Published by Earth First! / Dave Foreman, Tucson, AZ, 1987
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Magazine. Condition: Very Good +. 36pp [+4pp "Earth First!: What! Not Another Environmental Group." general EF! informational center insert feature]. Newsprint [43cm x 27.5cm / 17" x 11"]. Ten bifolia (sheets folded vertically once to form forty pages). Lightly age-toned around edges and folds. Some occasional light staining in the margins. 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 is untitled by Brush Wolf and depicts a rattlesnake with a monkey wrench in place of the rattler at the end of the table. Cover articles: "Crackdown in Malaysia: Malaysia Arrests Penan & SAM Leaders" by Denise Voelker, "Fishing Bridge EIS A Farce" by Randall Restless, "National Day of Protest Set Against the Forest Service" by Roger Featherstone. Other articles include "BLM vs. the Pygmy Forest" by Randall Restless (page 4), "Forest Service Offers Box-Death Hollow Wilderness to Drillers" by Fred Swanson (p5), "Deep Ecology and Its Critics" by Bill Devall (p18), "Court Spares California Cougars!" by Michael Robinson (p25), amongst others. EF! Local Groups Merchandise page on page 9. The "Armed With Vision" poetry page is on page 31. Earth First! Music (page 34), and Earth First! Bookstore (page 35). Many illustrations throughout. Advertisements at the rear.
Published by The Fifth Estate Newspaper [5th Estate], Detroit, MI, 1988
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Newspaper. Condition: Very Good +. 28pp. Folded tabloid sized newsprint [37cm x 29cm / 14.5" x 11.5"]. Seven bifolia (sheets folded vertically once to form twenty-eight pages). Paper is evenly age-toned. Horizontal crease throughout, as issued (folded for distribution). Profusely illustrated. This issue of the long-running Anarchist underground newspaper out of Detroit, Michigan contains an article about Earth First! entitled "'Live Wild or Die' The Other EF!" by Randall Restless of Wild Rockies Earth First! in Bozeman, MT, on pages 10-12. This article is a response to criticisms of Earth First! previously printed in the pages of The Fifth Estate regarding the leadership style and direction of EF!, as well as some specific contemporary issues and perspectives that were surfacing from within Earth First! concerning immigration and border policy, the AIDS crisis, and so on. Other articles in this issue discuss the situation in Palestine, John Zerzan's critique of agriculture, and more. The cover illustration depicts a ghostly figure in a trench coat holding a USA missile overhead, the caption reads: "MEET THE NEW BOSS!".
Published by The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1954
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Stapled. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stevan Dohanos (3), John Clymer (2), Norman Rockwell, Thornton Utz, John Falter, (covers), James Bingham (TCOT Restless Redhead), Mac Conner (Reckless Woman), Harold von Schmidt (Tugboat Annie's LongShot) (illustrator). First Edition. The September 11, 18, & 25, and October 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30, 1954 issues of the Saturday Evening Post, Vol 227 #11 - 18, containing parts 1 - 8 of 8 (complete serialization) of the Perry Mason novel TCOT Restless Redhead. Other fiction and articles include Reckless Woman, a short story by Charlotte Armstrong, The Bobwhite's Last Stand, an article by George Sessions Perry, Tugboat Annie's LongShot, a short story by Norman Reilly Raine, and others. Vintage ads, articles & fiction from the early 1950s. Covers by Stevan Dohanos (9/11 - Labor Day Picnic, 10/9 - No Passing, & 10/30 - Fish Aquarium), John Clymer (9/18 - Lasso Practice & 10/16 - Leaf Pile), Norman Rockwell (9/28 - Breaking Home Ties), Thornton Utz (10/2 - World Series Scores), & John Falter (10/23 - Jam Session). Some edge wear on a couple of issues. A very good or better set. An oversize, heavy set that will require additional postage.
US$ 93.14
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A lovely first impression of this spy novel by William Boyd, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this book by Scottish author William Boyd, one of the first novels to deal with the British Security Coordination service in New York. Winner of the Costa Prize for fiction. The plot follows a woman discovering her mother's story as spy during World War II.Signed by the author to title page.Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Signed by the author to title page. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent with only minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine. signed by author. book.