Fools Progress by Abbey Edward, First Edition (69 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The last novel that Abbey completed. First state dust jacket with the uncorrected errors on both front and rear flaps: "mist" for "myth" and "Mickey" for "Becky." Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket with only minor reading wear; book is clean, unmarked. In stock. Ships from MN, USA.

Hard Cover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. Ochre colored boards quarterbound in a midnight blue cloth backstrip with shiny gilt lettering on the spine. Book has a very light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 485 pages. Dust Jacket - has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the tail of the spine and at the extreme tip of the lower rear outside corner. Upper corner of the front inside flap has been price clipped. Points of issue met for the first printing: "mist" for "myth on the front inside flap and "Mickey" for "Becky" in the author information on the rear inside flap. A lovely copy!

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Paperback Edition. Text/BRAND NEW. 1990 First Avon paperback printing. Illustrated soft cover/VG w/trace edge wear. Novel by Edward Paul Abbey (1927 - 1989) written shortly before his death. Best known for The Monkey Wrench Gang and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire. This novel is loosely based on his own life. Portions of this tale were first published elsewhere. Abandoned by his 3rd wife for a computer science professor, anti-hero Henry Holyoak Lightcap, penniless, shoots his refrigerator (that symbol of man's progress), quits Arizona to return to his ancestral roots in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania. Traveling in an old pick-up with his dying dog & memories, he calls on old friends enroute, visits an Indian reservation, and many out-of-the-way bars, all the while reviewing triumphs & follies of his life. Humorously and artfully told reflections.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition/First Printing. First Edition (Stated) First Printing, w full line number starting @ " 1." First State DJ w/errors on Front & Back Flaps ( mist for myth - Front & Mickey for Becky - Back.) Binding is square & tight, corners sharp. Text is clean & unmarked. No writing, no RM, not price clipped. DJ has rubbing to panels, else FINE. Now has new, clear Mylar protetive cover on DJ. Bookseller Invt # C00080681F.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. 1st edition 1st printing - fine clean like new copy with like new dust jacket now in mylar cover - enjoy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Henry Holt hardcover in dust jacket, 1988, 1st edition/1st printing, clean/tight, No marks/tears or other defects; Fine/Fine (like New). We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble-wrap the book and ship it in a BOX with delivery confirmation/tracking.

Hardcover. First Edition, First printing. First printing Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine-. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Henry Holt and Company, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1988. Second (2nd) Printing (number line down to "2") of the First (1st) Edition. Fine- in an As New Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with no markings other than a small white spot on the top edge. The Binding is navy quarter cloth to yellow boards (colors uniform throughout), with bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The first issue Dust Jacket (with both errors present ["mist-infested" for "myth-infested" on the front flap and "Mickey" for "Becky" on the rear flap]) is fully intact with the original price ($19.95) intact on the front flap, bright and flawless. See photos. 485 pages. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". A semi-autobiographical novel about a man, Henry Holyoak Lightcap, who refuses to submit to modern commercial society. ISBN 10: 0805009213 / ISBN 13: 9780805009217.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Abbey's finest novel. First printing. Light foxing on top edge, else near fine in a near fine first state (uncorrected errors on front and rear flaps) dust jacket. ; 485 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. vi + 485, "An Honest Novel". 1/4 bound black cloth / tan papered boards. Illustrated DJ in acetate protector. Size: Large Octavo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. First Printing. Gold and navy fifth- cloth boards with gold foil-stamped spine. Fine cond. Flaws: spine edges are lightly bumped. NO other flaws - NO chipping, rubbing, soiling, toning, creases or tears. NO markings throughout - NO rem mark or ex-lib. VG Dustjacket is 1st Issue with uncorrected errors: "must for myth" front flap & " Mickey for Becky" (rear flap) with price intact: $19.95. Not Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust Jacket has first state points with mist infested instead of myth infested on front fold down and Mickey for Becky on the back fold down. Front fly leaf has inscription and small news clipping pasted in.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. 485 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good w/Protective Cover. First Edition. Minimal corner bumping and edge wear. No ownership markings, clean text, binding tight. Jacket has very minor bumping and is in protective cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF/NF First edition with uncorrected flaps. 485 pg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Dust jacket is fine. Text is very good, owner embossed stamp on frontfree endpaper. Not clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stated first edition/first printing. Unclipped, mylar protected dust jacket. Not a remainder. Crown and foot are slightly creased.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. No remainder mark. First state dustjacket.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket. First Edition (stated). Tiny, light stain to front cover, else a fine copy in near fine, first issue dust jacket, with "mist" for myth, and "Mickey: for Becky on flaps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing, First UK Edition. Best known for his earlier novel, "The Monkey Wrench Gang," which became a cult classic of the nation's radical environmentalists, Abbey's seventh work of fiction and his last to be published before his death in 1989, is the life story of Henry Holyoak Lightcap, told by him during a 3,500-mile journey across the U.S. from Tucson, Arizona, to Stump Creek, West Virginia; a remainder mark on bottom edge of text, o/w clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only very minor surface and edgewear. Collectable.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine+. First Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. First edition. First state dustjacket, with typos. Black cloth spine on yellow boards, clean and sharp. Protected, unclipped, dustjacket is bright and crisp. Book is firm in binding, unread, crisp interior. A crisp, tight copy. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 485 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK Edition. Head and tail of dust jacket spine have mild wrinkling.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition stated with complete number line. First issue dust jacket "mist" for "myth" on front flap and "Mickey" for "Becky" on rear flap. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 Book; binding tight, slight bump to bottom front edge else boards straight and clean; subtle soil spot to front free end page and front paste down else text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($19.95) has mild bumping to mostly spine ends with minor toning to flap ends. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The book condition is NF, minor bumping to heel of spine. The dust jacket is Fine. First state dust jacket with the uncorrected errors on both front and rear flaps: "mist" for "myth" and "Mickey" for "Becky." 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. NF first edition with complete numberline and uncorrected errors on front and back flaps. Crisp, clean pages and NF dustjacket. Colors bright. Now protected in mylar. ; 9.25 X 6.25 X 1.50 inches; 485 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing; first issue. "First edition" statement and first printing number code sequence 10 through 1 to the copyright page, $19.95, 1088 code, and misprints 'mist' and 'Mickey' to the jacket's flaps. The trail-blazing environmentalist, naturalist, park ranger, and author of DESERT SOLITAIRE's humor-laden, satirical novel of travel and escapades, features Henry Holyoak Lightcap, whose character is drawn from Abbey's own life and reflections. Fine, square, tight and firm in deep-blue linen over golden-mustard boards with bright gilt embossed titles to the spine, blue-and-white headband and tail-band; in a very nearly fine dust jacket; original printed $19.95 price, 1088 date code, and "mist" first issue word error all intact to the front inner flap, and "Mickey" first issue word error to the rear inner flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Light rubbing to the edges of the text block, thus near fine in a fine first state dust wrapper. I prefer to be paid via PayPal, username Michael Grano Thank you.