Rare Books - Back of Beyond Books

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We are constantly adding to our collection of rare books. One corner of our store boasts shelves of rare books devoted to Edward Abbey’s titles, expeditions on the Colorado Plateau, and Western and Native Americana. Many of our books are first or limited editions and some are signed. We also have a wonderful collection of ephemera, photography, maps and broadsides. You can shop online at Biblio.com or come into the store to browse.

We also have a warehouse full of rare books that are available for purchase online. The collection of rare books at our warehouse covers a wide range of subjects, but generally doesn’t fit within the theme of the rare books found at our store. Visit our warehouse online store here: AbeBooks.com.

Please contact us directly if you are interested in selling your book collection.

Featured Rare Books

Kachina Dolls [Silver Gelatin Print] by Edward S. Curtis

The Spell of the Rockies by Enos A. Mills [Signed, First Edition]

Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching [Second Edition]

Courthouse Wash: The Power of Place by Steve Mulligan

Set of 3 1970s Lin Ottinger Maps Illustrated by Jean-Claude Gal [Previously owned by W. L. “Bud” Rusho]

Indian Song At Parting (Indian Love Song) by Mary Austin

Suppressed Report on WPA Project No. 890

Map and Historical Data on the Great Southwest's Lost Mines

The Outsider [Volumes 1-5] Edited by Lou & John Webb

Mormon Country by Wallace Stegner [Signed]

Nine Cats, Nine Lives by Terry Tempest Williams

Scene on the River [Marble Canon Series, U. S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West]

On Desert Trails with Everett Ruess [Second Edition, Signed by Waldo Ruess]

The Secret Language of Snow by Terry Tempest Williams [Signed, First Edition]

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Awesome Earth: Concrete Poems Celebrate Caves, Canyons, and Other Fascinating Landforms written by Joan Bransfield Graham and illustrated by Tania Garcia

A sweet, colorful book of poetry for kids that celebrates the amazing landforms that surround us. The arches and canyon poems are my favorites! This is a great book for an adult to read aloud!

🏜Staff pick this week by Sophie🏜

Here’s the link to all her staff picks 👇
https://shop.backofbeyondbooks.com/staff-reviews/tags/sophies-picks

To purchase on our website click here 👇 (or copy and paste URL in search bar)
https://shop.backofbeyondbooks.com/book/9780358396048

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Awesome Earth: Concrete Poems Celebrate Caves, Canyons, and Other Fascinating Landforms written by Joan Bransfield Graham and illustrated by Tania Garcia

A sweet, colorful book of poetry for kids that celebrates the amazing landforms that surround us. The arches and canyon poems are my favorites! This is a great book for an adult to read aloud!

🏜Staff pick this week by Sophie🏜

Here’s the link to all her staff picks 👇
https://shop.backofbeyondbooks.com/staff-reviews/tags/sophies-picks

To purchase on our website click here 👇 (or copy and paste URL in search bar)
https://shop.backofbeyondbooks.com/book/9780358396048

#moab #backofbeyond #Utah #bookstore #reading #read #earth #staffpicks

This one is for the river-runners! A rare and fabulous Leslie Allen Jones scroll map of the Green River. This is the first scroll map of the Green River that we have seen. The map shows the river from Jensen to Green River, Utah. Come on by and check it out!

"Les Jones, of Heber City, Utah, was an engineer and avid river runner. Jones began running rivers at the age of eleven. He built a kayak, running most rivers solo, and taking movies from a camera mounted on a football helmet. By the early 1950`s Les began taping USGS maps together and filling in the missing contours. Les began using aerial photos, USGS maps and his own drawings and notes to trace and draw detailed maps on a scroll paper strips 7-10 inches wide. The maps were not waterproof and faded in sunlight, so they had to be protected from water and sunlight. Later his maps were copied onto waterproof mylar. Jones copied a river profile on the map above the river segments, labeling rapids and features on both. The maps contained rapid ratings, drawings of major rapids, Powell and other historic river camps, historic inscriptions and other detailed information. Les` maps were some of the first maps to contain conservation messages” (History of River Guides on the Colorado River System, Herm Hoops).

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March is International Women`s History Month.

Throughout the month we`ll focus on some of our favorite authors and recommend titles for you to enjoy.

First up: the remarkable Native American author (and three-term United States Poet Laureate) Joy Harjo www.joyharjo.com, one of our top sellers within poetry and our Memoir sections.

A member of the Muscogee Nation, Harjo received the Poetry Society of America`s 2024 Frost Medal, Yale`s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, and most recently a National Humanities Medal.

If you`ve never read her work, check out her memoir Crazy Brave or her classic poetry collection How We Became Human.

Crazy Brave: A Memoir
https://shop.backofbeyondbooks.com/book/9780393345438

How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002
https://shop.backofbeyondbooks.com/book/9780393325348

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#WomensHistoryMonth #bookstore #backofbeyond #moab #Utah

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March is International Women's History Month.

Throughout the month we'll focus on some of our favorite authors and recommend titles for you to enjoy.

First up: the remarkable Native American author (and three-term United States Poet Laureate) Joy Harjo www.joyharjo.com, one of our top sellers within poetry and our Memoir sections.

A member of the Muscogee Nation, Harjo received the Poetry Society of America's 2024 Frost Medal, Yale's 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, and most recently a National Humanities Medal.

If you've never read her work, check out her memoir Crazy Brave or her classic poetry collection How We Became Human.

Crazy Brave: A Memoir
https://shop.backofbeyondbooks.com/book/9780393345438

How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002
https://shop.backofbeyondbooks.com/book/9780393325348

WWW.BACKOFBEYONDBOOKS.COM

#WomensHistoryMonth #bookstore #backofbeyond #moab #Utah