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Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Limited. ed., First Thus, First Printing; Hard cover 8vo in gold-tooled black leather w/2-ribbed spine, all edges 24k gilt, moire silk endpapers, ribbon bookmark bound-in. As New and unread; No DJ, as issued. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on tipped-in tissue-guarded front endpaper. 238pp; illustrated by George Roth. Gorgeous.
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A very fine copy in like new and unread condition. Bound in full leather with silk moire end papers and ribbon. Signed by the Author. No bumped corners to book. No rubbing to leather binding. Gold gilt edges to text block are clean and bright with no marks or scratches to gilt edges. No bookplates. Notebook from the editors is laid in. As New.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
KOESTLER, Arthur.. Darkness at Noon.. Franklin Library,, Franklin Center:, 1979.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Translated from the German by Daphne Hardy. Limited edition. SIGNED by the author. Octavo, fully bound in black leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Fine.; Signed by Author
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Koestler, Arthur. Darkness At Noon. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1979.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine Limited edition from the Franklin Library, signed by author Arthur Koestler; The action is set during Stalin's purge trials of the 1930s and concerns Nicholas Rubashov, an old-guard Bolshevik who at first denies, then confesses to, crimes that he has not committed. Reflecting Koestler's own disenchantment with communism, the plot examines the dilemma of an aging revolutionary who can no longer condone the excesses of a regime he helped establish. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; Color Illustrations; 8vo; [xx, 1-3] 4-238 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Koestler, Arthur. DARKNESS AT NOON. Franklin Library, Franklin Ctr, PA, 1979.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Description: Leatherbound signed by the author on a tipped in page. ; Signed by Author
Seller: Mostly Useful Fictions IOBA, Commack, NY, U.S.A.
Arthur Koestler. DARKNESS AT NOON. The Franklin Library, US, 1979.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition signed by the author. Beautiful leatherbound copy from The Franklin Library. Text is tight and clean; no markings from previous owners; full leather over moire silk endpapers. Two raised bands to spine with gilt-debossed particulars to spine and boards. Front board is lightly scuffed; corners are bumped. Light rubbing to tail of spine. Binding is tight and square. All edges gilt with light shelf wear. Signature protected by publisher's tissue paper guard. Rust-orange silk bookmarker attached and intact.
Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. 238pp. Octavo [23 cm] Black leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the backstrip, and elaborate gilt stamped ornamental patterns on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers. Silk ribbon page-marker. There is a very minor wave to the text block. Illustrated by George Roth. Privately printed and individually signed by the author. Signed by Arthur Koestler on the tipped-in front flyleaf.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Koestler, Arthur. Darkness At Noon. The Franklin Library; Franklin Center Pennsylvania, 1979.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine signed limited edition. Signed by the author on the front free end page. Limited edition stated on the copyright page. Includes a special letter of introduction from the author not found in regular trade editions. Full leather bound with gilt detailing. Original owner's bookplate on the front free end page.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 238 pages, 8vo. SIGNED by the author Arthur Koestler. Includes tissue guard on signature page. Illustrated by George Roth. Limited Edition. Bound in full leather boards with gilt lettering along spine, gilt design on front and rear covers. Full gilt page edges, bound ribbon bookmark, silk moire endpapers and inside covers. Minor shelfwear: light rubbing along edges. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine-minus condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Arthur Koestler. Darkness At Noon. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1979.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Special signed edition, part of the 60 limited edition series published between 1977 and 1982. Beautifully bound in leather with gilt letter and design in 22kt gold and printed on archival paper with gilt edges. The end sheets are of moire silk fabric with a silk marker sewn in, still in the original position. VG+ book with only issue being some foxing / duststaining at the top and fore edge and a few spots internally. Leather binding in fine condition. Tight binding, unread book ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 238 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Arthur Koestler. Darkness at Noon. Franklin Library, 1979.
Price: US$80.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. First edition and signed by the author.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Koestler, Arthur. Darkness At Noon. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1979.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: NF, top left corner front board lightly scuffed, bit otherwise a tight solid sound tight copy. ; 8vo, black genuine leather, gilt dec. Covers, gilt dec. Spine with gilt lettering, raised bands spine, all page edges gilt, silk moire eps, attached ribbon place marker, 238pp. Translated by Daphne Hardy and illustrated by George Roth. Signed by Author with signature protected by laid-in tissue guard.
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
Koestler, Arthur. Darkness at Noon [SIGNED]. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1979.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. 4to. 238pp. Original gilt stamped full leather cover with gold lettering on spine. Gilt edges. Orange silk moiré insides with matching bound-in ribbon. Protective tissue over author's signature. Translated from German by Daphne Hardy. Illustrated with six black and blue colored full-page plates by George Roth. Very minor wear on spine. Otherwise in near fine condition. Arthur Koestler was a former Communist. The novel is a reflection on the Stalinist purges of the old Bolshevik guard during the 1930s as told from the perspective of the fictional character N. S. Rubashov. Of particular interest is Koestler's exploration of the psychology of the ex-revolutionary to confess to crimes that one did not commit in order to offer oneself as scapegoat for the revolution.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Beautiful copy of a twentieth century classic. Gilt page edges, accents, and titles. Hubbed spine. Sewn-in permanent silk ribbon page marker. Digital image sent upon request.
Seller: Steven G. Jennings, Spring Branch, TX, U.S.A.
KOESTLER, Arthur. Darkness at Noon. Franklin, Franklin Center, 1979.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated in blue and black by George Roth. 238 pages, 8vo, gilt-stamped black leather, a.e.g. The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited edition. Fine. Signed by the author on preliminary page.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
KOESTLER, Arthur. Darkness at Noon. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1979.
Price: US$129.36 + shipping
Description: 238pp. Original publisher's gilt-stamped black calf, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Orange silk moirà endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Signed by the author to recto of front blank fly-leaf. A fine limited edition of Hungarian British author and journalist Arthur Koestler's (1905-1983) novel set during Stalin's Great Purge of the 1930s. Size: 8vo
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Darkness At Noon **SIGNED, LIMITED FULL LEATHER EDITION WITH THE IMPORTANT SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKLET** SIGNED BY Arthur Koestler. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION from the FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1979. Gorgeous full black leather with gilt in AS NEW condition. Illustrated by George Roth. Genuine leather binding with gold-stamped title and decoration, four raised spine-bands, all edges gilt, silk moire end-papers, ribbon bookmark, the publisher's protective tissue-guard is present and laid-in to protect the authors signature Includes a "Special Message to Subscribers" from Arthur Koestler. Also included is the "NOTES FROM THE EDITORS" supplemental booklet that came with the signed limited edition with valuable insight in to the creation of this book including biographical photographs of the author at work. A GREAT GIFT QUALITY COPY WITH THE IMPORTANT SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKLET THAT COLLECTORS REQIURE. This book is one of 60 published by the Franklin Library's Signed leather bound Limited Edition series published between 1977 and 1982. This is a high quality production from the Franklin Library!!
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Arthur Koestler. Darkness At Noon. Franklin Library (PA), 1979.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Franklin Library (PA) 1979 First Edition Thus. Fine in full leather binding with all edge gilt and gilt titles and designs. Silk end pages. SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Chris Grobel, Arlington, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$156.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 238 pp. Original black leather covers w/ gilt decoration on binding. Gilt title and two raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt w/ orange moire endpapers. SIGNED BY A. KOESTLER ON FRONT BLANK ENDPAPER. Contents very nice.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
KOESTLER, ARTHUR. Darkness at Moon. Franklin Library, 1979.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Gilt lettered and decorated black leather. Gilt edges. Silk endpapers and ribbon marker. This copy signed on a special page by the author. Edition limited to an unknown number of copies, thought to be about 1500 to 2000.One of the first books to expose the excesses of communist regimes. fine copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$244.97 + shipping
Description: Very Good+, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Faint foxing on top text block edge. ; Signed by author on 2nd FEP. ; First Franklin Library Edition.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.