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Edward Abbey. Desert Solitaire A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill Book Co.,, New York:, 1968.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: Near fine in brown cloth covered boards with white and tan text stamping on the spine which has a minor crease. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with several short closed tears at the edges of the panels and moderate wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area with two small areas flecked of the printed colors at the corners of the spine area. This was Abbey's first work of non-fiction which established him as a protector of nature and the wilderness.

Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert solitaire;: A season in the wilderness. McGraw Hill, 1968.

Price: US$54.49 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2

Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert solitaire;: A season in the wilderness. McGraw Hill, 1968.

Price: US$54.49 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2

Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert solitaire;: A season in the wilderness. McGraw Hill, 1968.

Price: US$54.49 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2

Seller: ThriftBooks-Reno, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert solitaire;: A season in the wilderness. McGraw Hill, 1968.

Price: US$54.49 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2

Seller: ThriftBooks-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Acceptable condition. First edition. All pages are well bound. Writing on the front end page but the text block appears unmarked. Includes scuffs, rubbing, dirt, and minor fading. Photos available upon request.

Seller: Tin Can Mailman, Arcata, Arcata, CA, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert solitaire;: A season in the wilderness. McGraw Hill, 1968.

Price: US$149.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Seller: Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire : A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1968.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Stated first edition. No subsequent printings listed. Moderate shelf wear to boards, spine faded, previous signature on inside; page edges soiled. Very uncommon first edition of this classic work of environmentalism.

Seller: Hudson River Book Shoppe, Waldwick, NJ, U.S.A.

Edward Abbey. Desert Solitaire. McGraw-Hill, 1968.

Price: US$295.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good. 269 pg. Binding secure. Original price clipped and noted tear in upper left corner of the dust jacket near the spine. Inscription in ink: 'March 1992 Steven, A missive from a soulmate for your birthday, Wm.' Previous used sales prices also evident in pencil. 'Second Printing' and '00025' on the copyright page. 00025 also evident on the back cloth board.

Seller: Limestone Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Edward Abbey; Peter Parnall [illus.]. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1968.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 269 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in white and tan. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped and creased along edges with several closed tears and tape mending to verso. Boards show light shelfwear, corners bumped, spine ends nudged, slight lean to boards. Binding is sound. Ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked.

Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Edward Abbey. Edward Abbey / Desert Solitaire A Season in the Wilderness 1st ed in DJ 1968. Mcgraw Hill, 1968.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 8vo. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in mylar sleeve. 269pp. Brown publisher's cloth over boards. White and brown titles on spine. Average shelf wear. Tips bumped. Rubbing to head and toe of spine. Slight soiling to top page edge. Jacket has minor loss to head and toe of spine. No other tears/voids. Binding is secure. No interior marks or foxing.

Seller: Dogtown Books, Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire; a Season in the Wilderness. McGraw - Hill Book Company, New York, 1968.

Price: US$310.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Brown cloth first printing in very good condition. Lightly rubbed around the edges and on spine with very slightly bumped front corners. Tight square and unmarked. Dust jacket has edgewear with a couple of chips and short closed tears, one with a corner chip at lower flap fold of front panel. Intact price. Illustrations are based on the author's drawings of petroglyphs and pictographs found in southern Utah and Arizona. Introspective and poetic observations about nature from Abbey's desert seasons as a Park Ranger. 269 pp. Nature, Essays, Nonfiction, Memoir. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Sea Chest Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward; Illustrated by Peter Parnall. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 269pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth over boards, with title stamped in white and beige on spine. Spine ends bumped. Very mild scuffing to boards at foot. Small abrasion to rear pastedown. In a dust jacket with light rubbing and chipping along the edges and folds. Small loss at the head of spine. The author's fourth book and his first work of nonfiction. This collection of meditations by then park ranger Abbey in what was Arches National Monument of the 1950s was quietly published in the raucous sixties in a first edition of 5,000 copies and has now gone on to sell almost two million copies, taking its rightful place alongside Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, as an environmental and wilderness classic. The late author's reflections transcend the mere genre of the environmental essay; the individual pieces form part of a fully realized whole that defined a whole new style of environmental and wilderness writing, inspiring new generations of writers (Barry Lopez and Terry Tempest Williams come to mind) while becoming the author's best known and best loved work in the process, and yes, becoming what Abbey always feared, "a classic"

Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw Hill, New York, 1968.

Price: US$430.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustrated with drawings by Peter Parnall. Previous owner address label on front pastedown. Very minor foxing to side page edges. Dust jacket has its original price of $5.95. Dust Jacket has a 1 inch tear to the bottom edge of the rear cover near the spine. Dust Jacket has a small circular piece missing from the rear cover. DJ has several small tears along the top edge, and a 1 inch tear to the bottom edge at the front flap. Dust jacket has dampstaining to the inside of the jacket on the spine and front cover. Overall DJ is VG-/G+. Dust Jacket protected in clear plastic Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 269 pages

Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.

ABBEY, Edward.. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness.. NY: McGraw-Hill (1968)., 1968.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: 269 pp. Some faint foxing along top edge, else very near fine in near fine dust jacket with some light wear along the bottom edge and base of spine.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Edward Abbey. Desert solitaire;: A season in the wilderness. McGraw Hill January 1968, 1968.

Price: US$455.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description:

Seller: Isle of Books, Bozeman, MT, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward; Illustrated by Peter Parnall. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 269pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth over boards, with title stamped in white and beige on spine. Spine rolled. In a dust jacket with light rubbing and chipping along the edges, as well as a couple of shallow closed tears to the edges. Overall, the jacket is very attractive. The author's fourth book and his first work of nonfiction. This collection of meditations by then park ranger Abbey in what was Arches National Monument of the 1950s was quietly published in the raucous sixties in a first edition of 5,000 copies and has now gone on to sell almost two million copies, taking its rightful place alongside Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, as an environmental and wilderness classic. The late author's reflections transcend the mere genre of the environmental essay; the individual pieces form part of a fully realized whole that defined a whole new style of environmental and wilderness writing, inspiring new generations of writers (Barry Lopez and Terry Tempest Williams come to mind) while becoming the author's best known and best loved work in the process, and yes, becoming what Abbey always feared, "a classic"

Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

Edward Abbey. Desert Solitaire. McGraw-HIll, 1968.

Price: US$535.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Edward Abbey's classic, a lovely copy. First edition, stated. The book has a smudge of something in the upper left corner of the front panel, perhaps where a sticker was removed, otherwise fine. The dust jacket has minor wear and a small closed tear near head of spine- see photos. Price-clipped. Jacket protected in a Brodart cover.

Seller: Green River Books, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward; Illustrated by Peter Parnall. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 269pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth. In the dust jacket, with light rubbing and chipping along the edges and folds. The author's fourth book and his first work of nonfiction. This collection of meditations by then park ranger Abbey in what was Arches National Monument of the 1950s was quietly published in the raucous sixties in a first edition of 5,000 copies and has now gone on to sell almost two million copies, taking its rightful place alongside Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, as an environmental and wilderness classic. The late author's reflections transcend the mere genre of the environmental essay; the individual pieces form part of a fully realized whole that defined a whole new style of environmental and wilderness writing, inspiring new generations of writers (Barry Lopez and Terry Tempest Williams come to mind) while becoming the author's best known and best loved work in the process, and yes, becoming what Abbey always feared, "a classic"

Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. McGraw Hill Book Company, 1968.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER w/DJ of Edward Abbey's "Desert Solitaire".Published in New York by McGraw Hill Book Company in 1968. First Edition. Book fine, DJ very good, price clipped, spine and top of DJ show some sun-fading, some minor rubbing and chipping at top and bottom of spine. Inscription by previous owner on front free end paper.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Edward Abbey. Desert Solitaire: A Season In The Wlderness. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.

Price: US$675.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition stated. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 Book; binding tight with fine titles to spine, boards have mild bump to top front edge by spine and minor bumping to bottom rear edge else boards straight and clean; text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($5.95) has mild bumping and chipping to mostly spine ends with 1/4" and 3/8" closed tears to top spine, minor crease along bottom rear cover and top edges with small closed puncture to rear flap fold, subtle toning to spine with three small chips. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire a Season in the Wilderness. Mcgraw Hill, New York, 1968.

Price: US$699.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The DJ is unclipped, with edgewear and closed tears, some minor loss to the spine ends. closed tear. Tight and clean, no internal marks or imprints. This is Abbey's masterpiece, "A Season in the Wilderness." Stated first edition. Clean brown cloth boards with bright white and gold spine lettering. Collectible. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Wayward Books, south dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.

Edward Abbey. Desert Solitaire. McGraw- Hill Book Company January 1968, 1968.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Printing with the words 'First Edition' and code '00025' printed at copyright page; Tight binding w/ little to no wear at spine; Clean, sturdy brown cloth boards, crisp and un-worn; Pages completely unmarked; Dust jacket near fine w/ extremely mild wear at spine top and bottom, a single chip present at upper jacket spine, quite small and nearly unnoticable at first glance; Dust jacket housed in protective mylar; An exceptional copy, fit for any serious collector's library.

Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

ABBEY, Edward. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Octavo. Written after Abbey's journals from his time as a seasonal ranger at Arches National Park. Illustrated by drawings from Peter Parnell. Minor rounding to corners of cloth boards; near fine. In near fine illustrated jacket. A pleasing copy. Housed in custom quarter-leather slipcase with cloth pull-tab chemise.

Seller: Harper's Books, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Edition" and code 00025 printed on the copyright page. This original dustjacket is rich in color with some wear to the spine and back panel. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean, with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.

Price: US$775.00 + shipping

Description: Very good with with light rubbing on spine and corners. Slight yellowing of pages Very good with lightly bumped edges. Small tear in back panel near spine head. In dust jacket protector

Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

Edward Abbey. Desert Solitaire (signed). McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Signed hardcover first edition in plain brown boards has minor wear to corners, spine top and bottom, a few light marks to back cover, spine slightly sunned. Flyleaf slightly yellowed from contemporary newspaper review (now in envelope, laid in). Signed legibly Edward Abbey in black ink on flyleaf. A solid copy at an excellent price.

Seller: Andrew's Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. (Text) Parnall, Peter. (Drawings). Desert Solitaire. a Season in the Wilderness.. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1968.

Price: US$875.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (Small chip with adjacent tear at bottom fold of front jacket flap. Couple short edge tears & trivial shelf-wear. ) Author's most widely admired work. ; 6" x 8 3/4"; 269 pages

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

ABBEY, EDWARD. DESERT SOLITAIRE: A SEASON IN THE WILDERNESS. NEW YORK NY MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY PUB 1968., 1968.

Price: US$900.00 + shipping

Description: NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD+ D.J. DRAWINGS BY PETER PARNALL BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT EXCEPT THE REAR ENDPAPER IS DARKENED DUE TO LAID IN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. D.J. IS ABOUT FINE WITH A TOUCH OF WEAR AT CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS, A FEW SHORT EDGE TEARS AT THE BOTTOM EDGE WITH A TINY CHIP AT THE BOTTOM OF ONE, VERY SLIGHT SUNNING TO THE WHITE TITLES OF THE SPINE PANEL, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. Mcgraw-Hill Companies, The, New York, 1968.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Beautiful Copy Of His Most Admired Work. Hardcover. First Printing With The Words "First Edition" And The Code 00025 Printed On The Copyright Page And Rear Board. The Original Dust Jacket Is Unfaded And Rich, With A Small Closed Tear At The Top Of The Spine And Some Scuffing At The Bottom. The Binding Is Tight And The Boards Are Crisp With A Small Bump At The Bottom Of The Spine. No Writing, Marks Or Bookplates. Unclipped Jacket With $5.95 Price Intact.

Seller: Bibliolio Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. McGraw-Hill, 1968.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: McGraw-Hill hardcover in dust jacket, 1968, 1st edition, jacket price $5.95, unread and carefully stored, clean/bright, tight binding, No marks or foxing; jacket has a nearly invisible 5/8" closed tear at top of front panel(Fine/Fine-). We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble-wrap the book and ship it in a BOX with delivery confirmation/tracking.

Seller: Paisleyhaze Books, New Hartford, CT, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward.. Desert Solitaire. A Season in the Wilderness.. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1968.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition (stated). A Fine copy in milk chocolate brown cloth, in a Fine purple and caramel colored dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 269pp. By our preeminent late regional eco-activist and author--his classic non-fiction narrative about serving as a park ranger in Arches National National Monument. Q15104

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

ABBEY, Edward. Art by Peter Parnall.. Desert Solitaire. A Season in the Wilderness.. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1968.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition / First printing. Brown cloth. xiv, 269 pages. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A superb copy. Edward Abbey's masterpiece. A memoir, nature writing that set a new standard, it became a significant touchstone for the Environmentalist Movement.

Seller: Orpheus Books, Edmonds, WA, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. DESERT SOLITAIRE. A Season In The Wilderness. McGraw-Hill. (1968), New York, 1968.

Price: US$1225.00 + shipping

Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, Review Copy with the publisher's material laid-in. A fine copy of this classic work in the canon of American environmental writing, in brown cloth, white and beige titles to the spine in a near fine or better Peter Parnall designed pictorial dustwrapper showing minimal use. 8vo. 269 pp. "Like a ride on a bucking bronco . . . rough, tough, combative. The author is a rebel and an eloquent loner. His is a passionately felt, deeply poetic book . . . set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." The New York Times Book Review. An extremely nice copy.

Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada

Abbey, Edward. DESERT SOLITAIRE. A Season in the Wilderness. With Drawings by Peter Parnall. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: An autobiographical work by American writer Edward Abbey (1927-1989) originally published in 1968. His fourth book and his first book-length non-fiction work, it follows three fictional books (Jonathan Troy, The Brave Cowboy, and Fire on the Mountain). Novelist, essayist, white-water rafter, and self-described "desert rat," Abbey wrote of the wonders and beauty of the American West that was fast disappearing in the name of "development" and "progress." Often angry, frequently funny, and sometimes lyrical, Abbey recreated for his readers a region that was unique in the world. The American West was perhaps the last place where solitary selves could discover and reflect on their connections with wild things and with their fellow human beings. "This is not primarily a book about thedesert " writes Edward Abbey in his introduction. "In recording my impressions of the natural scene I have striven above all for accuracy, since I believe that there is a kind of poetry, even a kind of truth, in simple fact. But thedesert is a vast world, an oceanic world, as deep in its way and complex and various as the sea. Language makes a mighty loose net with which to go fishing for simple facts, when facts are infinite. If a man knew enough he could write a whole book about the juniper tree. Not juniper trees in general but that one particular juniper tree which grows from a ledge of naked sandstone near the old entrance to Arches National Monument. What I have tried to do then is something a bit different. Since you cannot get thedesertinto a book any more than a fisherman can haul up the sea with his nets, I have tried to create a world of words in which thedesertfigures more as medium than as material. Not imitation but evocation has been the goal.". Nearly fine with minor rubs at corners and light darkening to spine

Seller: Ed Smith Books, ABAA, Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1968.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 269pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Brown cloth. Illustrated. Spine ends gently bruised. Small bookstore sticker at head of front flap. Blind ownership embossment in lower right corner of title page. In a dust jacket, with subtle rubbing and chipping to the extremities. Signed holographic letter from Abbey laid in. Eight lines of text in blue ink and signed Ed A. The author's fourth book and his first work of nonfiction. This collection of meditations by then park ranger Abbey in what was Arches National Monument of the 1950s was quietly published in the raucous sixties in a first edition of 5,000 copies, and has now gone on to sell almost two million copies taking its rightful place alongside Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, as an environmental and wilderness classic. The late author's reflections transcend the mere genre of the environmental essay. The individual pieces part of a fully realized whole that defined a whole new style of environmental and wilderness writing, inspiring new generations of writers (Barry Lopez and Terry Tempest Williams come to mind) while becoming the author's best known and best loved work in the process, and yes, becoming what Abbey always feared, "a classic"

Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. McGraw-Hill, 1968.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing. An attractive dustjacket that is rich in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with light wear to the spine. The pages are clean, with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a sharp clean copy of this true first edition with the original dustjacket.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire (Signed & Dated). McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc, New York, New York, 1968.

Price: US$1825.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: This rare book has been Signed by the author and Dated "12-3-88" on a bookplate attached to the title-page. Mr. Abbey also wrote "Tempe" This signature took place about 3 months before he died. The book was purchased from a profuse Edward Abbey bookseller in Moab Utah, which is where Mr. Abbey worked at one time as a ranger at Arches National Park. It is a Stated "First Edition". Book is tight & square with pushing to the head and tail of the spine as well as rubbing to the board edges including the corners. There are tape marks on the front and back boards as well as one tape mark to the ffep and rfep. Someone had written, in pencil, on the top corner of the half title-page and was then erased leaving slight ghosting and a small wrinkle. There are NO ex-lib markings nor remainder marks. The mylar protected Dj is price-intact ($5.95) and is in very nice condition with the slightest edge wear to the superior edge.

Seller: Herrick Books, Austin, MN, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1968.

Price: US$1950.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First printing, signed on the lower half of front free endpaper by Abbey in black ink and dated "Tucson '79" . Former owner signature and purchase/read date is noted in the upper right corner of the same page ("Patty Ross, Tucson, Arizona, February 1968"--the year of publication). The half-title page also has a circular embossed ownership stamp in the lower corner. Otherwise very good plus or better with expected toning to edges of the text block and to front free endpaper, gentle bumping to spine ends, and wear to the cloth on the lower corners of boards. In a near fine jacket with only light edge wear and thin sunning/toning to outermost edges of white flaps. A nice copy of a spectacular book. With blurbs by Joseph Wood Krutch, A.B. Gutherie, Jr., and Walter Van Tilburg Clark. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. WRB8952023E.

Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire; A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill Book Company [1968], New York, 1968.

Price: US$2200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo. [10], xi-xiv, [2], 1-269, [3] pp. Brown cloth with white and brown lettering on the spine. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Dust jacket design and in-text drawings by Peter Parnall. Ahearn APG 004b. A tour-de-force of literary naturalism, Abbey's memoir of his time as a park ranger. His writing portrays the American desert as infinite, strange, yet enchanting. A gorgeous copy.

Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: SIGNED. 269 pp. [22 cm]; full brown cloth with white and brown stamped spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Signed by the author in blue ink on the half title. The book is tight and square. The spine ends and top fore-edge corners of the covers are gently bumped. In the dust jacket with light chipping and rubbing to the edges. Drawings and jacket design by Peter Parnall. The author's fourth book and first work of nonfiction. Five thousand copies of the first edition were printed. It has now gone on to sell over two million copies taking its rightful place alongside Aldo Leopold's "A Sand County Almanac" and Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" as a classic of environmental and wilderness literature.

Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. McGraw-Hill, New York , New York, 1968.

Price: US$2680.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine Book & Jacket, 1st ed 1st pt , signed to title page, in a protective cover

Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1968.

Price: US$2800.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Brown cloth covered boards with white and tan lettering on spine; pictorial dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Abbey on front endpaper: "Best Regards from Ed Abbey North Rim, Arizona '69". Previous owner, R. P. Dickey (1932-2002), was a poet. His name on front endpaper. Dust jacket has very light wear. Boards have light soiling and wear; fore edge has minor coffee stains. A nice copy. Desert Solitaire is becoming harder to find since the books 50th anniversary in 2018. One of Abbey's classic works; his observations and love for the desert while working as a seasonal park ranger at Arches National Park, near the beautiful southern community of Moab, Utah.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 269 pp

Seller: Back of Beyond Books, Moab, UT, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. McGraw Hill, 1968.

Price: US$2900.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket, spine very slightly faded, inscribed by Abbey on the front free endpaper "For Bruce, Edward Abbey, LA, 82." First Edition stated on the copyright page and original price of $5.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.

Price: US$2950.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 269 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Peter Parnall. His fourth book. He describes the desert he loves. He spent several seasons as a park ranger in Arches National Park. Signed by Abbey on the first sheet. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!

Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.

Edward Abbey. Desert Solitaire. McGraw - Hill Book Company, 1968.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: McGraw - Hill Book Company 1968. Edward Abbey. Desert Solitaire. True first edition and first printing stated on copyright page. Book and dustjacket in FINE condition, no visible flaws. Dustjacket has original $5.95 on front flap and the white on the spine perfect and unfaded, no signs of wear whatsoever, beautiful. Book in FINE condition, brown cloth with white and gilt titles on spine , sharp corners, unfaded spine, almost in unread condition. Dustjacket designed and illustrated by Peter. A very rare copy in this collectible condition. Pictures available upon request. $4500.

Seller: E. B. Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Edward Abbey. Desert Solitaire, A Season in the Wilderness. mcGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1968.

Price: US$5376.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: not price clipped original price of $5.95; drawings and jacket design by Peter Parnall; Abbey describes the desert he loves and in which he spent several seasons as a park ranger; b/w by Woody Hilbert, Death Valley photographer of author rear dj flap; copy 00025 of 5000 First Edition publications; collectible investment copy; from the private collection of the seller; please contact for pictures; cannot authenticate signature

Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada