Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness (signed association copy)
Tucson: University of Arizona, 1988. First thus. Hardcover. The 20th anniversary edition with an excellent association, inscribed in the year of publication in a purple pen on the front free endpaper to a co-founder of Earth First!: "To Ron [Kezar], an EF! leader, -- with admiration and affection, from his friend, Ed Abbey, Tucson, Arizona, August 5 1988." Also signed in full by Abbey--upside down--on the rear free endpaper.
Ron Kezar was a former park ranger who later sometimes used the alias Bill Haywood (as in the byline of Ecodefence: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching). Inspired by Rachel Carson, Aldo Leopold, and especially Abbey and his The Monkey Wrench Gang, Kezar, Dave Foreman, and three others came up with EF! in 1980 while on a trip to bag a New Mexico peak. Kezar and Foreman were housemates at the time. EF! promoted pushing past the usual lobbying and into "demonstrations" and "confrontations," and one of their famous first acts was unfurling an enormous dark banner that looked like a crack down the Glen Canyon Dam. A terrific association in light of the pivotal role Abbey's writing played in the formation of Earth First!
A very near fine book in white cloth boards with only a little rubbing to lower board edges; otherwise fine. In a near fine jacket with subtle sunning to spine affecting the red border of the jacket's edges. Near fine / Near fine. Item #1316
ISBN: 9780816510573
Price: $2,750.00 save 5% $2,612.50