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"I FIRST MET HIM IN PIRAEUS": FIRST EDITION OF KAZANTZAKIS’ ZORBA THE GREEK; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY; SIGNED BY TRANSLATOR PETER BIEN
KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOS.
Zorba The Greek.
New York: Simon & Schuster 1953.
First edition of Kazantzakis’ masterpiece, basis for the beloved Academy award-winning film. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed by the translator of the most recent translation with the added words, “I first met him in Pireaus. Peter Bien.” Translated by Carl Wildman. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 143544
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"A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free": First Edition of the Authors Magnum Opus The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel; Finely Bound
KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOS.
Odyssey: A Modern Sequel.
New York: Simon & Schuster 1958.
First edition of Kazantzakis’ masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Translated into English by Kimon Friar; illustrations by Ghika. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140664
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"I FIRST MET HIM IN PIRAEUS": KAZANTZAKIS’ ZORBA THE GREEK; Lengthily signed by the work's translator Peter Bien
KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOS. TRANSLATED BY PETER A. BIEN.
Zorba The Greek.
New York: Simon & Schuster 2014.
Early printing of of this new translation of Kazantzakis’ masterpiece and basis for the beloved Oscar-winning film. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by translator Peter Bien with the opening line of the novel on the front free endpaper, “I first met him in Piraeus Peter Bien 3-27-23.” Peter Bien translated a number of Kazantzakis’ works, most notably this translation of Zorba the Greek. This edition translated, directly from Kazantzakis’s Greek original, is a more faithful rendition of his original language, ideas, and story, and presents Zorba as the author meant him to be. In fine condition. Cover design by Marilyn Dantes.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 141461
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“If I were fire, I would burn; if I were a woodcutter, I would strike. But I am a heart, and I love": Rare First Greek Edition of The Last Temptation of Christ; Lengthily Signed by Translator Peter Bien
KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOS.
The Last Temptation of Christ [First Edition in Greek].
Athena: Thiphros 1955.
First edition in Greek, preceding the English translation of this historical novel, basis for the 1988 Academy nominated film. Octavo, original wrappers. Lengthily signed by the translator Peter Bien on the half-title page with the famous quote from the novel, “If I were fire, I would burn; if I were a woodcutter, I would strike. But I am a heart, and I love.” Peter Bien.” In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 138555
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"The sole way to save oneself is to save others. Or the struggle to save others": First edition of Nikos Kazantzakis' Report to Greco; Lengthily Inscribed by Peter A. Bien
KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOS; TRANSLATED BY PETER A. BIEN.
Report to Greco: An Autobiographical Novel.
Oxford: Bruno Cassirer 1965.
First edition of Kazantzakis’ deeply personal semi-autobiographical classic testament. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed and dated by the translator on the half-title page with a quote from this title, “For ______ ______ ‘The sole way to save oneself is to save others. Or the struggle to save others.’ Peter Bien.” Translated by Peter A. Bien. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration: detail from El Greco’s St. Bartholomew, Museo de El Greco, Toledo. Photograph by Mas, Barcelona.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136597
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"I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else": Rare First Edition In Greek of the Authors Classic Work Zorba The Greek; Signed by Nikos Kazanzakis
KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOS.
Zorba The Greek.
Athens: Plateia Syntagmatos 1946.
First Greek edition, preceding all other editions of the author’s most popular novel and basis for the Oscar-winning film starring Anthony Quinn. Octavo, bound in contemporary cloth. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis on the copyright page. In near fine condition. First editions of Zorba The Greek are of legendary scarcity.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 131303
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First Greek Edition of Kazantzakis' England: A Travel Journal
KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOS.
Taxidevontas Aglia [England: A Travel Journal].
Athens: Pyrsos 1941.
Rare first edition in Greek of Kazantzakis’ travelogue of England. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with light rubbing.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 116453
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Rare First Edition of Kazantzakis's Tertsines; Signed by Helen Kazantzakis
KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOS.
Tertsines.
Athens: Konstantinidis and Michalas Press 1960.
First Greek edition of this collection of poems by the author of Zorba the Greek. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Signed by Helen Kazantzakis.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 117523