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Planet of the Apes.
by BOULLE, Pierre
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc.,, 1963. First edition in English, first printing. The novel was first published in French as La Planète des singes earlier the same year. It was adapted into a film in 1968, starring Charlton Heston, which has given rise to numerous sequels and reboots. Octavo. Original black quarter cloth, spine lettered in orange, white, and grey, white paper-covered boards, three circles to front cover in orange, white, and grey, orange endpapers, top edge orange. With dust jacket. Hint of rubbing to cloth, a couple of tiny chips to upper margin of first pages; unclipped jacket lightly toned, small nicks and creases to extremities: a near-fine copy in near-fine jacket.
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
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 172978
- Title
- Planet of the Apes.
- Author
- BOULLE, Pierre
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc.,
- Date Published
- 1963
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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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