W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. Forsyth, Turid. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "For ___, with appreciation for your enthusiasm and interest in the natural world. John Alcock, 17 June 1999." This book won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing. Near fine book in near.....
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: 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: Knopf, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Inscribed for Marcia Clapp with love by Will Beebe." Marcia Clapp [DeRocco] was an artist who sculpted a stone bust of Beebe that's now held in his archives with the Wildlife Conservation Society. She later founded the Pocono.....
NY: GP Putnam's Sons, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "Inscribed for Jean Klienes [sp?] by William Beebe." Uncommon signed. An interesting anthology in that its stated purpose is to connect with younger readers, an early gesture toward environmental education. Beebe was a preeminent and fascinating naturalist-writer, known.....
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.....
NY: Lippincott, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Borland on the half-title page. Uncommon signed. A book that "invites the reader to spend a year in New England with an observer who makes the countryside stimulate the senses," it won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing in 1968. Hal.....
NY: Lippincott, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. A nice association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on the half-title page: "For Don, from his Dad -- Hal Borland, 1969." Don is Donal Borland, his second of three sons. A book that collects "non-political" editorials about country life that originally appeared.....
NY: Knopf, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy of this posthumous book belonging to Hal Borland's son, Donal. Laid in is an oversized publicity postcard addressed to Donal Borland in Michigan as well as a note from Hal Borland's second wife, Barbara Dodge Borland, on a Knopf card, reading.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. Inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: "For Jane and Bill, with warmest regards, Paul, May 1971." Uncommon signed. His second book, following Roadless Area, which won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing. Brooks was editor-in-chief of Houghton-Mifflin, and in that.....
Knopf, New York, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in blue ink on the front free endpaper: "To Deborah Ellis Bigelow, with warmest regards from Paul Brooks, Christmas 1965." Second printing, in the second month of publication. Uncommon signed. This book won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing. Brooks.....
Sierra Club Books, 1983. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Inscribed in the year of publication on the title page: "For Dean, with warmest regards, Paul, December '83." Uncommon signed. Paul Brooks is a winner of the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing, and this is exploration and homage to his enviro-literary.....
Houghton Mifflin, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed on the half-title page by Brooks. A slender retrospective on his days in publishing as the editor-in-chief of Houghton-Mifflin, including several chapters on his work with Roger Tory Peterson, Rachael Carson, and other nature writers. As Rachel Carson's editor, he suggested the title.....
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.....
NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page by Campbell. Uncommon signed. A book about the Antarctic Peninsula in particular and about the scientists working at the Brazilian Research Station where Campbell spent three summers. It won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing.....
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: 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.....
Gainesville: U of Florida P, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "To Robert Barth, with compliments, Archie Carr." Below it is written "Christmas 1958" in a separate pen, but it may also be in Carr's hand. Uncommon signed, and signed books by Carr in general seem scarce.....
NY: William Morrow and Company, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Frank and Hazel, with our best, Lois and Louis." Both authors have signed, but the inscription is in Lois's hand. An uncommon book in general and scarce signed. An early primer on ecology from.....
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.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Signed in blue ink on the title page. Uncommon signed. This book won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing in 1999. "Deblieu brings a poet's voice and scientist's eye to this remarkable natural force showing how the bumping of a few molecules.....
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.....