Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Abbey, Edward. Good News. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1980.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. Good News. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1980.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second printing, hardcover, signed by Abbey on the front fly leaf, book has bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, light sunning to the head with a sliver to the tail of the spine, and a few small spots and smudges to the edges of the text block. Overall, a solid, tight, Very Good copy in an unclipped, Near Very Good dust jacket, which has short creased tears to the head of the spine, slighter wear to the tail of the spine and the corners, light sunning to the spine, soiling to the upper 1" of the spine that extends to the covers, and rubbing some smudging to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Edward Abbey. Good News. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, NY, 1980.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: E. P. Dutton, New York, 1980. Hardcover Second Edition with DJ, 242 pp. This copy is SIGNED BY ABBEY on the FFEP. Two men wander a largely ruined western US landscape. In this novel, Abbey asks us to look around and understand what is valuable before it is too late. This copy is near fine - light foxing on top text block edge, very minor shelfwear to DJ.
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. Good News. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1980.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: 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 future after the destruction of the government and economy, where a small group of people (including Jack Burns!) fight against a would-be authoritarian who is trying to establish a Phoenix based dictatorship. Edward Abbey (1927-1989) was a celebrated author, essayist, conservationist, noted pain-in-the-ass, and in many ways the father (or at the very least, uncle) of the modern environmental movements.
Seller: Tschanz Rare Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. Good News. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1980.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth with tan paper covered boards. The boards are subtly faded at the edges. In a dust jacket with light toning, and a minor chip to the bottom edge of the rear panel. Signed by the Edward Abbey on the front free endpaper. In "Good News" the West is wild again. American civilization as the twentieth century knew it has crumbled. In the great Southwest a new breed of settler are creating a new way of life in the wilderness - a pastoral economy - with skills and savvy resurrected from the pre-industrial past.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. Good News. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1980.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth with tan paper covered boards. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by the author on the title page. In Good News the West is wild again. American civilization as the twentieth century knew it has crumbled. In the great Southwest a new breed of settler are creating a new way of life in the wilderness - a pastoral economy - with skills and savvy resurrected from the pre-industrial past.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.