NY: Ten Speed Graphics, 2024. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed with a Sharpie on the half-title page: "To Mr. R! Eddie Ahn." As the publisher describes it: "A graphic memoir from an environmental justice lawyer that explores the relationship between immigration and activism, opportunity and obligation, and family and community." The.....
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.....
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. A small collection of critical Willa Cather material from the the library of Wallace Stegner. Stegner and Cather traded letters and he wrote about Cather in his essay collection The Sound of Mountain Water--probably these items served as fodder for that effort. This.....
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.....
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.....
LA: The Primavera Press, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy: Loren Eiseley's copy, with his signature at the top of the front free endpaper. One of 750 copies of this limited edition. Also laid in is a departmental book order card that Eiseley has filled out to purchase another.....
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.....
NY: Random House, 2023. First edition. Hardcover. Sixth printing. Inscribed at the top of the title page: "To Sophie, Christian Cooper." Uncommon signed, surprisingly so, with on other copies available as of this writing. Cooper was propelled into the spotlight following his infamous run-in with Amy Cooper (no relation) in.....
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: Pantheon, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. The book itself isn't signed, but laid in is a brief autographed note signed (ALS) on Dobbs's personal stationary: "Jeff, good talking with you. Enjoy the diving and the reefs, and take a peek for me. I've still not been to [?]. Till next.....
NY: Harper, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Presumed later printing with "E-Z" on copyright page. But a nice association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "For Johsel Namkung, from his friend, William O Douglas." Namkung has been described as "the Northwest's preeminent landscape photographer of the latter 20th century." A Korean.....
Boulder: U Colorado P, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "For Charlie and Karen, Steady friends, loyal neighbors, Alex Drummond." Uncommon signed. "The first full-length examination of Mills and his work, an incisive account of a complex, controversial, and often difficult man who touched millions of lives.....
NY: Dodd, Mead. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Nancy and Robert Follett, with my best wishes, Virgina S Eifert, May 26, 1964." Uncommon signed. A book dedicated to the "Illinois State Museum, which since my early childhood, has played a vital and inseparable part in.....
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the title page: "To David and Elizabeth Lovejoy, with warmest regard--and deepest thanks for pointing me in this direction. Susan Flader." David S. Lovejoy was a professor of history at the University of Madison-Wisconsin, best.....
Twayne, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy: Kenneth Rexroth's own copy, inscribed to him and his wife by the author on the half-title page: "For Kenneth + Carol, from Morgan + Ada, Nature through you to us + back again, Santa Barbara, February 1973." Although a major champion of the.....
DC: Island Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Davida, who is in a very indirect way responsible for this book! I hope you enjoy Beebe's remarkable life as much as Jim and I have. Fondly, Carol." Uncommon signed. Beebe was indeed a fascinating naturalist-writer, known.....
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.....
NY: Knopf, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Bob Galvin, our Thoreau book-hunter par excellence, who tracked down this first edition. With best wishes, Walt Harding. Concord, Mass, July 4, 1980 -- the 135th anniversary of Henry's going to Walden." Uncommon signed.....
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.....
Univ of Virginia Pr, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in the year of publication: "For Bob Galvin, our Transcendental lawyer, Linck C. Johnson, Concord, MA 1986." Uncommon signed. This book, by a professor at Colgate, traces the development of Thoreau's *A Week* from "inception to publication." Includes the first draft.....
Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Lanham on the title page. Uncommon signed. This book was a finalist for the John Burroughs Medal in natural history writing in 2017, and in this copy there are two "gift of the John Burroughs Association" bookplates/labels stating that distinction, one.....
NY: Henry Holt, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "To Ann Sheffield, with kind regards and best wishes to your work. Linda Lear." Uncommon signed. Lear's book is the definitive biography of Rachel Carson, and it received the Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize.....
NY: Henry Holt, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. An uncommon softcover uncorrected proof of this definitive biography of Rachel Carson, which received the Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize from the History of Science Society. Lear has continued to write about Carson and has become the foremost steward and.....