signed first edition Hardcover
1980 · New York
by Abbey, Edward
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Signed by author on front free endpaper. Small octavo (21.5 cm), pp. 242. Tan boards with black quarter cloth and gilt spine titling. White and blue illustrated jacket with $11.95 price. "A futuristic fable about what happens when modern society completely breaks down, as Abbey (in his other books) repeatedly claims it will if we don't change our ways. A megalomaniac military man tries to take advantage of the breakdown, against strong opposition from a small band of rebels." (abbeyweb [dot] net). Very slight bumping to spine ends of jacket, else fine.
(Inventory #: 39596)