Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A bear association copy: signed by both authors on the title page, and on the front free endpaper with the ownership stamp of Jordan C. Pederson who has studied black bears extensively in Utah and is the co-author of a book about.....
NY: Knopf, 1982. First. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: "For Susan and Neil [Sheehan], with highest admiration and affection -- Jonathan, December 1982." Uncommon signed. Susan and Neil Sheehan were fellow writers for The New Yorker, and both of them.....
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed the year after first publication on the illustrated map front free endpaper: "for Reba, from Ed Abbey, Phoenix '76." Abbey's classic and comedic novel of eco-resistance featuring George Hayduke and famously inspiring the Earth First! organization. Black paper boards with a stamped.....
NY: Holt, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "to Chris -- all the best! Edward Abbey, SLC, 11/28/88." Also laid in is an autograph postcard signed to the recipient, Chris Jorgensen, sent from Oracle, Arizona, where Abbey lived. It reads in full: "28 June 84, Dear Mr.....
Harper's Ferry, WV: Appalachian Trail Conservancy, 2009. First thus. Paperback. Sixth printing. Inscribed on the title page: "To Liv--All the best to you May this book inspire you. Cindy Ross." Uncommon signed in any printing. An early, illustrated account of hiking the Appalachian Mountain Trail by a woman; she did.....
NY: Liveright, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in a slightly shaky hand on the title page: "For Al, with warm regards, Edward O Wilson." With a sketch of two ants. Uncommon signed, as Wilson did not tour for this book and he passed away a year after publication. Stories and.....
NY: Doubleday, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing with number line to 2. Signed and dated in 1977 by Cousteau on the front free endpaper, and thus uncommon. Part of his Undersea Discoveries series. An oversized octavo with 124 photographs in color and an illustrated glossary at rear. A fine.....
NY: Viking Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page in blue ink: "For Dick Ader, with many thanks and warmest regards, Peter." Ader was Matthiessen's lawyer, working at Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst in Manhattan where he also served other writers such as Eudora Welty.....
NY: Oxford UP, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "To Miss Christine R. Edwards, with my very best wishes, Louise B. Young." Her first book, uncommon signed, and an early environmental justice story. With a thoughtful foreword by Stewart Udall. "Personally moving and scientifically awakening, it recounts the.....
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the first blank: "To the Vassar Physics Department, Louise B. Young." A nice inscription, as Young was the only woman to graduate her year from the Vassar Physics Department; the book thus represents her return to her.....
W.H. Freeman, 1999. 1. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Marjorie Fisher, with affection, Louise B. Young." Uncommon signed. A book that explores islands in all their biological glory, visiting places like Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and Easter Island. Unheralded now, mid-century Louise B. Young wrote a series of.....
Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2017. 1. Hardcover. Nicely inscribed on the half-title page: "Joe, I thought you might enjoy these stories of my war and our state. Thank you for all you do. Caleb S. Cage." Uncommon signed. A book of interconnected short stories that bridges the landscapes and.....
Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the front free endpaper by Sanger, and thus uncommon. A lovely book that tells of one day in a Southern cypress forest. With pen and ink illustrations and a handsome jacket by Christine Price. Marjory Bartlett Sanger was a mid-century.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1970. 1. Hardcover. An association copy: laid is a "compliments of Houghton Mifflin Company" card signed by its editor-in-chief Paul Brooks, and with the ownership signature of Houghton Mifflin editor Haven H. Spencer at the top of the front free endpaper. Spencer was a senior science.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: "For George, with affection + admiration, Paul, April 1972." Brooks was the editor-in-chief of Houghton Mifflin as well as Rachel Carson's editor, and in fact he suggested the title Silent Spring. This book.....
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NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. A non-authorial association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on front free endpaper by C. Hart Merriam in a small script: "Dear Doctor Bunnell, During the last two or three years, John Holzworth has several times visited me at my Washington.....
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on the from free endpaper: "To Cynthia Farah, Edward Abbey, Tucson '84." Farah is a photographer and film critic and was a friend of many Southwest writers (among them also Cormac McCarthy).....
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the illustrated map front free endpaper: "To Cynthia Farah, from her friend Edward Abbey, Tucson 1984." Farah is a photographer and film critic and was a friend of many Southwest writers (among them also Cormac McCarthy). Notably she.....
Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "For Tom & Marie Till, In celebration of our great landscape -- David Muench, May 1995." Tom Till (his website) is a prolific and well-known Southwest photographer known for.....
NY: Abrams, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. A nice association copy, inscribed by the book's photographer in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: "For Tom [Till], Hope you like my version of your backyard. All the best, Jack Dykinga, 96." With essay by Charles Bowden and a foreword.....
NY: Random House, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. A standout association copy, inscribed on the title page in the year of publication: "For Chuck [Close], love Annie, NY 2011." Chuck Close is the celebrated contemporary painter, one of the most famous of our times, known for his large-scale photorealist and pixilated.....
SF: SF MOMA, 2005. First edition. Softcover. A great association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "To Chuck [Close] & Leslie, Bob B." Chuck Close is the celebrated contemporary painter, one of the most famous of our times, known for his large-scale photorealist and pixilated portraits (his most expensive painting.....
NY: The Monacelli Press / Random House, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page in the year of publication: "To Chuck Close, with best wishes, Bob Stern, Nov 2008." Uncommon signed. Also laid in is a typed letter signed (TLS) dated in 2008 from the.....
SF: Sierra Club Books, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page in the year of publication: "Oct. 29 1983, For Ann Marie, Catch something! David James Duncan." A very near fine book with just an extremely minor bump to the lower corner of the rear board. In a......
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Nicely inscribed on the title page in a blue pen: "For John Hooper, With my very best wishes. I hope that one day you will be able to meet some of these wonderful chimpanzee beings in the forests of Africa. Jane Goodall, August.....