Monkey Wrench Gang
by Abbey, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lippincott. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket in mylar, one small scratch on wrench image; otherwise in very good condition. Red on black boards with silver text and monkey wrench imprint. Lightly rubbed along edges of boards. Fore-edge shows light discoloration. Binding is slightly slanted from normal reading. Endpapers illustrated with maps. Mylar wrapped jacket not price-clipped. Edward Abbey's classic and still best selling novel of eco-raiders who show a healthy distrust of technology and a hatred for corporations whose lust for profit threatens the survival of the American west. Our store, Back of Beyond Books was named after this phrase, "Back of Beyond" which Ed used in the novel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pp; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
The Monkey Wrench Gang is a novel written by American author Edward Abbey (1927–1989), published in 1975. Easily Abbey's most famous fiction work, the novel concerns the use of sabotage to protest environmentally damaging activities in the American Southwest, and was so influential that the term "monkeywrench" has come to mean, besides sabotage and damage to machines, any violence, sabotage, activism, law-making, or law-breaking to preserve wilderness, wild spaces and ecosystems.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024596
- Title
- Monkey Wrench Gang
- Author
- Abbey, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Edward Abbey, Enivronmentalism
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Back of Beyond Books
Biblio member since 2022
Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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