Toil: Building Yourself by Procter, Jody - 2000

White River Junction, VT, U.S.A.: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2000. BH1 - A hard cover first American edition withdrawn ex-library book in good- condition with a dust jacket in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in gray cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine and front with very minor overall shelf wear plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus there is the usual library stamp and label on the half-title page and first page of the preface plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The author, a writer, performance artist, and television producer, returned to carpentry to make ends meet. This book is about his experiences during seven months on a small contractor's crew building a neo-luxury, suburban palace beside a golf course. It is about work paying a barely livable wage and a world of aches and pains, job site politics, and the relentless rains of the Pacific Northwest. This book was published posthumously. 225p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.