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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0397010842 . Stated First Edition. Remainder mark on top edges. Dust Jacket has its original price of $8.95. Dust jacket has a half inch tear to bottom edge of rear cover near spine. Long narrow superficial scratch to rear cover of jacket. Jacket has minor soiling. Dust Jacket protected in clear plastic Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .

New York: J.P. Lippincott, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 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. There is a black remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block. In the dust jacket with light soiling, and several shallow closed tears and chips in the edges. 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." They have now each sold more than one million copies each. The controversial novel that gave birth to radical environmental group Earth First!

New York: J.P. Lippincott, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 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. The boards are just a hair warped, the extremities are gently bumped and rubbed, and there is a previous owner's name, along with the date "7/2/88," along the top edge of the front free endpaper. In the dust jacket with minor wear. 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." They have now each sold more than one million copies each. The controversial novel that gave birth to radical environmental group Earth First!

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Whisper of rubbing, toning to jacket.. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0397010842 . Red cloth spine titled in silver with black boards. Jacket illustration by Paul Bacon. Author photo by Doug Peacock on rear jacket panel. Map endpapers. The classic novel about eco-warriors fighting to stop a river from being dammed in Arizona. $8.95 price on front jacket flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .

First Edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Paul Bacon. His 9th book and 5th work of fiction which gave birth to the radical environmental group Earth First! . Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful cop

Philadelphia And New York: J. B. Lippincott Company. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0397010842 . Stated first edition. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, dated 11/4/88 in St. Paul. Black paper boards quarter bound with red cloth. Silver lettering on spine and monkey wrench stamped in silver on cover. Moderate soiling and staining; spine is slightly slanted; minor rubbing to edges. White illustrated dust jacket with black lettering on cover and spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar and is in poor condition. Front flap is missing; significant chipping and creasing to edges; extensive tearing along folds with back flap mostly separated and 3.5 inch tear to front joint; some toning and soiling. Binding is tight. Interior has occasional marginalia in pen. Map design on endpapers. Edward Abbey's classic ecological thriller follows a group of "eco-raiders" with a healthy distrust of technology and a hatred for greedy corporations that threaten to destroy the wilderness of the desert southwest. Our store name, Back of Beyond, was lifted from this novel. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 352 pp; Signed by Author .

Philadelphia: Lippincott. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0397010842 . First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Fine in an about fine (tiny closed tear at the base of the front flap and a tiny corner crease at the base of the rear flap) dust jacket. A bright, clean, and well preserved copy. .

Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0397010842 . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.5 inches; 352 pages .

First Edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Paul Bacon. His 9th book and 5th work of fiction which gave birth to the radical environmental group Earth First! . Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful cop

First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Fine in an about fine (tiny closed tear at the base of the front flap and a tiny corner crease at the base of the rear flap) dust jacket. A bright, clean, and well preserved copy.

New York: J.P. Lippincott, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 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. With only very minor bruising at the spine ends. Text block square and tight. In the dust jacket, with the top edge trimmed a bit low, and with light creasing to the top edge of the rear panel. Housed in a unique custom made slipcase featuring the wrench design. 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." They have now each sold more than one million copies each. The controversial novel that gave birth to radical environmental group Earth First!

New York: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1975. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at bottom corner front map end page in the year of publication - "Ed Abbey Wabash '75" . Near Fine, light soiling to edges, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, light soiling, small chips at bottom edge of spine, author's name printed in red at spine a bit dulled. A quite handsome copy of Abbey's classic radical environmentalist work. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.