Description: Building Your Great Collection; One Fine Book at a TimeDesert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness [Arches National National Monument.]Abbey, Edward New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1968 Brown cloth, spine lettered in white and tan, 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; [10], xi-xiv, [2], 1-269, [3] pages; Illustrated from drawings by Peter Parnall. The pictorial dust jacket has the price of $5.95 and light handling with a small rubs on the top of the spine and lower corners and Small closed tear to jacket at top edge of front panel. First Edition, First Printing. [5000 copies printed] Near Fine / Very Good. Illustrated from drawings by Peter Parnall. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Abbey's memoir of his time as a park ranger at Arches National Monument. This meaningful hallmark for the Environmentalist Movement, a memoir of nature writing that set a new standardThis book may well seem like a ride on a bucking bronco ...The author is a rebel and an eloquent loner... a passionately felt, deeply poetic book ... a close-knit style of power and beauty."-Edwin Way Teale, The New York Times Book Review"The desert is...atonal, cruel, clear, neither romantic nor classical, motionless and emotionless at one and the same time...Like death? Perhaps. And perhaps that is why life nowhere appears so brave, so bright, so full of oracle and miracle as in the desert." Observations Abbey made during three summers at Arches National Park, Utah. And Check out our other items! Member ofABAA [American Booksellers Antiquarian Association]FABA [Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association]IOBA [International Online Booksellers Association]The Ephemera Society of America Terms GuaranteeWe tend to be conservative in our grading, but even the best booksellers make an occasional mistake. Our books, and ephemera are described using AB Bookman standards. Our Guarantee: All items will be received as advertised and in the condition described. Any item is returnable for any reason within 30 days of receipt (prior notice appreciated). If you have questions regarding our description of any item, we encourage you to contact us prior to buying. We are members of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), and we adhere to these associations' strict ethical guidelines and conditions of sale. ShippingStandard shipping is by USPS Media Mail. Delivery typically takes 4 - 8 days (and sometimes longer) depending upon destination.We are happy to upgrade shipping to Priority Mail or to arrange overseas shipping to most foreign countries. Please choose that at checkout.FeedbackWe leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. If you are unhappy with any aspect of a transaction with us, please contact us immediately. Our priority is to make customers happy and to resolve problems as promptly as possible.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
Price: 600 USD
Location: DeLand, Florida
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Author: Abbey, Edward
Illustrator: Illustrated from drawings by Peter Parnall
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Co
Year Printed: 1968
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Subject: Americana
Original/Facsimile: Original
