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.....
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: 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.....
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.....
Bantam Books, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An association copy, signed by Carter on the FFEP in purple ink, with a later inscription from the former President in pencil in a shaky hand: "Russ [Chatham], See you in MT, on Sept 7, 8 days for you and NF." Who or what.....
Harcourt, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed on the title page: "Leo Connellan, for Annie Dillard, October 16, 1987." With Dillard's bookplate. Blurbs by Sydney Lea, Richard Eberhart, and Hayden Carruth. Connellan live in Greenwich Village during the Beat scene, and later was the the Poet Laureate of Connecticut.....
NY: Doubleday, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing with number line to 2. Signed and dated in 1977 by Cousteau on the front free endpaper, and thus uncommon. Part of his Undersea Discoveries series. An oversized octavo with 124 photographs in color and an illustrated glossary at rear. A fine.....
NY: Doubleday. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing. Signed by Cousteau on the title page, and uncommon thus, with no other copies available as of ths writing. A book that "recreate[s] the celebrated explorer's underwater adventures in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea," especially of coral reefs. With 122 photographs in.....
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.....
Minneapolis: Milkweed, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "For Sandy, with love & gratitude and all blessings, CD, Missoula." Signed in full over his byline. Uncommon signed. A well-received nonfiction debut about a legendary bonefishing guide and his elusive quarry in the Bahamas, woven with Caribbean and.....
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......
NY: Putnam, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page in the year of publication: "For Jerry Schubel -- I look forward to sharing many adventures with you -- above the ocean and below. With admiration, Sylvia Earle, 25 March 1995." Also signed in full on the title page.....
NY: The University Society, Inc, 1933. First thus. Hardcover. A set of two volumes, each inscribed by the editor. Volume one reads on the front free end paper: "Inscribed for Archibald Johnston at the request of Phyllis Brindley, the giver of the book, by Clyde Fisher, the editor of the.....
Ames: Iowa State Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "For Kurt, Happy hunting! Fran Hamerstrom." Uncommon signed (her first book, An Eagle to the Sky, is common signed, but her other books seem the opposite).Hamerstrom broke away from an elite--and as she saw it, effete--background in Boston to.....
NY: Doubleday, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. A nice association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "For Farida Wiley, with best regards from John Hay." His first book, uncommon signed. Farida Wiley was a prominent naturalist who worked for the American Museum of Natural History and was well-known for leading nature.....
Boston: Beacon Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. The uncorrected proof, inscribed on the half-title page: "To Susan, Freeman House." Uncommon signed. "Part lyrical true-life adventure, part social and philosophical manifesto, Totem Salmon tells the story of a determined band of locals who've worked for two decades to salve on of the.....
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.....
NY: Random House, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page in blue ink. Matthiessen's account of the first expedition to film the Great White underwater, a journey from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean to South Australia. A good book on account of some odd stippled wear to.....
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NY: Random House, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. The softcover uncorrected proof in yellow wraps, signed by Matthiessen with a Sharpie on the title page. Especially uncommon as such. A large octavo or small quarto without the images of the finished book. Near fine with a crease from basic use along.....
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed on the half title in the year of publication: "For Roy Newman, with the very best wishes of Randal Whitman, and with regards, too, from Randal s brother-in-law, John McPhee, 2002." Not sure who Roy Newman is presumably he.....
New York: The Telegraph Press, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: "To Ms. Liveright, who may find readers of this [?] in her family circle, with the warm regards of her old boss, Gifford Pinchot, July 1936." Alice F......
Knopf, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Tenth printing, association copy, inscribed to National Book Award-winning novelist Robert Stone: "For Robert Stone, Good fishing in Idaho and Andros. All best, James Prosek." With a little sketch of a fly after his signature. Prosek has been described as the Audubon of fish, and.....
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing. Signed on the title page by Roth. Uncommon signed. An early book about invasive species (before they were called invasive species . . . Roth uses the term "alien creatures") and accessible to a juvenile audience. Charles Edmund Roth was a......
NY: A New York Review Book / Random House, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed with a blue pen on the front free endpaper: "For Joane, in appreciation of the work you have already done for Animal Liberation. Peter Singer." Uncommon signed. Singer's second book, and perhaps the seminal text in.....