New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. First Edition. 203pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 tan cloth over orange boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by Abbey on the front free endsheet. In this collection of essays Abbey guides us "beyond the wall" of..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1977. First Edition Thus. 277pp. Octavo [20 cm] Yellow printed wrappers. Very good. Gentle sunning to backstrip. Introduction by Neal E. Lambert. Although largely ignored by the critics when it was first published in 1956, The Brave Cowboy has since attained the status of..... More
New York: Time-Life, 1973. First Edition. 184pp. Quarto [26 cm] 1/4 black cloth over pictorial boards. Very good/Very good. Signed by Abbey on the title page. Profusely illustrated work on the Sonoran Desert, a volume in the Time-Life series 'American Wilderness.' Edward Abbey (1927-1989) was a celebrated author, essayist, conservationist..... More
Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1981. First Edition Thus. 269pp. Octavo [22 cm] Light orange boards with the title stamped in black on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Inscribed by Abbey on the front free endsheet: "for Jeanine - Edward Abbey - Boulder '82." This edition contains..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980. First Edition. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 white cloth over blue boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Inscribed by Abbey on the front free endsheet. Collection of autobiographical and philosophical essays, using water and river-running (and adjacent activities) as..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1962. First Edition. 211pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/2 red cloth over yellow boards with the title in black on the backstrip. Near fine in very good jacket with a few small bumps at the extremities and two short splits at the foot of the jacket's..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition. 485pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/2 blue cloth over yellow boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by Abbey on the front free endsheet. Semi-autobiographical work about a man, who refuses to submit to modern commercial..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980. First Edition. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over tan boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by Abbey on the front free endsheet. This is Abbey's only work of science fiction, that takes place in the near..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1990. First Edition. 308pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/2 orange cloth over yellow boards. Near fine/Near fine. Sequel to the Monkey Wrench Gang and published posthumously. Edward Abbey (1927-1989) was a celebrated author, essayist, conservationist, noted pain-in-the-ass, and in many ways the father (or at the..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977. First Edition. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over rust boards with the title stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Illustrations by Jim Stiles. Signed by Abbey on the front free endsheet. This Abbey's second major-work of nonfiction (after Deseret Solitaire), that offers..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1975. First Edition. 352pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/2 red cloth over black boards. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Very good/Very good. Jacket is price clipped. This work is regarded Abbey's most famous and influential novel, that follows the deeds and adventures of Doc, Hayduke, Bonnie, and Seldom..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition. 225pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over red boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by Abbey on the front free endsheet in the year of publication. Collection of essays by the celebrated curmudgeon..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1984. First Edition. 383pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 white cloth over black boards. Fine/Fine. Signed by Abbey on the front free endsheet. A collection of excerpts from the author's fiction and essays covers people, politics, and nature from California to North Carolina to Europe, and from..... More
London: Talmy, Franklin Ltd., 1971. First Edition. 159pp. Octavo [22 cm] Yellow cloth with the title stamped in brown on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Black Sun was retitled 'Sunset Canyon' for a British audience. This is Abbey's fourth published novel which tells the story of a fire lookout at..... More
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New York: Chiswick Press, Privately Printed for the Scott-Thaw Company, 1904. 1/200. 226pp. Quarto [35 cm] 1/2 tan cloth over brown boards with paper labels on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Gentle age toning to boards. This edition was printed in an edition of 200 numbered copies, this..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1901. 458,464,466pp. Octavo [23 cm] Green cloth with the titles gilt stamped on the backstrips. Map endsheets and pastedowns. All volumes very good or better. Illustrated with numerous photogravures. Classic work, that was from the beginning a critical and popular success, and represents a landmark..... More
London: Printed by T. Bensley, 1801. 2 volume set. 436, 446pp. Octavos [21 cm] Full leather with decorative gilt stamped borders to the boards. Title and decorative gilt stamping to backstrips. Marbled endsheets and pastedowns. Bookplates on the front free endsheets and pastedowns. Hinges have been professionally repaired. Very good..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (c.1910). 534pp. Quarto [29 cm] 1/2 brown cloth over gray boards with paper label on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good. In marbled slipcase. Illustrated pastedowns and endsheets. With 25 tipped-in color plates by Frank Reynolds, each with tissue guards. Lovely copy of..... More
[Fort Collins, CO]: [The Associated Students of Colorado State University], 1975. Single sheet [56 cm x 43 cm] of white stock printed in color. Gentle bumping to corners, otherwise nice. Promotional poster for a Sherlock Homes symposium that was held February 2-5, 1975 at Colorado State University. This symposium was..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1946. First Edition. 365pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth with the title in black on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Gentle age toning to spine of jacket. Anthology of stories about Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, with contributions by Frank J. Dobie, D.H...... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. First Edition. 281pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Silver cloth boards with the title stamped in red on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Textblock gently rolled. Detective novel that features the bibliophile, Simon Lash, a former lawyer turned private detective, who is hired..... More
Salt Lake City: Utah Bibliographical Society, 2021. Broadside [31 cm x 20 cm] Fine. Keepsake printed for the first meeting of the Utah Bibliographical Society. Printed on Crane Letra paper by Robert Buchert at the Tryst Press and designed by Travis Low. Broadside features an illustration by Bernard Partridge of..... More
San Antonio, TX: The Naylor Company, 1958. First Edition. 286pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue cloth with the title in red on the front board and backstrip. Both book and jacket are better than very good. Jacket is price clipped. Nice map endsheets and pastedowns of Hopiland. Signed by the author..... More
Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1993. Broadside [27 cm x 24.5 cm] printed on tan stock in red and lavender ink. Near fine. Broadside printed on the occasion of Kingsolver reading at Black Oak Books from Pigs in Heaven. Designed and printed at Okeanos Press. More
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New York: November, 1840. 370-460pp. Octavo [23 cm] Light blue printed wrappers. Better than very good. This issue contains the first printing of the Longfellow poem 'The Village Blacksmith.' The inspiration for this poem is commonly believed to have come from the Cambridge smithy, which the poet passed every day..... More