Isbn: 9780805006025 - one life at a time, please (11 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Good. From stories about cattlemen, fellow critics, his beloved desert, cities, and technocrats to thoughts on sin and redemption, this is one of our most treasured writers at the height of his powers in One Life at a Time, Please.Edward Abbey died in 1989--too soon, some said. And where have the years gone? Abbey wrote, why, into the usual vices of the romantic realist: into sloth and melancholy, love and marriage and the begetting of children, into the strenuous maneuvers of earning a living without living to earn, into travel and play and music and drink and talk and laughter, into saving the world--but saving the world was only a hobby. Into watching cloud formations float across our planetary skies. But mostly into sloth and melancholy. And I don't regret a moment of it. …

paperback. Condizione: Good. Grade 2 out 5 points. Used books with this grade may have any of the following: Moderate wear on cover and pages, personalized notes/names, stickers/labels, markings on pages, bends/creases on cover/spine, ex-library markings. May not include extra materials such as dust jackets, access codes, CDs, accessories, etc. All orders ship by next business day! We are a small company and very thankful for your business.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. From stories about cattlemen, fellow critics, his beloved desert, cities, and technocrats to thoughts on sin and redemption, this is one of our most treasured writers at the height of his powers in One Life at a Time, Please.Edward Abbey died in 1989--too soon, some said. And where have the years gone? Abbey wrote, why, into the usual vices of the romantic realist: into sloth and melancholy, love and marriage and the begetting of children, into the strenuous maneuvers of earning a living without living to earn, into travel and play and music and drink and talk and laughter, into saving the world--but saving the world was only a hobby. Into watching cloud formations float across our planetary skies. But mostly into sloth and melancholy. And I don't regret a moment of it. …

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First edition. 225pp. Octavo [21.5 cm]; 1/2 black cloth over red paper covered boards. These are as new copies of the author's last collection of essays published in 1988. This book includes one of Abbey's most important essays, "A Writer's Credo." The essay "River Solitaire" is also included, an essay about loneliness which contains accounts of the Edward Abbey and Ken Sanders' journeys down the Green & Colorado Rivers through Cataract Canyon in the 1980s.…

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardbound. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. First edition. 225pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth with red paper covered boards, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Edward Abbey was offered an award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1987. He declined the offer, so that he might run a river in Idaho the same week. Wendell Berry states on the jacket- "We are living. among punishments and ruins. For those who know this, Edward Abbey's books remain an indispensable solace. His essays, and his novels, too, are 'antidotes to despair.'".…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. A collection of essays. First printing. Creased upper corners to a few pages, else very good in a very good (sun fading along the spine, age toning to flap edges) dust jacket.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. First edition first printing. light wear. Seeminly unused copy. in a good jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition stated with complete number line ending in 1. SIGNED by Abbey on ffep. 8vo red paper boards with black cloth spine and gilt stamped title. Near fine condition (minute, faint mark on top edge of rear board, cloth faintly rubbed) in near fine mylar-protected dust jacket (miniscule dent in top edge of front flap). 225pp. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Book & Jacket,Signed below name on title page, 1s Ed 1st pt in protective cover. Signed by Author(s).