The Monkey Wrench Gang (inscribed)
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the illustrated-map front free endpaper" "To Tom Marshall -- all the best! Edward Abbey, Tucson, October 1988." Abbey's classic and comedic novel of eco-resistance featuring George Hayduke and famously inspiring the Earth First! organization. Black paper boards with a stamped silver wrench on front board and a red cloth spine. A very good copy with an extremely minor, slim dampstain, hardly noticeable, at the very edge of the spine tail, and a Sharpie line on the top of the text block near the spine, as if a remainder mark (though typically that's made on the bottom text block face). A few spots of faint soiling to outer text block face. Otherwise clean with corners sharp. In a very good jacket with rubbing and a little wear/creasing to spine end. Near fine / Very good. Item #2152
ISBN: 0397010842
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"Edward Abbey called The Monkey Wrench Gang a 'comic extravaganza,' which it is, although one with a clear, serious message: to protect the American wilderness from the forces of commercial enterprise. The story centers on George Hayduke, an ex-Green Beret and Vietnam vet, who returns to the Southwestern desert after the war to find his beloved canyons and rivers threatened by industrial development. On a whitewater rafting trip down the Colorado River, Hayduke joins forces with three others who share his indignation and want to do something about it: feminist saboteur and Bronx exile Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D. Together they venture off to become eco-raiders, waging war on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders who are turning their natural habitat into a wasteland. The misadventures of this motley group make for an uproarious blend of chaos, conflict, and comedy."
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