DESERT SOLITAIRE A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey. 1968 McGraw-Hill, 1st US Edition/1st Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good- price-clipped mylar-protected dust jacket - very slight lean to upper spine; shallow chipping with creases & short tears to DJ spine crown & top front edge, slight rubbing to DJ spine foot, 1-cm closed tear on DJ rear spine hinge.