New York: Time-Life Books; The American Wilderness Series, 1977. Ernst Haas. Second printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 184pp. Quarto [26 cm] 1/4 black cloth with glossy illustrated paper over boards. Very good. The front cover is just a little bit warped. There is a previous owner's short inscription on the front pastedown..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. David Muench. First edition. Hardcover. 238pp. Folio [43.5 cm] Full tan canvas in matching slipcase. Title printed in orange on backstrip and again on the front panel in slipcase. Volume is fine in a good only slipcase, with heavy fraying along the edges. A...... More
New York: A Chanticleer Press Edition, 1979. David Muench. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 238pp. Folio [43.5 cm] Tan cloth covered boards with a bold orange ink stamped title on the spine. In a matching tan and orange printed cloth covered slipcase. Very good. There is a small amount of soiling..... More
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988. Later printing. Hardcover. 238pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Dark red cloth over boards with the title stamped in white ink on the spine. "Edward Abbey's account of two summers spent in southeastern Utah's canyonlands is one of the most enduring works of contemporary American nature..... More
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988. Lawrence Ormsby. Reprint. Hardcover. 238pp. Small quarto [23.5 cm] Brown paper over boards, with title stamped in white on spine. Twentieth anniversary printing of Abbey's popular book on the American West. This edition includes a new introduction by the author, his definitive corrections to..... More
New York: Ballantine Books. Later printing. Paperback. 337 pp. Duodecimo [17.5 cm]; pictorial wrappers. Mass market paperback. Edward Abbey lived for three seasons in the desert at Moab, Utah, and what he discovered about the land before him, the world around him, and the heart that beat within, is a...... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Peter Parnall. First edition, signed association copy. Hardcover. SIGNED. 269 pp. [22 cm]; full brown cloth with white and brown stamped spine. Illustrated dust jacket. The spine ends are gently bumped. The book is tightly and squarely bound. In a very attractive dust jacket, with light..... More
Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1981. Edward Abbey. First Peregrine Smith Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 269pp. Octavo [22 cm] Orange paper over boards with black stamped title on front board and backstrip. Book shows very minor edge wear. In the dust jacket, which is sunned at the spine (title still bold)..... More
Moab, Utah: Back of Beyond Books, 2018. Facsimile edition. 262pp. Small folio [31cm]. Unbound sheets with printing on recto. Printed on 80# Smooth Text Pacesetter Opaque Digital paper by AMP Printing + Graphics. Housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell box with title stamped in white on spine, and blind..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1982. Nicola Mazzella. First edition. Paperback. [SIGNED]. [INSCRIBED]. 242 pp. Octavo. [21 cm]. Blue wraps. Very mild scuffing to fore edge. Corners very subtly bent. Ed Abbey ponders the missile system the U.S. has planned to move to the West while running rivers, drinking beer, and..... More
New York: Dutton, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 white cloth with blue paper covered boards, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. The spine is just a trifle rolled. In a dust jacket, with moderate surface rubbing. A nice fresh copy. Inscribed by Abbey..... More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1963. First British Edition. Hardcover. 211pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Turquoise blue boards with title and author stamped in gilt on the backstrip. Very good. The spine is subtly rolled, and the edges of the text block are very lightly foxed. The rear free endsheet is partially..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 211pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 red cloth with yellow paper over boards. Very good plus, with minimal bumping to the spine ends, and along the bottom edge of the front cover. The endpapers are negligibly discolored. With the dust jacket, designed..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. Paperback. Uncorrected proof copy. 485 pp. Printed wrappers. With publisher's press release stapled to the inside of the front cover. Minor wear and soiling. Internally fine. More
New York: A Holt Paperback / A John Macrae Book / Henry Holt and Company, 1998. Later Printing. Paperback. 513pp. Octavo [21 cm] Pictorial softcover. This novel, the "fat masterpiece," as Ed labeled it, was his most important piece of writing: it reveals the complete Ed Abbey, from the green..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 485pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] in boards over cloth spine. Minor bruising at the spine ends. Very light soiling to the fore-edge of the text block. In a dust jacket, with rubbing to the panels, and a couple of 3"..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1980. Early trade paperback printing. Paperback. SIGNED. 242pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated casebound wraps. Very good. The wraps are a bit toned, and there is a gift inscription on the half title page, below the author's signature. There is a Valentine sticker on this page..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth with tan paper covered boards. The boards are very subtly faded at the edges. Rear of dust jacket is the slightest bit soiled. Shallow tear (approx 1 Cm) at bottom of dust jackets front..... More
New York: Plume Books, 1991. Later printing. Paperback. 242pp. Octavo [20cm]. Illustrated wraps. In "Good News," Edward Abbey's acclaimed underground classic, the West is wild again. American civilization as the twentieth century knew it has crumbled. In the great Southwest, a new breed of settler, whites and indians together, is..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, October 10, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 242pp. Octavo [21.6cm]. 1/4 black cloth and beige paper over boards. Head and tail edge of boards slightly faded. Head and tail of spine very slightly rubbed. Pages age toned. Illustrated unclipped dust jacket with one small tear measuring..... More
New York: Back Bay Books/Little Brown & Co., 1990. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 308 pp. [21 cm]; red, yellow and white illustrated wraps. Author's warning (from half title): Anyone who takes this book seriously will be shot. Anyone who does not take it seriously will be buried alive by a...... More
Chosho Publishing, 2022. Reprint. Paperback. 360pp. Octavo [22.5]. Illustrated wraps. This is a print-on-demand title, but the text is clear and easy to read. The author never wished this title to be reprinted, and the author would not wish you to read it. Abbey himself described this early novel as..... More
New York: Harper Perennial, 2006. Later printing. Paperback. 421pp. Octavo [20 cm] White pictorial wrappers. The late great Edward Abbey published twenty one books during his lifetime (two posthumously) Both "The Monkey Wrench Gang" and "Desert Solitaire" have gone on to become what the author always dreaded "classics" and have..... More
New York: J.P. Lippincott, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 352 pp. Octavo [23 cm.] 1/2 red cloth over black boards with title silver stamped on backstrip and a small silver stamped monkey wrench on front board. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Unworn copy in the original unclipped dust jacket. The spine ends..... More
