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.....
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: 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.....
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).....
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......
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: 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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in the year of publication on the title page: "To Kay Post -- Thank you for your love of Africa. Delia Owens, Mark Owens, October 17, 1992." The inscription is in Delia's hand, which is uncommon (Mark tends to inscribe more books).....
Notre Dame, IN: Snite Museum of Art (U Notre Dame), 1999. Hardcover. A nice family association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper in the year of publication to N. Scott Momaday by his daughter: "1999, For Dad-- Happy Father's Day! We love you so much . . . Jill.....
D.C. Government Printing Office, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Part II only. An association copy: From the library of N. Scott Momaday, a book he inherited from his father, the painter Al Momaday. With Al Momaday's signature ("Property of Al Momaday") on the front pastedown. Under the direction of John Wesley.....
Bismarck: State Historical Society of North Dakota, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the dedication page by the editor: "For Scott Momaday, with gratitude and unlimited repsect, Clay Jenkinson, October 1, 2004." From the library of N. Scott Momaday, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for House of.....
Santa Fe: SAR Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the title page: "With sincere appreciation and thanks to Scott, David Grant Noble." The recipient, N. Scott Momaday, wrote the five-page foreword, in which he begins: "David Grant Noble writes out of an extraordinary fund of knowledge.....
The American Alpine Journal / Privately Printed, 1939. First edition. Softcover. An association copy, handsomely inscribed at the top of the front free endpaper: "To Evelyn Runnette, with the regards of a fellow-climber on the Grand Teton, Francis P. Farquhar." Scarce signed. An offprint from The American Alpine Journal, Vol.....
SF: Sierra Club Books, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the title page: "A bit of history here, Drummond, of which 'Druggs' is an important part. Enjoy! Steve Roper, Allen Steck." Signed by both editors, with the inscription in Roper's hand. Uncommon signed. A book that collects.....
NY: Viking, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Fourth printing. Inscribed flamboyantly on the title page: "For Patricia, best wishes and deep bow, Rebecca Solnit." Uncommon signed. Described as a "fitting companion to Solnit's much-loved A Field Guide to Getting Lost," this book is a blend of autobiography, travelogue, and reporting that "spirals.....
Garden City, NY: Natural History Press / American Museum of Natural History, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page by Carr and thus uncommon. A book central to his life's work, the study of sea turtles, a "natural history of this 'so excellent a fishe' as only a......
NY: W.W. Norton, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page by Logan, and thus uncommon, with no other signed copies available as of this writing. This book won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing in 2021. A book that travels the world to explore pruning and.....
NY: Atheneum, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. One of Doig's own copies, with his personal illustrated bookplate signed on the front free endpaper: "From the House of Ivan Doig" (his name signed)." The bookplate alludes to Doig's classic memoir, This House of Sky. The third novel in his Montana Trilogy, along.....
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the orange front free endpaper: "For Linda Hemming, with all good wishes from another Thoreauvian, Frederick T McGill, Jr." With a quick sketch of a running man below his name. Uncommon signed. The first full-length biography of Channing, a......
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 1995. First edition. Softcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "For Richard, With affection and admiration!" Also signed and dated in in 2006 on the title page. The recipient is Richard Forman of Concord, MA. Richard T.T. Forman.....
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard UP, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the first blank: "For Barbara -- and Richard! In friendship and thanks! Larry." Also signed in full and dated in the year of publication on the title page. Uncommon signed. The recipients are Barbara.....
Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fifth printing, but a rock star association copy, inscribed on the dedication page: "To David Byrne, all the best, Don Henley, 10-27-91." Byrne is of course famous as the front man for Talking Heads, but has gone in many directions since then.....