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(n.p.), (n.p.), 1994. The manuscript of Bowden's memoir of his friendship with Edward Abbey. This is a 96-page photocopied typescript (computer printout), bearing approximately three dozen editorial corrections in pencil. Abbey died in 1989; Bowden died in 2014: this 1994 memoir was found on Bowden's computer after his death and published (with a different subtitle) by the University of Texas in 2018. Bowden's nonfiction focused on the Southwest, both the natural world and the political and social worlds created by the humans who dwelt there. As such, a memoir of Edward Abbey, whose work combined natural and social history, was a fitting subject for Bowden, who in some ways was following in Abbey's footsteps, although sometimes delving deeper into the social dimensions than Abbey did, in particular with the criminal subcultures of the Mexican cartels. A rare prepublication format, and a work-in-progress. Loose pages; fine. [#036188] $750

Salt Lake City/Santa Barbara, Dream Garden/Santa Teresa, 1993. A presentation copy of the reissue of Abbey's second book, one of the great novels of the contemporary West, and long out of print in hardcover. This edition has an introduction by Kirk Douglas, who starred in the film version, Lonely Are the Brave. Illustrated with stills from the movie and with a frontispiece illustration of Douglas. Of a total edition of 526 copies, this is a presentation copy, as noted on the colophon, and is signed by Kirk Douglas and with a lengthy and humorous inscription by the publisher. In the course of making a film from the novel, Abbey and Douglas corresponded, and they later met as friends: Douglas said the book "latched onto my soul" when he first read it; and Abbey, in a preface to the 1971 edition, thanked "the little band of loyal fans, including the actor Kirk Douglas, who have somehow kept [the book] alive through all these years..." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#028377] $300

Boston, Little Brown, (1989/1990). The uncorrected proof copy of the posthumously published sequel to the author's masterwork, The Monkey Wrench Gang. The dedication page of the novel, which Abbey wrote when he knew he had only a short time left to live, is a lengthy retrospective and farewell to many of Abbey's friends and colleagues, and is quite touching as such. Copyright page states 1989; front cover lists publication as 30 January 1990; Abbey died in March of 1989. Small bump near upper spine; near fine in wrappers. [#036208] $150

(Salt Lake City), (Dream Garden), (1982). The second of the Wilderness calendars, with work by a number of prominent photographers, and text by Edward Abbey, Tom McGuane, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ann Zwinger, Lawrence Clark Powell, Wallace Stegner, Barry Lopez, Frank Waters, William Eastlake, John Nichols, and others. This copy has been signed by Eastlake and Powell, and photographers John Telford, Tom Till, Fred Hirschmann and Chris Wangsgard -- several of the finest and most highly respected photographers of the natural world working today. Fine. [#010416] $95

(Minneapolis), Milkweed, (2006). Edited by David Petersen; introduction by Terry Tempest Williams. Upper corners tapped, else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#035069] $20

NY, Touchstone, (1995). First softcover printing. Fine in wrappers. [#035072] $20

Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, (2002). Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#035071] $20