Dutton, 1982. Soft cover. Softcover, sixth printing. Association copy, Inscribed to former Poet Laureate Donald Hall on the front free endpaper: "For Donald Hall, from Ed Abbey, with much admiration, Oracle, Arizona 1987." Abbey did have much admiration for Hall, writing for instance, in a blurb, that Hall's memoir Seasons.....
Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. A great association copy, inscribed at the top of the front free endpaper: "Rev. Z. Thompson, with the respect of L Agassiz." A scarce signature. "R.L. Agassiz" is written below in another hand (we note that his grandson was the prominent.....
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada: Goose Lane Editions, 2021. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed in a bold Sharpie on the half-title page: "To Kelly, Kazim Ali." The simultaneous Canadian edition, which appears quite uncommon; it was published in the United States by Milkweed. Uncommon signed because this memoir was published during the.....
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.....
W. W. Norton, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "For Tiazza and Scott -- with special reference to p. 288 and the back flap. Love, Dad -- William Ashworth." The recipients, his adopted daughter and her husband, are thanked at length in the acknowledgments, and.....
NY: Rinehart and Company, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to no recipient on the half title page: "With warm good wishes, Henry Beston." Uncommon signed. Part of the Rivers of America Series. Illustrated by A.Y. Jackson. Perhaps Beston's best known book beyond his classic The Outermost House. The St. Lawrence runs.....
NY: The Dial Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed boldly on the blue front free endpaper: "For Arnold, who may be about to turn my life around. My best, always, Roger Caras." Intriguing, but I guess we'll never know if his life was turned. Uncommon signed. A book that traces.....
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.....
Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page in the year of publication in a tidy script: "For Judy & Kevin, wishing you many happy hours in your wetlands . . . may wild places ever be near, David." Signed in full lower on the page and.....
Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page by Childs. His third book, first in hardcover, and his most iconic, uncommon signed. Childs is one of our premiere and most adventurous environmental writers, known above all for his explorations of American desert. He's twice the winner.....
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Signed and dated on the title page by Davis, the editor. Uncommon signed. The Wide Brim is a curation of Douglas's early columns on nature and much more from The Miami Herald, which were often preceded by a poem, and presents.....
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......
Peregrine Smith, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed as a gift on the front free endpaper by David Brower, the first and longtime executive director of the Sierra Club: "For Karen Gosling, with every best wish, presumptively, David R. Brower (who likes the grand canyon, too), January 31, 1986.".....
Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith, 1977. First thus. Hardcover. Signed by Stegner, who wrote the seven-page foreword to this edition, on the half-title page in brown ink, and scarce thus. Stegner famously wrote his doctoral thesis at Iowa on Dutton, which became his first slender book, Clarence Dutton: An Appraisal. Later.....
NY: Norton, 2023. First edition. Hardcover. A softcover advanced review copy (ARC), inscribed on the title page: "Anne, you put on a marvelous show! Dan." Uncommon signed, especially as a proof, which in general are increasingly uncommon in this digital age. Likely signed to a radio or TV show host.....
Ames: Iowa State UP, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "For Michael Kelly -- All good wishes for your efforts to advance the conservation of our natural resources -- Carolyn Errington." Uncommon signed. A posthumous collection of essays--mainly previously published in various magazines, but a few never.....
Kenmore, WA: Epicenter Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. As association copy, inscribed on the title page: "2001, N. Scott Momaday, I'd have enjoyed being at UAF [University of Alaska-Fairbanks] this fall during your time there! Best wishes, Jan Harper-Haines." Uncommon signed. We think the sentiment is she wishes she'd been.....
Seattle: Winn Books, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, not marked as such but from the library of painter Russell Chatham who did the illustrations for this volume. Signed by Harrison on the title page. One of an apparent 350 copies printed, but this one unnumbered and out of.....
Charlotte: The East Woods Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the editor on the title page: "For Jack Remington -- I appreciate your counsel and your friendship. Enjoy these [riparian?] experiences, and let's run another river together before long. Verne Huser." Possibly the Jack Remington who wrote several Oregon.....
DC: Smithsonian, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. A family association copy, inscribed on the blank opposite the title page with an original sketch of a crane, its head up-tilt: "For Jay -- With my love -- Dad., Dec 13, 1991." Jay Johnsgard was his son. A tribute and natural history of.....
NY: Anchor Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. A family association copy, inscribed on the half-title page with a lovely sketch of a snow goose: "Dec, 1978, For Pat and Jay, From Dad, with love." Jay Johnsgard was his son. One of Paul Johnsgard's classics, Song of the North Wind begins with a......
Lincoln: U Nebraska Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the full-spread title pages by this prolific ornithologist-writer and distinguished by a beautiful sketch of a crane. Also signed under his byline. "A brief and personal portrait of a river as it has existed in the past and as it.....
Lippincott, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to painter, writer, and fisherman Russell Chatham in the year of publication: "November 1977, For Russ, whose Montana is a way of life, not an antidote. With affection, Nick." A powerful association copy. Nick Lyons is one of the foremost writers and publishers (Lyons.....
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Norton, Yevtushenko, and Brower--every contributor listed on the title page has signed it but Matthiessen. Uncommon as such (Matthiessen's signature alone in this volume is more prevalent). Describes in word and photograph the 1990 journey of Matthiessen, Paul Winter, and.....
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. A great Alaskan association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "For Bob Belous, of the wandering range -- with all best, and highest regards, John." Also signed in full by McPhee on the title page. Robert Belous was an important figure with the.....