NY: Random House, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "For George [Plimpton], with best wishes. Here's a little sensory madness for the winter, Diane Ackerman, January 1991." Plimpton was well-known as the co-founder of The Paris Review (along with Peter Matthiessen) and as an.....
The Macmillan Company, New York, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "For Harriet and John Finucane, our friends, [from] Dorothy Noyes Arms, John Taylor Arms." An early memoir about fishing from a woman, uncommon signed. As the foreword says, "Since time immemorial fishing has been considered a......
NY: Harper & Row, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "Bath, Indiana, August 1987, For John, A fellow wilderness traveller [sic] -- with all the best, Liz Arthur." Uncommon signed. A memoir about several years spent living on an island in a lake in interior British Columbia.....
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: The Century Co, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. A terrific association copy, inscribed on the title page: "To John Galsworthy, from Mary Austin. Los paises del sol dilaten la alma." Uncommon or scarce signed, and here inscribed to the famed English novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize for.....
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: Little, Brown, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Two inscribed books by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, headlined by her first book, The Forests and Wetlands of New York City. Uncommon signed, but here inscribed on the half-title page in blue ink: "For Robert Glynn, with warm regards, Betsy Barlow." An early book focused on.....
NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. A biography of John Burroughs in two volumes. Neither is signed, but laid into volume one is a one-page autographed letter signed (ALS) from Clara Barrus, John Burrough's close companion and the steward of his legacy as first assistant and then literary executor.....
Shambhala, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Ed Young on the sage front free endpaper (in the elegant calligraphic script that the entire book is produce with): "For Ed--and your own true and deepening nature. Love and gratitude, Barbara." A delightful book.....
NY: Riverhead, 2022. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page in Sharpie: "To Luis -- Enjoy this dive into the world of corals -- Juli Berwald." Uncommon signed, perhaps because it was released during the Covid-19 pandemic. Traveling the world to explore the peril and protection of corals, Berwald.....
NY: Riverhead, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the half-title page by Berwald, a freelance journalist with a PhD in ocean science. Uncommon signed. Her first book, "gracefully blending personal memoir with crystal-clear distillations of science" as she travels the world exploring jellyfish with researchers, fishermen, and more. Blurbs by.....
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in the year of publication in red ink on the front free endpaper: "For Dick + Mary, with affection + gratitude, from Paul, October 1980." Uncommon signed. Brooks was editor-in-chief of Houghton-Mifflin, and in that capacity alone was a great champion of.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Larry, with best regards, from Paul." The recipient was Laurence Hughes, longtime William Morrow president and CEO. Brooks was editor-in-chief of Houghton Mifflin, and in that capacity was a great champion of environmental.....
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.....
Boston: Beacon Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page by the editor and Carson's biographer: "For Isabelle [?], with warm good wishes and gratitude, Linda Lear." Uncommon signed. This book includes Carson's previously uncollected writings, including newspapers articles, Fish and Wildlife Service publications, journal entries, letters, and.....
Brattleboro, VT: The Stephen Green Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: "For Nan, with love from Liz, Christmas 1976." Uncommon signed, with no other copies available as of this writing. Selections from her journals across the years as well as.....
Stackpole Books, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "For Sharon -- One of the great products of the State of Wyoming! Thanks for all. Sue." In this book, Cobb details her attempt to become the first US woman to summit Everest as a part of the Wyoming.....
NY: Simon and Schuster, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page in blue ink: "To Yonah, with great affection and admiration. Ruth Colwell." Uncommon signed. A "memoir-manifesto" by the first woman to direct the National Science Foundation. It draws on six decades of her life in science and.....
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: Scribner, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page. A well-received debut novel about a timber community in Northern California. Near fine due to two pages with some wrinkling at middle, pages 150 & 151; otherwise fine in fine jacket.
NY: Basic Books, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Davis on the title page: "For Linda, with gratitude for your important work & best wishes for your success, Devra Davis." Davis is a renown epidemiologist and in this book she "confronts the public triumph and private failures of the public.....
NY: Basic Books, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing with a National Book Award finalist emblem on jacket. Inscribed by Davis on the title page: "For Audrey & Bob, with hopes for a safer & healthier future, & thanks for your support, Warmly, Devra." Davis is a renown epidemiologist and.....
Athens: U Georgia P, 2009. First edtion. Hardcover. Inscribed in the year of publication on the title page: "To Dian Deevey, Best wishes for a greener future. Jack, Jack E. Davis, 3-18-09." Uncommon signed, with no other copies available as of this writing. The first comprehensive biography of Douglas, one.....
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.....