Abbey, Edward (signed). The Monkey Wrench Gang. J. B. Lippincott, 1975.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First printing of this classic novel. Remainder mark on bottom. Price not clipped. Signed "Ed Abbey" on free-front endpaper

Seller: Andrew L. Christenson, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Monkey Wrench Gang. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia And New York, 1975.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Stated first edition. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, dated 11/4/88 in St. Paul. Black paper boards quarter bound with red cloth. Silver lettering on spine and monkey wrench stamped in silver on cover. Moderate soiling and staining; spine is slightly slanted; minor rubbing to edges. White illustrated dust jacket with black lettering on cover and spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar and is in poor condition. Front flap is missing; significant chipping and creasing to edges; extensive tearing along folds with back flap mostly separated and 3.5 inch tear to front joint; some toning and soiling. Binding is tight. Interior has occasional marginalia in pen. Map design on endpapers. Edward Abbey's classic ecological thriller follows a group of "eco-raiders" with a healthy distrust of technology and a hatred for greedy corporations that threaten to destroy the wilderness of the desert southwest. Our store name, Back of Beyond, was lifted from this novel. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 352 pp; Signed by Author

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

Abbey, Edward. The Monkey Wrench Gang. J.P. Lippincott, New York, 1975.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: SIGNED. 352 pp. Octavo [23 cm.] 1/4 red cloth over black boards with title stamped in silver on spine. Small silver stamped monkey wrench on front board. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Boards and textblock edges are mildly soiled. Toning to head of spine. Remainder mark to foot of textblock. Previous owner's blind stamp on half-title. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, but is marginally soiled, with several open and closed tears and creases. Loss of 5cm width at head of spine. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. The late great Edward Abbey published 21 books during his lifetime (two posthumously). Both "The Monkey Wrench Gang" and "Desert Solitaire" have gone on to become what the author always dreaded: classics. Each has now sold more than one million copies. A signed first edition of the controversial novel that gave birth to radical environmental group Earth First!

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

Edward Abbey. The Monkey Wrench Gang. Lippincott, 1975.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A pristine copy of Abbey's classic novel of eco-warfare. Very light wear at head and heel of spine, a tiny smudge on bottom of text block. Dust jacket is very bright and clean, no tears or chips. May be a slight bit of waviness to front dj panel- or maybe not- see photos. $8.95 price intact. Inscribed "To Harris B, All the Best Ed Abbey" on the illustrated endpaper. 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 MONKEY WRENCH GANG (signed copy). LIPPINCOTT, 1975.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardback, 8vo, very good, dust jacket not priced clipped, minor crease to top edge, otherwise very good, first edition, 1975 SIGNED by author on first free end paper, a handsome copy. Prescott, AZ.

Seller: Five Quail Books, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.

Abbey, Edward. Monkey Wrench Gang. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1975.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket in mylar, one small scratch on wrench image; otherwise in very good condition. Red on black boards with silver text and monkey wrench imprint. Lightly rubbed along edges of boards. Fore-edge shows light discoloration. Binding is slightly slanted from normal reading. Endpapers illustrated with maps. Mylar wrapped jacket not price-clipped. Edward Abbey's classic and still best selling novel of eco-raiders who show a healthy distrust of technology and a hatred for corporations whose lust for profit threatens the survival of the American west. Our store, Back of Beyond Books was named after this phrase, "Back of Beyond" which Ed used in the novel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pp; Signed by Author

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

Abbey, Edward. The Monkey Wrench Gang. J B Lippincott (1975), Philadelphia, 1975.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 352p octavo, Binding trifle cocked and with a tiny hole at the top of the boards, - and we think Abbey would find this hilarious-the book has been nibbled at the base of the spine, causing some loss to the cloth and a bit of the boards and the textblock in a poor dust jacket with a large chip on the front cover and a bit more nibbling at the upper flap fold. A unique copy as it is inscribed by Abbey "For my old friend Bill Eastlake, master story -teller, from whom I have learned (and borrowed) so very much ---- from Ed Abbey Moab, Utah 1975". Two lines underlined on page 31 which surely would have been Eastlake we assume. A fair to good copy of a great association.

Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.