NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the half-title page by Platt. Uncommon signed. At the top of that page is a non-authorial gift inscription: "To Helen and Ross with warm affection and many happy memories shared, Esther." Platt was the winner of the John Burroughs Medal for natural.....
NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Teale's first book, uncommon in general, scarce signed, and here inscribed on the front free endpaper to a significant glider: "To one of the real pioneers of the air -- Capt. Horace B. Wild -- a boyhood hero and a valued.....
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Fourth printing. Signed on the title page by Teale and located in Baldwin, NY, where Teale lived before moving to Connecticut. A book that is apparently uncommon in general and likely scarce signed. Teale is best known for his quartet of books in.....
NY: Dodd Mead, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. A really interesting specimen: A hardcover "dummy copy" of this Teale title, neither a finished advance copy, uncorrected proof, nor excerpt. Instead it's meant to give the feel and flavor of the book, and may have been produced only for internal use at.....
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Third printing in the year of publication, signed boldly on the title page. Uncommon signed, as are pretty much all of Teale's books. The third book in Teale's classic American Seasons quartet (see our signed boxed set), of which the final installment, Wandering through.....
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Teale on the title page. Uncommon signed. A book about Teale's move to northern Connecticut from Long Island and his discovery of his new acreage and its ecology via his daily rambles, in the vein of Thoreau at Walden and Burroughs.....
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Sixteenth printing, 1960. Signed on the title page by Teale in blue ink, and thus uncommon. "A natural history of spring, a biography of the world's favorite season," in this book Teale and his wife Nellie travel from Florida to Maine following spring.....
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1978. Hardcover. Not signed, but taped to the front free endpaper is an envelope with a small notecard written and sent by Teale. It reads in full: "February 5, 1979, Dear Mrs. Ahlefeld--Thank you for your letter about my books--especially "A Walk Through The Year." I am.....
Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A boxed set of Teale's acclaimed American Seasons series, four volumes, all signed. In Paul Brooks's review of American nature writing, *Speaking for Nature,* he describes this quartet as "a landmark in the literature of nature." In this set, Autumn.....
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MacFadden Bartell, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Teale on the title page. An interesting volume, a mass paperback that's apparently scarce, with no other copies seemingly available and only four copies in libraries according to OCLC (only two in the US). A "Ladder Edition": As the front wrap.....