The Monkey Wrench Gang Illustrated Edition and 50th Anniversary Collector's Box (2 volumes)
by Abbey, Edward; Robert Crumb (R. Crumb); Ken Sanders; Ralph Steadman; Sophie Crumb; Tim DeChristopher; Wendell Berry; Terry Tempest Williams; et al.
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 2025. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Robert Crumb; Sophie Crumb; Trent Call; Jim Stiles; et al.. The Monkey Wrench Gang 50th Anniversary Box is designed to accompany a copy of our new printing of the R. Crumb illustrated, hardbound edition of Edward Abbey's environmental classic. (The book is an accompaniment and not intended to be stored in the box.) What exactly is in the Monkey Wrench Gang 50th Anniversary Collector's Box,... Read More
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Fire On the Mountain
by Abbey, Edward
New York: Perennial / Harper Collins, Publishers, 2012. Reprint. Paperback. New. 181pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "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 Force. But a tough old man is like a... Read More
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Good News
by Abbey, Edward
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1980. Early trade paperback printing. Paperback. SIGNED. 242pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated casebound wraps. Very good. The wraps are a bit toned, and there is a gift inscription on the half title page, below the author's signature. There is a Valentine sticker on this page as well. Edward Abbey's sixth published novel. Signed by Edward Abbey on the half title page.
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
by Abbey, Edward; Illustrated by Peter Parnall
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Peter Parnall. 269pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth over boards, with title stamped in white and beige on spine. The spine is a hair rolled, and there are a couple of small, light moisture stains along the bottom edge of the rear board. The larger moisture stain measures roughly 1 inch wide by 1 inch deep. There is a gift inscription, dated "1968," on the front free endpaper.... Read More
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How the Wizard Came to Oz
by Abbott, Donald
New York: Emerald City Press, 1991. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. SIGNED. 110pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Bound in black cloth, with title stamped in silver ink on spine. Boards mildly soiled. Spine ends gently bumped. Bit of chipping to the edges of the dust jacket, with one small imperfection on the rear panel. Signed by Donald Abbott on the limitation page. Written and illustrated by Donald Abbott. This is the first in a series of... Read More
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Repetitions
by Abbott, Scott & Radakovic, Zarko
New York: Punctum Books, 2013. First edition. Paperback. new. 106 pp. [21 cm]; grey and red illustrated wraps.
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Hard Damage
by Aber, Aria
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2019. First edition. Paperback. New. 111pp. Octavo [22.8 cm]. Illustrated taupe wraps. Hard Damage works to relentlessly interrogate the self and its shortcomings. In lyric and documentary poems and essayistic fragments, Aria Aber explores the historical and personal implications of Afghan American relations. Drawing on material dating back to the 1950s, she considers the consequences of these relations—in particular the funding of the Afghan mujahedeen, which led to the Taliban and modern-day... Read More
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The Fender Guitar
by Achard, Ken
Westport, CT: The Bold Strummer Ltd, 1990. Reissue. Paperback. Very Good +. 69pp. Octavo [25.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. Toning to spine. A few faint scratches to wraps. Heavily illustrated.
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Abolishing State Violence: A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages
by Acheson, Ray
Chicago, Illinois: Haymarket Books, 2022. Reprint. Paperback. New. 360 pp. Octavo [22.7 cm]. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "ABOLISHING STATE VIOLENCE is an urgent and accessible analysis of the key structures of state violence in our world today, and a clarion call to action for their abolition. Connecting movements for social justice with ideas for how activists can support and build on this analysis and strategy, this book shows that there are many mutually supportive abolition movements,... Read More
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Woods and Words: The Story of Poet Mary Oliver
by Ackerman, Sara Holly
New York: Beach Lane Books, 2025. First edition. Hardcover. New/New. Naoko Stoop. 40 pp. Quarto [28.6 cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. Dj has textured details. Picture book biography about the poet Mary Oliver.
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Woods & Words: The Story of Poet Mary Oliver
by Ackerman, Sara Holly; Naoko Stoop (Illustrator)
New York: Beach Lane Books, 2025. Reprint. Hardcover. New/New. Naoko Stoop. 40 pp. Quarto [28.8 cm]. Illustrated wraps over boards. Orange end papers. From the publisher: "Young Mary Oliver spent all the time she could outdoors noticing natural wonders like alluring birdsong, velvety leaves, and glittering beams of sunlight. There were treasures all around if you paid attention. Eventually, she began writing about those treasures, filling up stacks of notebooks and capturing the world around her. There were... Read More
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Earth First! News: On the Frontlines of Ecological Resistance. Number 1, Volume 1. Lughnasadgh. August 2, 2010
by [Earth First!] [Environmentalism] [Biocentrism] [Deep Ecology] [Green Anarchism] [Direct Action]
Tucson, AZ: Daily Planet Publishing, [Earth First! Journal], 2010. Very Good. 8pp. Newsletter [28cm x 21.5cm / 11" x 8.5"]; saddle-stapled. Green print on white paper stock. Horizontal crease throughout, as issued (folded for distribution). Hint of foxing along bottom edge of front cover, else a nice copy. Sealing stickers (for mailing) adhered to rear cover. Address label of American anthropologist Eugene Ruyle on rear wrap. Eugene Ruyle (b. 1936) is an Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Cal... Read More
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Earth First! Action Update. Issue 62. October 1999. The Monthly Round up of Ecological, and Other, Direct Action from Around Britain
by [Earth First!] [Environmentalism] [Green Anarchism] [Direct Action]
Newcastle, England: Earth First! Action Update (EF! AU), 1999. Magazine. Near Fine. [8pp.] 30cm x 21cm / 11.75" x 8.25". Two bifolia (sheets folded vertically once to form eight pages). Photomechanically printed. Some very minor age toning and creasing. Monthly newsletter from a British contingent of Earth First! From the masthead: "Earth First! is not a cohesive group or campaign, but a convenient banner for people who share similar philosophies to work under. The general principles behind... Read More
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EastWest: An Anarchist Newspaper. October 2014
by [Earth First! content] [Judi Bari] [Anarchism] [Activism]
[Oakland, CA]: n.p., 2014. Magazine. Near Fine. [8]pp. Quarto [28cm x 22cm / 11" x 8.5"]. Photomechanically printed on two plain bifolia (sheets folded vertically once to form eight pages). Bound only by folding. The print is lightly faded. Contains an unattributed article on Earth First! activism in the 90's entitled "The Redwood Summer of 1990" on pages 4-5. This article also discusses Judi Bari (1949–1997), a prominent Earth First! activist, feminist, and labor organizer, who led campaigns... Read More
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Sugar House Review #13; Vol. 8. Issue 1: Spring/Summer 2016
by Adamson, David; Darren C. Demaree; Cortney Lamar Charleston; Justin Evans; David Lee; Andrew Koch; et al. [Contributors]
Salt Lake City: Sugar House Review, 2016. First edition. Paperback. New. 107 pp. Octavo [22 cm].
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The Education of Henry Adams; An Autobiography
by Adams, Henry
New York: Modern Library, 1999. Third edition. Paperback. as New. 517pp Octavo. Copper colored spine and illustrated front cover. "The pleasure of reading the Education," wrote Alfred Kazin, "is the pleasure of reading a work of literature made up, literally, from historical facts." His political ideals shaped by two presidential ancestors- great-grandfather John Adams and grandfather John Quincy Adams- Henry Adams was one of the most original minds to confront the American scene from the Civil War to... Read More
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Cast the First Stone
by Adams, Jane
New York: Macmillan, 1996. First UK edition. Hardcover. NF/F. Black cloth spine and boards. Very light bump at the head and tail of the spine. Dust Jacket - has no noticable flaws.
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The Keeping of the Bees; The Great Adventure; The Handbook for Conspirators / Insurgents and Revolutionaries; It's Your Choice. Volume 1 (On the Spine: Long Box Hive and It's Operation in America)
by Adams, John [Bees] [Beekeeping]
Richmond, VA: American-Kenya Research & Dev. Corp, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Very good +. Thin quarto [27 cm] Printed wraps with barely perceptible fading to the spine and surrounding areas of the wraps. From the "Prolog - Epilog - Sublog - Postlog - Your Choice"- "We see only from the area of our own experience. This book presents an alternate choice to the traditional beekkeeping [sic] system. With choice, always goes crisis but with every choice there... Read More
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South Sea Memories: Gleanings from a Drifting Trail through Isle-Specked Polynesia from Hawaii to the Antipodes
by Adams, John Quincy
Salt Lake City, UT: The Deseret News, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 196pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Yellow cloth covered boards with black ink stamped titles. Very good. The edges of the covers are ever so slightly rubbed and bumped. Inscribed by John Quincy Adams on the front free endsheet. A personal account, from a member of the LDS church, of time spent in Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, etc. in the early 1900's immersed in Polynesian culture. Includes multiple photographs.... Read More
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The Peoples of Kenya
by Adamson, Joy; Epilogue by G. W. Huntingford
New York and London: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1967. Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. 400pp. Quarto [29 cm] Brown paper over boards with black lettering on the backstrip and a black ink stamped design on the front cover. Map endpapers. The covers are a trifle cocked. With the illustrated dust jacket showing little wear. In the publisher's original thin card slipcase, in very good condition, with moderate edgewear. From the dust... Read More
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Historical Markers Located in the Far South East County and Surrounding Areas
by Adams, Linda
Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1989. First edition. Spiral Bound. 30pp. Slim quarto [28 cm] Black plastic spiral binding with tan and black printed wraps. Illustrated. Very good. The covers are lightly soiled, and have numerous small stains. The largest stain is on the front cover, and measures roughly 1" in diameter. Internally, very clean. Sites covered in this booklet include Crescent camp, Sharp Camp, Mingo Camp, The Drown Log Cabin, Pony Express Station, Pioneer Rock Church, and more. ... Read More
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The Unbroken Web: Stories and Fables
by Adams, Richard [Folktales]
New York: Crown, 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Yvonne Gilbert. SIGNED. 141pp. Quarto [24.5 cm] Light brown cloth-effect paper over boards, with a dark brown ink stamped title on the spine. Boards a trifle cocked. In a price clipped dust jacket, with several minor scrapes to the rear panel- the longest measuring 5 inches. The author's sixth book; a collection of nineteen fantasy stories and fables. Signed by the author on the verso of... Read More
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Our Lives and Our Children: Photographs Taken Near the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant
by Adams, Robert
New York: Aperture, 1983. Paperback. Very good +. Unpaginated. Quarto [28cm]. Illustrated wraps. Light wear to wraps, including mild creasing at edges. Two spots of red staining at textblock edges (perhaps a remainder mark). An uncommon title from an acclaimed Western photographer.
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Illustrated Guide to Yosemite Valley
by Adams, Virginia and Ansel
San Francisco: H. S. Crocker Co., Inc, 1940. First printing. Spiral Bound. Very Good. 127pp. Slim octavo [21 cm] Blue and white printed wraps with a white plastic spiral binding. With light edgewear to the wraps, and small, light stains to the preliminary and terminal pages. The majority of the pages are clean and bright. A guide book illustrated from photographs by Ansel Adams. "The latest effort to condense the valley into handy, pocket size is that... Read More
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Sanpete Tales: Humorous Folklore from Central Utah
by Adams, William Jenson
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 1999. Second printing. Paperback. New. 128 pp. Octavo [20.5 cm]. Pictorial wraps. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. The people of Sanpete's stories were "remembered by old-time Sanpeter Edgar Jenson ('Eddie Miller' for short) adn are reported by his grandson William Jenson Adams. The latter offers them in honor of his ancestors and as sly, inside jokes...'People from Sanpete have enjoyed these stories for years but have hesitated to share them with others. This... Read More
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