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Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Size: 11x9x1; Stated first edition missing the jacket and has light edge soil. Tight binding no marks to text, remainder mark to bottom edge. Please email for photos.

Condition: Good. First edition. Hardcover. Black sharpie line on the bottom page edges. Smudges on the cover and pages. Dust jacket is chipped in a few places but remains intact. Binding is tight, and all pages are present. A classic novel of environmental activism and rebellion.

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor chipping to top and bottom of spine and all outside corners. A few closed tears: top edge, front panel (2), top edge, rear panel and flap fold, rear. Minor soiling to spine and both panels, primarily spine. Stressing to spine hinges; flap folds. Tears mended on reverse with archival tape. BOARDS: Very good condition. Minor sunning to crown and foot of spine. Minor rubbing to top and bottom edges, front and back, primarily bottom. BOOK: Very good condition. No issues. Please read description and inspect photos closely for condition details. ********************************************************* Here on offer is a very nice copy of Edward Abbey's most famous work of fiction, "The Monkey Wrench Gang". The novel concerns the use of sabotage to protest environmentally damaging activities in the Southwestern United States, and was so influential that the term "monkeywrench," . . . , has come to mean, besides sabotage and damage to machines, any sabotage, activism, law-making, or law-breaking to preserve wilderness, wild spaces and ecosystems. This copy is a true 1st American edition, 1st printing of the work published by Lippincott in 1975. The original dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Brodart sleeve. ******************************************************************************************************************* "Ex-Green Beret George Hayduke returns from war to find his beloved southwestern desert threatened by industrial development. Joining with Bronx exile and feminist saboteur Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D., Hayduke is ready to fight the power. They (the Monkey Wrench Gang) take on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders who are threatening the natural habitat in this is a comedic novel of destructive mayhem and outrageous civil disobedience." //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 - March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. His best-known works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire. . . . Regarding his writing style, Abbey states: "I write in a deliberately provocative and outrageous manner because I like to startle people. I hope to wake up people. I have no desire to simply soothe or please. I would rather risk making people angry than putting them to sleep. And I try to write in a style that's entertaining as well as provocative. It's hard for me to stay serious for more than half a page at a time." Abbey felt that it was the duty of all authors to "speak the truth--especially unpopular truth. Especially truth that offends the powerful, the rich, the well-established, the traditional, the mythic". The above text was taken from, respectively, RosettaBooks publishing (via Google Books) and Wikipedia. [Abbey, Edward. The monkey wrench gang. United States: Dream Garden Press, 1985.]

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

Fine, tight, unmarked copy in a fresh, unclipped ($8.95) near fine dustjacket (mylar-protected) with tiniest touch of edge edge and a couple tiny closed tears bottom edge, barely detectable with dj protector in place. Stated first edition. A lovely copy of Abbey's cult classic. Photos available on request.

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!

Very good first American edition, first printing in very good dust jacket. Book is fine except for buckling to one corner of the rear boards and affecting about 100 pages. Maybe it was dropped. Red and black pencil mark to top of text block. The price clipped dj has general wear and soil, some creasing, closed tears, a missing piece affecting the 'H' in 'THE' on the front and a 1 x 1cm missing piece on the back of the dj. Signed by Abbey: signature obtained by me.