The Act of Creation by Arthur Koestler, First Edition (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. H/B 751 pages condition is very good, small tears along top edge or DJ at rear.

Paperback. First Edition Thus (1967), First Printing, so stated. Good in Wraps: shows indications of moderate use: slight cocking to the spine; considerable wear to the extremities; several creases near the corners of the front panel and a short tear has been mended with clear cellophane tape at the top edge of same; some dampstaining to the tinted outside edges; mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; the expected tanning to the text pages, due to aging; the binding remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A good used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and some cosmetic imperfections. A sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo.(7 x 4.2 x 1.25 inches). 751 pages. Language: English. Weight: 12.5 ounces. Mass Market Paperback. This book has attracted a cult following since its original 1964 publication. It set the stage for much of the "New Age" literature of the following decades. Koestler draws analogies between human creativity and evolution in nature, seeing them as two different aspects of a single process. Koestler's writing is eminently readable and still highly topical three decades later. This is the first of Koestler's big three serious science books. The second is "The Sleepwalkers", on the contribution of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo. The third is "The Ghost in the Machine", which contains a critique of behaviorist psychology and Koestler's theory to account for the apparent self-destructiveness of human nature. "The Act of Creation" offers a theory to account for creative synthesis. The model is fleshed out with a great deal of information ranging from the religions of the world to a theory about the nervous system to account for the build-up of tension and its discharge at the puchline of a joke. A fascinating read; it gives glimpses and answers through an integrated body of research and a graceful and insightful fireside chat about it all. One of my all-time favourite books. First Edition Thus (1967), First Printing, so stated.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Macmillan Co., 1964. Hardcover. Condition: Fine Dj: near fine 751pp. . Cloth. black cloth over blue quaerter bound gold stampled lettering to spine; 1st edition, some pencil notations and underlining, bookplate on inside front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 751pp. Owner stamp on front fly, modest foxing on endpapers, front board slightly bowed, very good in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with tiny stamped price, small tears, and foxing on both sides.

First edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, top edges stained red, 751pp,VG (light tanning to eps & page edges, light staining & foxing to upper page edges, light scuffing to board edges) in d/w, VG (light-moderate foxing to flaps & inside, moderate rubbing, creasing to edges, light soiling, small closed tear to rear).

8° , Leinen m. Kopffarbschnitt. Condition: Gut. First Edition. 751 S. Widmung von Privat a. Vorsatz. Einband tlws. lichtverfärbt, Buchblock nachgedunkelt, letzte Seiten m. Knickspur, kl. Fleck a. Seitenschnitt. Gutes Expl. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very Good octavo. 731pp., b/w plates, diags., appends., index, Nice copy in very good price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 751 pages inc 21 page index & 48 pages of index. Brown cloth boards, dustwrapper torn with old sellotape burn marks on back in two places and some tears and edge splits, but complete. Ink inscription on FFEP "David On a very special occasions with love from Len & Kay June 1964". Contents almost fine, loosely inserted is a magazine article about the author. Heavy octavo. NOT ex-library, not in a warehouse. 1964. * A book about Bisociative thinking". Deals with thoughts on the conscious and unconscious levels and those processes and the "creativity/art" derived in man's condition as a species from this point of view.

First UK Edition. Original brown cloth in the unclipped dust-jacket, slightly rubbed and creased especially at head of the spine. 751 pages. No internal markings or old ownership names. A Fine copy in the slightly worn jacket. Book.

1st edition / 1st printing hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo. 751pp., b/w pls., diags., appends., index, Nice copy in like price-clipped dust jacket.