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Lot Description

ABBEY, Edward (1927-1989). Desert Solitaire. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968.

8vo. Numerous illustrations after drawings by Peter Parnall. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in white and dark brown; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a very minor touch of rubbing at extreme ends and fore-corners, otherwise bright). Provenance: Norma (presentation inscription, Denver, 29 March 1988).

FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY ABBEY. Abbey's autobiographical account of being a park ranger at Arches National Park; is a landmark of modern environmental writing, and his most famous work.

[Laid in:] Original prospectus from the University of Arizona Poetry Center, for a reading of "his work in progress."

Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie

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