Books by Abbey Edward

New York Perennial / Harper Collins, Publishers 2003 Paperback Reprint As NEW Wraps in violet spine and rear cover, illustrated front cover. "Grandfather John Vogelin's land is his life - a barren stretch of New Mexican wilderness, mercifully bypassed by civilization. Then the government moves in. And suddenly the elderly, mule-stubborn rancher is confronting the combined land-grabbing greed of the County Sheriff, the Department of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission and the U. S. Air For... more information

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode,, 1963.. First UK edition.. 211 pp. Page edges foxed, else very good plus in near fine dust jacket that is a bit rubbed and darkened at edges of flap folds. ... more information

London Eyre & Spottiswoode 1963 Hardcover First British Edition 211pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Light blue boards with title and author gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Minor nicking to corners of jacket. Abbey's third published novel. Uncommon British edition in a clean jacket.... more information

New York Dial Press 1962 Hardcover First Edition 211pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 red cloth with yellow paper covered boards. Near fine. The spine ends are very subtly bumped. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The edges are slightly chipped. There is a very small abraded patch on the rear panel. There is also a 1 and 1/2 inch closed tear in the top edge that has been backed with clear tape. Abbey's third published novel. The story follows familiar Abbey themes of government intrusion in the West, an... more information

New York: Dial Press, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. Lovely copy of Abbey's uncommon third book. Very clean and bright. Book shows very minor wear to corners, slight dustiness to top of pages, overall straight and tight, no writing. Unclipped dust jacket has some wear and small tears to bottom front panel and light wear along gutter of jacket spine. Bright and unfaded. One of the nicer copies of this fragile jacket we have seen. ... more information

New York: The Dial Press, 1962. First Edition. hardcover. Minor soiling to yellow boards. Dustwrapper has some soiling and wear to flap and spine folds and two short closed tears to the front panel. About Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustwrapper. His third book and his first to present the ecological and environmental themes that would come to dominate his later writings. ... more information

The Dial Press, 1962. First edition, first printing, 1962. First edition, first printing. Slight edgewear, still fine in fine, faintly edgeworn dust jacket with a few tiny chips to lower spine. ... more information

New York Dial Press 1962 Hardcover First Edition 211pp. Octavo [21 cm.] 1/2 red cloth over yellow boards. Near fine/Near fine. Abbey's third published novel. The story follows familiar Abbey themes of government intrusion in the West, and the rugged individuals who confront the bureaucratic machine.... more information

NY: Dial. 1962. The third novel by the author of Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench Gang and his first book to deal explicitly with the ecological and environmental themes that dominated his later writings. Abbey's passionate and uncompromising writings in defense of the wilderness of the American West helped lay the groundwork for the activist environmental movement in the 1960s and since, encouraging the creation of such radical groups as Earth First! and helping to initiate the dialogue on "... more information