Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Abbey, Edward. The Fool's Progress. Henry Holt & Co, New York, New York, 1988.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: insribed by author on title page "to Kate & adventure, seattle '88". stated first edition, first printing with full number line beginning with 1. has some light wear/smudge to fore edge. interior clean. binding tight
Seller: Smith Family Bookstore Downtown, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward (signed). The Fool's Progress. Henry Holt, 1988.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Presentation inscription by author on free-front endpaper. No flaws evident.
Seller: Andrew L. Christenson, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. The Fool's Progress (Inscribed First Edition, First Pirnting). Henry Holt, 1988.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this later novel by Edward Abbey. Inscribed by Edward Abbey to a previous owner on the title page. 485 pages. Has a previous owner embossed stamp on the half title page. Otherwise, Minimal sign of previous use
Seller: M.S. Books, Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. The Fool's Progress. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1988.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 485 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt, Over Yellow Boards. A Bright, Clean, As-New Example. First Issue With Both Errors On Flaps Of Dj. Inscribed On Front Endpaper By The Author.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Abbey Edward. The Fool's Progress. Henry Holt, 1988.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by author on ffep. 1st printing, probable first state dust jacket (mist and Mickey on end flaps). Small chip top of back edge of dj. Slight shelf wear. Light tanning of pages and dj
Seller: A. Carter Books, Salinas, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1988)., (1988). Very good. FIRST ISSUE SIGNED BY EDWARD ABBEY - Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 6-1/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in yellow boards backed with a dark blue cloth spine, in a color pictorial blue dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The price-clipped dust jacket is rubbed and the jacket's edges are slightly creased. [viii] & 485 pages. The book's edges are soiled with stains to the fore edge. Very good. First printing, in the first issue dust wrapper with "mist" for "myth" on the front inner flap and "Mickey" for "Becky" on the rear inner flap. Inscribed, signed and dated "To John & Lib / - best wishes / Ed Abbey / 11/2/88" by Edward Abbey on the front endpaper.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Edward Abbey. The Fools Progress An Honest Novel. Henry Holt, 1988.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A nice copy of Abbey's semi-autobiographical novel. Warmly inscribed on the front free endpaper by Abbey. The book has an ink line on the top of text block, very light wear to head and heel of spine. The dust jacket has a light rub along the area where the spine binding meets the yellow portiion of the boards, creating a ridge that has made a faint impression on the dust jacket. A small scuff mark near apine and light wear at head of spine. No chips or tears. None of these defects is very noticeable and this is a nice book anyone would be proud to have in their collection. All our books ship in a box, and ship free within the US.
Seller: Green River Books, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. The Fool's Progress. Henry Holt & Co, 1988.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original first edition, with typos on jacket flaps that were corrected in later "first" editions. Signed by Abbey on FFEP. Binding tight. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Black cloth/gold paper cover with little or no wear. Dustjacket --- now in mylar -- is price-clipped and has defunct bookstore sticker, but with only minor wear on edges. Support an independent used bookstore in Minneapolis! ; 9.10 X 6.30 X 1.70 inches; 485 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Eat My Words Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. Fool's Progress, The. Henry Holt, New York, 1988.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Signed by the author. Fine in fine first issue dust jacket.
Seller: Books As Issued, Petaluma, CA, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. The Fool's Progress, an Honest Novel. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1988.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition w/complete number line, hardcover, signed by Abbey on the front fly leaf, the book has a shallow skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, a few tiny spots to the head of the text block, and some effaced bookseller marks to the upper fore corner of the front fly leaf. Overall, this is a solid, tight and bright, Very Good+ copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps with some light creasing to the spine ends and corners, a hint of sunning to the spine, and some mild rubbing to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. The Fool's Progress (inscribed copy). Henry Holt, 1988.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This first printing inscribed and dated 1988 Santa Fe. A very good copy. Abbey correction to the recipients name (see photo ), else a nice inscription. Signed and inscribed by the author. Clipped jacket.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. The Fool's Progress. Henry Holt & Co, 1988.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good condition. Slight rubbing on the covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1988.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. 485pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] in boards over cloth spine. Minor bruising at the spine ends. Very light soiling to the fore-edge of the text block. In a dust jacket, with rubbing to the panels, and a couple of 3" scratches and tiny open surface nick to the rear panel. Inscribed by Edward Abbey, in the year of publication, on tipped-in front free endpaper: "To ____ - best regards! Edward Abbey, SLC 11/29/88." Abbey considered Fool's Progress to be his magnum opus and completed it not long before his death.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1988.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED. 485pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 navy cloth over yellow boards. Foot of spine lightly bumped. Textblock a bit toned; one soft scratch to edges. In a mildly toned, lightly rubbed dust jacket. Signed by Edward Abbey in blue ink on the front free endpaper.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel. NY: Henry Holt & Co., 1988.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine hardcover in a Fine dj (slight shelf wear to top dj spine). First Edition, First Printing. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Neil - all the best! Edward Abbey, DC, 11/17/88."
Seller: Peter Lenz Bookseller, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. The Fool's Progress. Henry Holt, 1988.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing signed by Abbey. About very good condition with some wear to the base of the front two corners and some rubbing to the titles on the spine. The jacket is clipped.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$154.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 9.25 in. x 6 in., pp. 485. Signed in blue ink by the author on the front free endpaper. Ochre paper boards over dark blue cloth-covered spine. GIlt title to spine. Title page hand-corrected in ink from "(a novel)" to "(an honest novel)". Light age-toning to dustjacket. Protected in mylar. First issue dustjacket, with the errors "mist" for "myth" and "$19.95" on the front flap, and "Mickey" for "Becky" on the rear flap. Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 - March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. "The Fool's Progress" was his final novel.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. The Fool's Progress (An Honest Novel). Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1988.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 485pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/2 blue cloth over yellow boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by Abbey on the front free endsheet. Semi-autobiographical work about a man, who refuses to submit to modern commercial society, and walks from Arizona to West Virginia. Abbey considered this novel his "fat masterpiece." This was the last novel published in Abbey's lifetime. 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.. The Fool's Progress. (An Honest Novel).. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1988.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in a Fine jacket, not price-clipped. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Abbey on the front free endpaper "To _____ from his friend, Ed Abbey Oct '88." First State jacket, with "Mickey" on rear flap blurb. 485pp. Q10080
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. Fools Progress. Henry Holt & Co, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1988.
Price: US$316.25 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Book & Jacket, no Flaws, Signed 1st ed 1st pt in protective cover
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
ABBEY, EDWARD. THE FOOL'S PROGRESS. NEW YORK NY HENRY HOLT AND CO PUB 1988., 1988.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: VG/VG. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER BOOK HAS FAINT COLOR CHANGE DUE TO MOISTURE CONTACT ON THE UPPER FORE-EDGE CORNERS BUT THE BOOK IS OTHERWISE VERY NICE. D.J. ALSO SHOWS FAINT EVIDENCE OF THE DAMPING TO THE COVERS. A VERY NICE COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Abbey, Edward. ONE LIFE AT A TIME, PLEASE. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1988.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Edward Abbey to his friend, the New Mexico writer and publisher Ernie Bulow, on the front flyleaf: "for Ernie Bulow, mountainman, from his old compañero Ed Abbey, desertrat." Bulow first met Abbey in 1970 at the University of Utah, where Bulow was a graduate student and Abbey a visiting professor. Later, Abbey featured Bulow as a character in his final novel, The Fool's Progress (1988). Cactus Ed's last collection of essays, bringing together pieces previously published in abridged form in various magazines and newspapers, including Harper's, Mother Earth News, National Geographic, Architectural Digest, and the Arizona Daily Star. Includes essays on eco-defense, river travel ("Sanders is supposed to be here Thursday"), the growth of Arizona, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as a writer's credo. Octavo. Original red paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.