The Age of Longing by Arthur Koestler - 1951

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Printing 1 COPYRIGHT DATE IS 1951, First edition, "First Printing" stated on the copyright page and title page dated 1951. First-issue, first-state dust jacket with publisher's $3.50 price vertically at the top edge of the front flap and top and bottom corners cut by the publisher. Dark-blue cloth binding with silver lettering on the spine. 362 pages. Inscribed and signed by the author in black pen directly on the half-title page. Book has a bumped top front corner with a small tear in the cloth, rear corner tips just very slightly bumped, and a previous owner's small bookplate on the front endpaper. Otherwise Fine. Bright, clean, tight and square, with flawless text pages. Dust jacket is bright and very clean with no sunning. Light wear at the spine ends and corners. Vertical closed tear down the top half of spine ending with a horizontal closed tear across the center, repaired with archival paper tape on the reverse side. One-inch closed tear at the top edge of the front panel. Otherwise excellent. Jacket is protected in a new archival mylar cover.