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London: William Rider & Son, 1918. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Inscription by Frater Achad. Very Rare First Edition THE ROSE IMMORTAL1918 Inscribed and Signed by Frater Achad's [Jones, Charles Stansfeld] "To My (rose drawing) from (diagram) Parzival". Parzival was one of Jones/Frater Achad's many alternate names. Aleister Crowley ("666") considered himself to be the "Spiritual Father" to Frater Achad (Charles Stansfeld Jones, "777"), Small 8vo., Size: 5"x6" 63 pp. Printed Red on Beige wrappers. All pages are printed in black and have foxing throughout. The wrapper's spine is cracked as well. The fragile edition has not been well cared for over the years and seemed to magically show up on a shelf one day. The fact remains that this is an incredibly rare item, hard to find in any condition and SIGNED by Crowley's Disciple. A must for any Crowley and Occult collector. A genuinely rare edition.

Camden: The Menorah Journal Inc., June-July 1924. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. First edition. Printed sand coloured wrappers. Volume X No. 3, June-July 1924. First Edition, includes contributions from, A. Feder, ANATOLE FRANCE, Edward Sapir, Marvin Lowenthal, Jacob Epstein, John Cournos, Max Robin, Yehoash, Andre Spire, Harry Sackler, David de Sola Pool, Louis Lozowick, Israel Abrahams, Eugen Hoeflich, I.M. Neuman, E.E. C-, H. Ben-Shahar, and M.L. The MENORAH JOURNAL published between 1915 and 1961 and edited by Henry Hurwitz was a melting pot of Jewish thought with contributions from some of the leading lights of the Jewish intelligentsia of this period. Considered to be one of the most important english-language sources of Jewish discussion on art, culture, religion, and politics. Scarce.

Salt Lake City: Dream Garden, 1982. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s). A beautiful calendar of dynamic landscape photography. Images SIGNED by William Eastlake & Lawrence Clark Powell at their pages - as well as four of the leading photographers including: on the cover [John Telford], [Tom Till] signs at the Edward Abbey's contribution & at McGuane's [Fred Hirschmann] at the Frank Waters page & [Chris Wangsgard] at the John Nichols page. A fine, fresh copy.

New York: McGraw-Hill. (1968), 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, Review Copy with the publisher's material laid-in. A fine copy of this classic work in the canon of American environmental writing, in brown cloth, white and beige titles to the spine in a near fine or better Peter Parnall designed pictorial dustwrapper showing minimal use. 8vo. 269 pp. "Like a ride on a bucking bronco . . . rough, tough, combative. The author is a rebel and an eloquent loner. His is a passionately felt, deeply poetic book . . . set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." The New York Times Book Review. An extremely nice copy.

New York: St Martin's Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this posthumous collection of poetry by the author of the classic, Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench Gang. Review copy with the publisher's material laid-in. Fine in 1/4 white cloth over white paper covered boards, red titles to the spine in a virtually fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 112 pp. Woodcuts by illustrator Michael McCurdy. Collected and introduced by David Peterson.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Signed by Edward Abbey on the front free endpaper. A fine fresh swagger copy in 1/4 black cloth over red paper covered boards, red titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. With illustrations by Jim Stiles. 8vo. 242 pp. Classic Abbey. "Abbey is one of our very best writers about wilderness country." Wallace Stegner, The Los Angeles Times Book Review.

Albuquerque: Albuquerque Sierra Club, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition Signed by Edward Abbey and Inscribed by John Nichols on the front cover. A fine copy in illustrated beige stiff card wrappers, as issued. Slim 8vo. 48 pp.

Salt Lake City/Santa Barbara: Dream Garden Press/Santa Teresa Press, 1993. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Kirk Douglas. First Edition. Number 125 of 500 copies Signed by Kirk Douglas. A fine copy in orange cloth, black titles in a fine pictorial dust wrapper. 8vo. 280 pp. +16 pp. of black and white movie stills from the film adaptation of the book, Lonely Are the Brave with Kirk Douglas. A beautiful copy. The Brave Cowboy was Edward Abbey. A cowboy who thought all people should be treated equally, treat the land with respect.

New York: The Dial Press, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Edward Abbey on the front free endpaper. 'To John, Since you're almost in this book, I hope you like it. Ed, April 10, 1982'. A fine copy in 1/4 red cloth over yellow paper covered boards, black titles in an essentially fine bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 211 pp. Adapted into the 1981 television film with Buddy Ebsen and Ron Howard. A beautiful copy of Abbey's third novel.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Signed and dated in the year of publication by Edward Abbey on the front free endpaper. 8vo. 225 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over red paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. Classic Abbey. "The announcement of a new Abbey book, whether essays or fiction, stirs a personal craving no other current American writer can satisfy." Los Angeles Times Book Review.

New York: Rinehart And Winston, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Edward Abbey on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in 1/4 gold cloth over orange paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a virtually fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 203 pp.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1975. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First Edition. Advanced Reading Copy of Abbey's environmental tour-de-force. A just about fine copy in the publisher's yellow pictorial stiff card wrappers, printed in black. 8vo. 352 pp.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Review copy with the publisher's material laid-in. A fine copy in 1/4 white over blue cloth covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 242 pp. [22-29051] Stunning Copy.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1986. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First Edition of this preview of Abbey's semi-pseudo-autobiographical novel, The Fool's Progress. A fine copy in illustrated beige stiff card wrappers, as issued. Small 8vo. 87 pp. Published with Red Knife Valley by Jack Curtis. Volume VII in the Capra Back-To-Back series. A paperback original.

New York: TIME-LIFE BOOKS (1973), 1973. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. The True First Edition in 'The American Wilderness Series' with text by the self-proclaimed desert rat, Edward Abbey. A fine, tight copy, issued without dustwrapper. With one only hourglass at the bottom of the last page of text. A near fine copy wi th a lightly faded spine [no dustwrapper] & lightly rubbed tips.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Edward Abbey on the front free endpaper. 'To .All the best! Edward Abbey, Santa Fe 11/26/88'. A fine copy in black cloth, yellow titles in an essentially fine bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 159 pp. A particularly handsome copy of Abbey's fourth novel.

New York: Morrow, (1989), 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Abshire's first mystery & first book. 8vo., pp. 276. A fine copy in dustwrapper.

Montreal: 93 Publishing, 1972. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First Edition Small Octavo. 44 pp. Red cloth boards with an illustration stamped in white on the front and spine. Inside text printed in blue. Size: 8 3/4" x 9" No tears or stains, tight binding. and some edge toning. A very good copy of the original 1923 First Edition. Aleister Crowley ("666") considered himself to be the "Spiritual Father" to Frater Achad (Charles Stansfeld Jones, "777"), as he relates on page 801 of the CONFESSIONS: "What I had really done was to beget a Magical Son. XXXI HYMNS TO THE STAR GODDESS WHO IS NOT is a collection of poetic hymns dedicated to the primordial feminine deity known as the Star Goddess or Nuit, the Egyptian goddess, who is sometimes referred to as the "Sky Goddess" or the "Star Goddess." A must for any Crowley collectors.

London: Hamish Hamilton, (1989), 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. first edition. 8vo. Uncorrected Proof. Fne in wrappers.

Toronto: NC Press Limited, (1973), 1973. 1st Edition, Thus. Soft cover. 1st Edition, Thus. Soft cover. Signed by Author. Acorn, Milton. MORE POEMS FOR PEOPLE. Signed. Toronto: NC Press Limited, (1973). First Edition of the Revised Edition briefly Inscribed by Canadian poet Milton Acorn, dubbed by fellow poets, The People's Poet, on the half-title page. Small 8vo. 112 pp. A near fine copy in illustrated yellow wrappers, as issued, printed in brown.