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Boulle, Pierre.
Planet of the Apes.
Publisher: Folio Society, London;
Date of Publication: 2020
Stock Code: 14285
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp., xiv, 172. Beautifully illustrated with seven coloured plates by David de la Heras. Publisher’s bright quarter half-cloth with gilt titles to spine, upper and lower boards illustrated with a gorilla wearing a 19th century military uniform. Green endpapers. Housed in a plain red slipcase. A near fine copy. The original novel behind the hit movie series, first published in France in 1963. Supposedly, ‘Planet of the Apes’ drew inspiration from Boulle’s observations of wildlife in his years on a plantation in Malaya. ‘Planet of the Apes’ was Boulle’s ninth novel. £85.00