Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Robert M. Pirsig. Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$44.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1974. Reprinted. 412 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Damp staining to paste downs. Front free end paper excised. Binding remains firm. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends with small splits. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Clipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Pirsig, Robert M.. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1974.
Price: US$49.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second printing. Illustrated dust-jacket clean and bright, not price-clipped, no marks or tears. Book bound in brown cloth with gilt title, also clean bright and square. Gift inscription inside the front (1974) thereafter pages unmarked, appearing unread.
Seller: David's Bookshop, Letchworth BA, Letchworth Garden City, HERTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second Printing. Jacket is shelf worn and slightly scratched on the back cover. The top edge of the front cover flap is creased and slightly worn. Cover boards are in good condition with no visible flaws apart from some light handling wear. The top and bottom edges of the spine are bumped. Spine is cocked, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Pirsig, Robert M.. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. , 1974.
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1974 Bodley Head hardcover 3rd printing. Some reading wear, a little foxing, wear to edge of dustjacket else good condition.
Seller: Lacey Books Ltd, Cirencester, United Kingdom
Pirsig, Robert M.. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.. The Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$66.14 + shipping
Description: cloth, dustjacket. 412 pp. -(dustjacket slighty worn and discoloured at the edges, corners of the cover a bit bumped, otherwise in good condition).
Seller: Antiquariaat Berger & De Vries, Groningen, Netherlands
Pirsig, Robert M.. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. , 1974.
Price: US$70.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1974 Bodley Head hardcover 3rd printing. Light reading wear else very good condition.
Seller: Lacey Books Ltd, Cirencester, United Kingdom
PIRSIG, Robert M.. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. London: The Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$76.97 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, 8vo, 412 pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped. Covers, endpapers and the edges of the wrapper with some damp staining, rear of the text block slightly wavy, top edge marked.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$82.53 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 412pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 0370103386
Seller: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book that will change the way you think and feel about your life. Reprinted. Bodley Head Ltd, London 1974. 412pp hb bumped, some light splash marks on covers, previous owner's signature, vg
Seller: Occultique, Northampton, United Kingdom
Robert M Pirsig. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$102.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M Pirsig. Second impression hardcover printed in 1974. In very good condition with a small tear in the jacket on the back cover.
Seller: Burley Fisher Books, London, United Kingdom
Pirsig, Robert M.. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Bodley Head Ltd, 1974.
Price: US$109.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 412 pages. Dustwrapper not price clipped. Name neatly on the free end paper with the date of Autumn 1974.
Seller: Neville Chapman, Bacup, United Kingdom
Price: US$128.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First impression of the first UK edition, with the iconic dustwrapper illustration by John Sewell. ***Please note that a previous owner has removed the front free endpaper of this copy. ***Very good in dark brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. No bumps. Corners sharp. Boards clean and unmarked. Page block edges slightly marked. No reading lean to the binding - just a light vertical reading crease to the spine. Spine tight. Internally also very good. However, please note that, as mentioned, a previous owner has removed the front free endpaper (probably an extreme way of removing an inscription) and there is slight splitting to the paper at the gutter. There is also a light water stain at the bottom edge of the front endpaper. There is also light staining to the fore-edge of the rear free endpaper. The internal pages are very clean, with no foxing and creases or tears. No ownership details. ***In a very good colour-illustrated dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £2.95 net. The dustwrapper is correct for the first impression, having no mention of impressions on the front flap. The dustwrapper is complete, with just some slight rubbing and creasing at the extremities, mainly at the head and tail of the spine. No chips or tears. Very unusually for this title, there is no fading even to the spine (the light green titles on the spine are usually found faded to white, but these are still green). ***Please note that there is some wrinkling to the front panel of the dustwrapper, where it has been affected at some point by water. This isn't very noticeable, and doesn't really detract too much. Dustwrapper otherwise bright and clean. ***224mm x 148mm. 412 pages. ***'This extraordinary, almost unclassifiable work has been hailed as one of the most exciting books to come out of America in recent years. On the simplest level, it is the story of a summer month's motorcycle trip taken by the narrator with his eleven-year-old son from their home in Minnesota to California. While they ride, the narrator delivers to the reader a series of discourses which range over a multitude of topics, from motorcycle maintenance itself, through a search for how to live and an inquiry into 'what is best' to a philosophy that can reconcile science, religion and humanism. ***But on another, and connecting, level the book is the story of the narrator's visit to the 'forgotten tomb of his past' and his confrontation there with a ghost. The ghost is called Phaedrus and is his former self, a brilliant, questioning man who in his attempt to make sense of his life went mad, underwent shock therapy and 'died' - and has now returned. He and his son have to face that ghost together. He also has to face the fact that his relationship with his son has been deteriorating during the journey. This is the last problem to which he finds a reconciliation. ***An Autobiography of the mind and the body, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" takes the reader on a trip - in a literal, emotional and philosophical sense - that is not only unforgettable but also unlike anything he has previously experienced.' ***'"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is an unforgettable trip'. Time magazine (Quote and review quote taken from the flaps of the dustwrapper) ***A very good copy of the first impression of the first UK edition, in its original attractively colour-illustrated first impression dustwrapper, designed by John Sewell. Although not a perfect copy, first impressions of the UK first edition are hard to find now. A cult classic and an iconic title. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Pirsig,Robert. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$160.35 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Near Fine Copy of this Book in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket with NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket,tiny amount of rubbing to the head of spine.Price Clipped.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning to spine.There is one previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper of Emmeline Garnett who has I believe written a few books and had previously worked for the BBC.An Uncommon title especially in this condition and a classic study of rationality itself and of a Summer Month's motorcycle trip taken by the narrator and his eleven year old son,8vo 412pp First Edition 1st Impression [1974]
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Pirsig, Robert M.. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. , 1974.
Price: US$186.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1974 Bodley Head hardcover 1st printing. Some reading wear, a little yellowing, wear to edge of dustjacket else good condition.
Seller: Lacey Books Ltd, Cirencester, United Kingdom
Pirsig, Robert M.. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Bodley Head Ltd, 1974.
Price: US$192.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [First UK Edition, first impression] Dust jacket unmarked, printing remains bright, slight creasing at top-edge; Boards firm, gilt titling bright, ends of spine rubbed; Pages lightly age-toned at edges, light offsetting on endpapers, no ownership marks or annotation; Binding tight. Overall a nice copy which slightly shows its age. ; 5.5 x 8.75"; 412 pages
Seller: Walden Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.49 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 412pp. A very good hardback copy with offsetting to endpapers and foxing to edges of text block. In a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with a faded spine.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Price: US$256.55 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Publisher's brown cloth boards with the excellent dust-jacket, price-clipped, but sharp and bright. 412 pages. No old inscriptions or other internal markings. Some very light dusting to top edge of the pages, still a really bright copy. This landmark work is an examination of how we live and a meditation on how to live better, set around the narration of a summer motorcycle trip from Minnesota to California undertaken by a father & his eleven year old son.
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
Pirsig, Robert M.. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. London The Bodley Head 1974, 1974.
Price: US$288.62 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Published by The Bodley Head in London, 1974. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper, greatly illustrated by John Sewell, has some slight curling at the top edge, some corner wear and some light surface scratching. There is an area of separation to both spine tips. It has not been price clipped, rightly showing the original £2.95 net price. The boards are free from notable chips and marks, proudly bound in the publisher's brown buckram. The internals are immaculate, as are the text blocks. Overall, this is a near fine copy and free from inscriptions. Rare. It is a work of fictionalized autobiography and is the first of Pirsig's texts in which he explores his concept of Quality.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Robert Pirsig. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$299.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DJ in mylar is NOT price clipped (L 2.95) and has wonderful front cover design by John Sewell with terrific b&w photo of Pirsig on motorcycle on back. Previous owners name/address is written in small print on top corner of ffep. A very nice copy ot this collectible.
Seller: Canio's Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.