NY: Funk & Wangalls, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Third printing. Association copy, inscribed on the half-title page in blue ink: "To Alfred W. Miller, with warm regards and good wishes from Durward L. Allen, 2 Feb. '56." Uncommon signed. Alfred W. Miller was a writer and fisher with the pen.....
NY: Funk & Wangalls, 1954. Revised Edition. Hardcover. The revised edition, 1962 (12th overall printing of the title). An association copy, inscribed on the front free end paper: "27 May 92 , with warm regards to Jack Reneau---Recognizing your long devotion to the things we mutually consider to be worth.....
NY: Norton, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in a blue pen on the left page of the title spread, just above the byline: "To Pete and Dick, with best wishes, Robert Arbib." Uncommon signed, and a book that's uncommon in general and seemingly scarce in jacket. It won the John.....
NY: Doubleday, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "For Nancy, With passionate hope you may soon have wolves in the Northeast. Warmest Regards, Renée Askins." Signed at the byline additionally. Uncommon signed. Askins is one of the foremost wolf defenders and founder of the Wolf Fund which.....
NY: Franklin Watts, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page by Bancroft and located at "Sanibel-Captiva," the islands on the Gulf Coast of Florida where he lived and worked as a writer and nature guide after a career in journalism. With the owl-illustration bookplate on the pastedown of.....
NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the blank following the title page in a blue pen: "To Dr. Raymond Hockey [sp?], from Will Beebe, with warm regards." Uncommon signed. Beebe was a preeminent and fascinating naturalist-writer, known especially for the far-flung ocean expeditions he conducted for the.....
Chicago: U Chicago P, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page in blue ink. Uncommon signed, as are most books by Bekoff. A book about dog biology and psychology from the decorated animal behaviorist (ethologist) and UC Boulder professor, known for his insight into wolves and collaborations with.....
Novato, CA: New World Library, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "For Alex -- With all best wishes, Marc." Uncommon signed. A deep dive into animal emotion based on his extensive experience in the field and lab, and with the latest science at his fingertips. Bekoff is.....
NY: Rinehart & Co., 1949. First thus. Hardcover. First printing of this 20th anniversary edition. Inscribed by Beston in blue ink on the front free endpaper: "For Dr. Thomas Makerwirth [sp?] with the warm good wishes of the author, Henry Beston." A classic of nature writing. Seeking solace and purpose.....
SF: The California Nature Conservancy / U California P, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. The Grizzly Edition, one of only 60 copies specially bound in cloth and quarter calf, signed by the photographer Tupper Ansel Blake, and including a rear portfolio of wildlife sketches drawn specifically for this production by Charles.....
NY: Harper, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. A standout association copy, inscribed in the first month of publication on the title page: "1/17/11, To Thomas Lovejoy, A great lover of wild Alaska! Douglas Brinkley." Lovejoy is much more than a lover of Alaska; dubbed "the godfather of biological diversity" (a term.....
Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "To Anders, with best wishes, Tom J Cade, Boise, Idaho, February 24, 1987." Uncommon signed. Tom Cade was an ornithologist who has been called "the father of peregrine falcon conservation" by the National Audubon Society. His name is.....
NY: Knopf, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page in green ink: "For Ann Walker Johnson, with my compliments, Archie Carr." Uncommon signed. Carr's second book, following The Windward Road which won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing. An exploration of his African travels (ulendo means.....
NY: Knopf, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "To Tom and Ev Hellen [or Heller?], with my regards -- Archie Carr." Uncommon signed. Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing in 1957, the book details Carr's travels in the Carribean to study sea turtles.....
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Third printing. Inscribed on the title page: "For Tom & Mary, with fond remembrance and all best wishes. Wild places always, David." Signed in full below that and dated "December 2012." Uncommon signed. An "intensely observed chronicle of Carrol's annual March-to-November wetlands.....
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed neatly on the title page: "To Douglas, with my best wishes, David." Also signed and dated in the year of publication, "21 May 1993," lower on the page. Uncommon signed. An illustrated journal of the trout's lifecycle based on forty years.....
NY: Doubleday & Co, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing. Inscribed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau on the half-title page in his usual upper left location: "To the Guarinos, JY Cousteau." Scarce signed. A book that explores sharks via encounters while on the Calypso, Cousteau's famous research vessel. The book is co-authored with his.....
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "To Linda Draper, JY Cousteau." Uncommon signed, especially directly on the book rather than on a publisher's overlay. ''The most comprehensive book on the subject . . . prepared by the world's best-known authority on marine life.".....
NY: William Morrow & Company, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Fourth printing. A Morrow Junior Book. Signed on the front free endpaper: "For Judy and Jeff -- with love, Lois, in happy memory of a wedding that was yesterday, August 21st 1983, and in anticipation of one to be." Uncommon signed.....
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1961. Inscribed on the title page and signed by both author-illustrators: "For all the Cooks, from Lois and Louis." The main inscription looks to be in Lois's hand. Uncommon signed, and an uncommon book in general, scarce in dust jacket. . Lois and Louis Darling are.....
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Second printing. Signed on the half-title page and dated 1970. Uncommon signed. Her fourth book, winner of the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing in 1969. Essays set at her remote home at Pimisi Bay, near Mattawa, Ontario, the book is "notable not only for the meticulous.....
Toronto: S.J. Reginald Saunder and Company, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed handsomely opposite the title page: "To my dear friend Paul [?], With love from the author." Uncommon signed, and an uncommon book in general. With illustrations by famed illustrator Thoreau McDonald. Her second book and her first work of.....
NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in the year of publication on the title page: "For Sydney--Thanks for the kind words. Congratulations on Hunting All the Way Home -- it's a beauty. best, Guy de la Valdene, 1995." Uncommon signed. The recipient is prolific poet-writer Sydney Lea, a......
Amherst: U Massachusetts P, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to former United States Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas: "Best wishes to Jack Ward Thomas, Richard M DeGraaf, Gretchen M. Whitman." Signed by both authors. Thomas has signed his name, date (1979) and.....
Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in a blue pen on the half-title page: "For Fernando E. Vega, Vincent Dethier, 4/7/93." Uncommon and probably scarce signed as Dethier died in 1993, the year after publication. An exploration of the songs of Orthoptera--crickets and katydids---written as a companion to.....