Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside
by Abbey, Edward
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. Hardcover. Good+. First 203 pp. Octavo. Illustrated dust jacket. Half bound tan cloth and orange-red boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Price clipped and original price sticker on front inside flap. One 0.5cm closed tear on the bottom back edge of dust jacket. Text is bright and clean. Both dust jacket and book are in good+ condition. "Beyond the Wall" is a collection of essays by the celebrated American author and environmentalist, Edward Abbey. Written during his time as a park ranger in the American Southwest, these reflective essays offer a poignant and insightful exploration of the region's rugged beauty and the necessity of its preservation. Abbey's passionate prose captures his love for the wilderness and his fervent call for environmental conservation. 1984
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144356
- Title
- Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside
- Author
- Abbey, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
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- Half Bound
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....