Planet of the Apes
by Boulle, Pierre
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Sacramento, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Vanguard Press, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First U.S. edition in fine condition, bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket ($4.50 price intact) with a touch of rubbing to the spine ends and corners. A superior copy of this iconic novel, basis for the 1974 film and inspiration for numerous sequels.
Synopsis
Pierre Boulle was born in Avignon, France in 1912. He originally trained as an engineer, but in 1936 went to Malaysia as a rubber planter. In 1939 he was called up in the French forces in Indochina. When France fell during World War II, he fled to Singapore, where he joined the Free French Mission. After the Japanese invasion, he was sent via Rangoon and the Burma Road to Yunnan to establish contact with Kuomintang forces. He infiltrated Indochina as a guerilla where he was captured in 1943. He escaped in 1944, was picked up by a British plane, and served in the Special Forces in Calcutta for the rest of the war. His first novel published in the United States was The Bridge on the River Kwai . It was awarded the Prix Ste. Beuve in France, and led to the motion picture that received an amazing seven Academy Awards. He considered his subsequent books, of which Planet of the Apes is the most well-known, to be social fantasies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Magus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008874
- Title
- Planet of the Apes
- Author
- Boulle, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Vanguard Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
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About the Seller
Magus Books
Biblio member since 2005
Sacramento, California
About Magus Books
Independent bookstore specializing in John Fowles and other modern first editions.
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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