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 .
New York: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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..
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