CACTUS COUNTRY : The American Wilderness/Time-Life Books by Abbey, Edward; (Harvey B. Loomis, Editor) - 1973

New York, NY: Time-Life Books, 1973. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. First Edition, First Thus. 1973 Printing w/hourglass graphic to last page. Boards w/black linen spine (Library Edition)/NEW. COVER ART: "Giant Saguaros of Arizona"; photo. DJ/None as Issued. Published w/o ISBN; ISBN subsequently assigned. Natural history of some 69,000 square miles of southern Arizona and northern Mexico desert lands, llustrated with photos. Covering near half of the Sonora Desert. Text is by Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989), long resident of the American Southwest, and who immortalized that world in Desert Solitaire and Abbey's Road. 7 chapters: 1, The Real Desert; 2, The Mountains of Superstition; 3, Winters in Oregon Pipe: The Lavis, Frugal Cacti; 4, The Sacred Peak; 5, Wild Palms & Gold Mines; 6, Down to the Sea of Cortes; and 7, The Ancient Dust: Rock, Sand & Solitude. A collaborative work between a naturalist gifted in prose and superb photography from the staff of Time-Life Books.