Carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a manila envelope.
