Arthur Koestler Arrival And Departure First and 12 similar items

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE by Arthur Koestler New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. First edition, first printing. "First printing" statement to the copyright page. A suspenseful, psychological, and philosophical novel set in World War II, from which Koestler imbues with his own experiences as a Hungarian refugee. Koestler, famous for his anti-totalitarian work DARKNESS AT NOON, espoused many political causes, wrote novels, memoirs, biographies and numerous essays, resulting in the award for the Sonning Prize for his outstanding contribution to European culture. Lightly bumped to the lower front corner tip and lower front spine edge corner, else near fine in polished grey linen with burgundy titles to the spine; in a near fine dust jacket with slight age-toning to the spine panel, and with a few very short edge tears; original $2.00 printed price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 180 pages. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!