Planet of the Apes.
by Boulle, Pierre
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
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About This Item
Synopsis
Pierre Boulle was born in Avignon, France in 1912. He originally trained as an engineer, but in 1936 went to Malaysia as a rubber planter. In 1939 he was called up in the French forces in Indochina. When France fell during World War II, he fled to Singapore, where he joined the Free French Mission. After the Japanese invasion, he was sent via Rangoon and the Burma Road to Yunnan to establish contact with Kuomintang forces. He infiltrated Indochina as a guerilla where he was captured in 1943. He escaped in 1944, was picked up by a British plane, and served in the Special Forces in Calcutta for the rest of the war. His first novel published in the United States was The Bridge on the River Kwai . It was awarded the Prix Ste. Beuve in France, and led to the motion picture that received an amazing seven Academy Awards. He considered his subsequent books, of which Planet of the Apes is the most well-known, to be social fantasies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129718
- Title
- Planet of the Apes.
- Author
- Boulle, Pierre
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- The Vanguard Press, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Pierre Boulle Signed First Edition, Planet of the Apes First Edition Signed
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