Brush Prof (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Former owner's name, otherwise unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 224 p. 16 cm. B&w illustrations. Brown cloth with gold print wearing off. Tiny ink mark pl. 30.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A nice tight book, with a notation from the previous owner on the ffep and on the reverse of one of the two frontispieces there is a handwritten prescription for Colic. otherwise the text block is unmarked.Solid brown boards with bright gilt title on front. An interesting printed comment of the title page is " Any Persons receiving or buying this book is pledged not to lend, sell or divulge the secrets under penalty of perjury without permission from the Author". There is a small 'nick to the spine which has resulted in a small 2cm piece missing otherwise very little shelfwear.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good +. 32pp. Newsprint [43cm x 27.5cm / 17" x 11"]. Eight bifolia (sheets folded vertically once to form thirty-two pages). Horizontal crease throughout, as issued (folded for distribution). Paper is lightly age-toned, especially around edges and folds. Occasional soft creasing or short tearing along edges in the margins, else, a nice and clean copy. With an article by Edward Abbey titled "Forward! To Ecodefense." Also with an advertisement for "Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching" (Edited by Dave Foreman. Forward by Ed Abbey." Earth First! is a group of radical environmentalists that formed in the American Southwest in the spring of 1980, founded by Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle, Howie Wolke, Bart Koehler, and Ron Kezar, among others. Earth First! quickly came to national attention with their "cracking" of Glen Canyon Dam activist stunt, which was performed and filmed in the spring of 1981. Edward Abbey is considered to be the "literary father" of the group. "Earth First! is the beginning of the new, bold environmental movement. And 'Earth First! The Radical Environmental Journal' is its voice. No compromise in the defense of Mother Earth!" (Dave Foreman, Editor). Rear cover half-page illustration by Brush Wolf, dated '83, is entitled "It's Not Just Defense, It's Revenge" and depicts a grizzly bear with one of its paws stuck in a metal trap. Cover story is entitled "Forest Service Logs Texas Wilderness." Lengthy "Earth First! Directory!" printed on page 12. The centerfold spread (pages 16-17) feature is entitled "Professionalism: A Discussion" which features written perspectives on the matter of professionalism amongst environmentalists from Dave Foreman, Kirk Cunningham, Randal O'Toole, Reed Noss, Ed Clark, Gerald Meral, Ron Huber, and Jim Dale Vickery. Edward Abbey's contribution on page 26 is "Forward! To Ecodefense" which is the foreword of the (then) forthcoming book "Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching" ? this, therefore, may be the first appearance of that Abbey text. A full-page ad for said "Ecodefense" volume follows on page 27. Full-page ads for "The 1985 Earth First! Calendar" (page 29), "Earth First! Trinkets & Snake Oil" (page 30), and "T-shirts." (page 31). Other credited Earth First! staff for this issue include: Wildcat Annie (Subscription Manager), Nancy Morton (Merchandise & Mailing Manager), Marcy Willow (Associate Editor), Mike Roselle (Associate Editor), Leon Czolgosz (Associate Editor), Bill Devall (Contributing Editor), Art Goodtimes (Poetry Editor), John Seed (Australian Correspondent), Rick Davis (Japan Correspondent), Jim Stiles (Art), Helen Wilson (Art), John Zaelit (Art), Mad Jack (Art), Mike Roselle (Art), Marcy Willow (Art), and Tucson Earth First! Group (Mailing).

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Fair. SCARCE 1875 EDITION of "A New System of Horse-Training or Horse Education - As Taught By Prof. Wm. A. Brush". Contents printed at rear. Front cover printed with: "Any person receiving or buying this book, is pledged not to Lend, Sell or Divulge the Secrets under penalty of Perjury without permission of the Author". Small thin volume. A FAIR copy only. Covers heavily worn & chipped & rubbed, rear cover lacking top third, front cover & first 2pp almost detached (but all present), all signatures very loose, faint stain to rear pages, mild spotting to some pages, otherwise a complete softcover copy of a fragile & ultimately scarce title. 111pp. RARE.