Description
Author:Author: Richard Bach
Photographer: Russell Munson
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Place: New York
Year: 1971
Edition: First Edition, Ninth Printing
Format: Hardcover with original dust jacket
Page Count: 94 pages
Condition: Near Fine in a Near Fine original dust jacket protected in removable archival Brodart. The book is clean, tight, and well preserved. The dark-blue jacket retains its striking original Joan Stoliar design, with only light surface and edge wear consistent with age. Please review the photographs, which form part of the condition description.
ISBN: None printed in this edition
Author:Author: Richard Bach
Photographer: Russell Munson
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Place: New York
Year: 1971
Edition: First Edition, Ninth Printing
Format: Hardcover with original dust jacket
Page Count: 94 pages
Condition: Near Fine in a Near Fine original dust jacket protected in removable archival Brodart. The book is clean, tight, and well preserved. The dark-blue jacket retains its striking original Joan Stoliar design, with only light surface and edge wear consistent with age. Please review the photographs, which form part of the condition description.
ISBN: None printed in this edition
Weight: Approximately 12 ounces before packing
DESCRIPTION
A spiritual and literary phenomenon of the 1970s, Jonathan Livingston Seagull is Richard Bach’s enduring allegory about freedom, self-discovery, individual purpose, and the courage to transcend limitations.
Jonathan is no ordinary seagull. While the other members of his flock concentrate on survival, he is driven by the joy of flight and the pursuit of excellence. His refusal to accept convention makes him an outcast—but it also leads him toward greater knowledge, freedom, and spiritual awakening.
Bach’s spare, meditative story is accompanied by Russell Munson’s evocative black-and-white photographs of gulls in flight. The original dark-blue dust jacket was designed by Joan Stoliar.
Published by Macmillan in 1971, this is the ninth printing of the First Edition. It is especially interesting because the first nine printings retain the earliest state of the text. Beginning with the tenth printing, an additional character’s name was introduced into the final paragraph on page 83. This ninth printing is therefore the last printing with the original wording of that passage.
WHY THIS COPY IS SPECIAL
Although later copies of Jonathan Livingston Seagull are widely available, this example combines several desirable qualities:
• Early ninth printing of the First Edition
• Last printing retaining the earliest state of the text
• Original Joan Stoliar dust jacket
• Russell Munson’s atmospheric photographs
• Near Fine condition
• Removable archival Brodart jacket protection
• Strong cultural connection to the spiritual awakening and personal-growth movements of the early 1970s
It is a handsome vintage copy of a book that became one of the defining spiritual allegories of its era.
WHY WE LOVE THIS BOOK
This deceptively simple story speaks to anyone who has felt called to move beyond convention and discover a more authentic path. Its themes of freedom, excellence, spiritual development, and following one’s inner purpose remain as meaningful today as they were when the book became a cultural sensation.