The Monkey Wrench Gang

New York: J.P. Lippincott, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 352pp. Octavo [23 cm.] 1/2 red cloth over black boards with title silver stamped on backstrip and a small silver stamped monkey wrench on front board. Map endsheets. There is a black remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block. In the dust jacket with light soiling, and several shallow closed tears and chips in the edges. The late great Edward Abbey published twenty one 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." They have now each sold more than one million copies each. The controversial novel that gave birth to radical environmental group Earth First! (Inventory #: 66546)