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. 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: 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
USA: Plume, 1991. Reprint. Paperback. 242pp. Small Octavo [20.5cm] Photo illustrated blue wraps. From the back of the book: "The Journey Home ranges from the surreal cityscapes of Hoboken and Manhattan to the solitary splendor of the deserts and mountains of the Southwest. It is alive with ranchers, dam builders..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1977. Jim Stiles. First paperback edition. Paperback. 242pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good condition. The covers are slightly rubbed and creased. The bottom edges of the covers are subtly yellowed. There is a 4 inch long faint scratch in the front cover. From..... 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
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. There is a black remainder mark to the foot of the..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 1985. Tenth Anniversary Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 352pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black hardcover with a gilt stamped title on the spine. The covers are a bit cocked, and the very tips of the bottom of the boars ans spine are a trifle..... More
New York: J.P. Lippincott, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 352pp. 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. Extremities are mildly rubbed. Dust jacket has been amateurly repaired, most severely..... More
Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press, 2022. Robert Crumb. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. 356pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Charcoal cloth with silver stamped title on front board and backstrip. New book with no flaws. A dozen full-page illustrations and 30 chapter head illustrations by legendary sixties underground comix illustration and American icon..... More
New York: J.P. Lippincott, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 352 pp. Octavo [23 cm.] 1/4 red cloth over black boards with title stamped in silver on spine. Small silver stamped monkey wrench on front board. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Boards and textblock edges are mildly soiled. Toning to head of..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 1985. R. Crumb. Tenth Anniversary Trade Edition - first edition thus. Hardcover. 356pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black boards with titles stamped in silver on spine and front board. Cartographic endsheets. Small, singular scratch to rear board. In a dust jacket with a handful..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 1985. R. Crumb. Tenth Anniversary Trade Edition. Hardcover. DOUBLE SIGNED. 356pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles, and a gilt stamped design of a wrench on the front cover. The head of the spine is just a hair..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. Paperback. Uncorrected proof. 225 pp. Blue wrappers. A staple in the edge of the front cover. Internally fine. More
New York: Henry Holt, 1988. Later printing. Paperback. 225 pp. [21 cm]; red and brown illustrated wraps. More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1984. Edward Abbey. First ediiton, simultaneous paperback. Paperback. SIGNED. 384pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black, white, blue and red illustrated wraps. Near fine. The edges of the covers are ever so slightly rubbed. Slight crease on top corner of cover. First edition in paperback, published simultaneously with..... More
London: Talmy, Franklin Ltd., 1971. First UK edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 159pp. Octavo [22 cm] Yellow paper covered boards with a brown ink stamped title on the spine. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket price clipped. Signed by Ed Abbey on the front free endsheet. "Sunset Canyon, a beautiful..... More
Santa Fe, NM: Rydal Press, 1989. Numbered edition in a slipcase. Hardcover. 96pp. Duodecimo [21 cm]1/4 green cloth with decorative tan paper covered boards and paper title label on backstrip. Fine in like slipcase. #102 of 225 issued to the public. Posthumous work, completed shortly before his death. Musings from..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 1982. Original calendar edition for 1983. Calendar. SIGNED. Oblong quarto [23 cm x 30.5 cm] Stapled illustrated wraps, with the back cover featuring art work by Jim Stiles. Near fine, with only minor creasing and toning to the covers. Reusable in 2022. With..... More
