La Planète des Singes (Planet of the Apes) - author Pierre Boulle - published by Le Cercle du nouveau livre, Paris 1963 - copy 205 A - numbered original French edition, published before the translations into English and other languages. Printing from January 8, 1963 on the presses of Imprimeries Oberthur in Rennes. Hardlinen green cover - gold printing on cover and spine - 268 pages - dimensions 20 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm - language French. Excellent condition: on pages a very bit yellow. Pierre Boulle (1912 - 1994) was a French writer. The novel La Planète des Singes (Planet of the Apes) was adapted for the screen in 1968 by Franklin Schaffner, with a screenplay by Rod Serling and Michael Wilson, starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison