Search results 50 Found

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.

A nice copy of Abbey's classic novel of eco-warfare. First editon, stated. Light fading to spine, a couple of rubs or smudges to front board. Very light wear at head and tail of spine, little or no wear elsewhere. Small non-authorial gift inscription on title page in ink. Provided with a new professionally printed facsimile dust jacket. Photos are the best description. All our books ship in a box, and ship free within the US.

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.

8vo. Stated First Edition. 352 pp. Quarter bound in red cloth,black boards. Silver titling on spine and silver "monkey wrench" symbol on front board. End-papers are a map. Some scratch marks on the boards. The pictorial DJ is complete and shows the price, but there are two large tears on the front panel which have been repaired with tape on the reverse. The DJ is now in a mylar wrapper.

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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.]

352 p. Audience: General/trade. Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Library stamps and labels. Dust jacket in new mylar.