Zorba the Greek
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2333698
First American edition ('First Printing' stated on copyright page), preceded by the UK edition of 1952. Lacks jacket. Some discoloration on boards, front free endpaper removed, tape remnants on endpapers, ink date on front flyleaf.
311 pp. Inspiration for the 1964 film starring Anthony Quinn. "Zorba the Greek is a novel written by the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorbas. The novel was adapted into a successful 1964 film of the same name as well as a 1968 musical, Zorba."
Price: $125.00