KOESTLER, Arthur.
Darkness At Noon.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941.
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“History had a slow pulse; man counted in years, history in generations”: First Edition of Arthur Koestler’s Classic Darkness At Noon; Signed by Him
First edition of the author's masterpiece, with the statement of First printing on the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Arthur Koestler on the free endpaper. Fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in near fine condition. Jacket design by Garlick. An exceptional example, easily the nicest we have seen, rare and desirable signed.
"Darkness At Noon transcends ordinary limitations. Written with such dramatic power, with such warmth of feeling, and with such persuasive simplicity that it is as absorbing as melodrama" (The New York Times Book Review). "One of the few books written in this epoch which will survive it" (New Statesman). Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 Great Novels of the twentieth century.
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