NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page in the year of publication, apparently just after a promotional appearance on a TV show: "To the staff of 'Contact'--thanks for having me on your show. Your enthusiasm show in your production and certainly makes it.....
Salt Lake City: Howe Brothers, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. A nice association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: "To Kenton Miller, In appreciation for your fine work as a leader in the conservation movement and to protect and support national parks all over the.....
Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page by Beckey, and uncommon thus. "The first comprehensive account of the nineteenth-century exploration and survey of the northern Cascade Range," finally arriving at the role of the Forest Service and National Park Service. Winner of 2004.....
DC: Island Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "For Eleni -- An old and dear friend whose courage and love life and family is an inspiration to us all. With blessing and hopes for all your own fine journeys -- Michael P. Branch, Seattle, April /.....
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.....
Park City: Pavey Western Publishing, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. An association, not signed but with a full-page typed signed letter (TLS) from the author to N. Scott Momaday laid in. The letter reminds him of an event they did together and a previous interview, and introduces this new book about.....
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.....
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.".....
NY: Emergency Conservation Committee, 1937. First edition. Softcover. Publication no. 63 of the Emergency Conservation Committee (ECC), with the subtitle: "No Economic Need, But Only Commercial Greed, the Obstacle to the Mount Olympus Park. Uncommonly found, these pamphlets were written by Rosalie Edge (Mrs. C. N. Edge), the ECC chairman.....
NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. inscribed in the year of publication on the title page: “To Jennifer, best wishes, Tim Flannery, 30 April, 2011.” Uncommon signed, with no other copies available as of this writing. Flannery is renown Australian scientist (an Australian of the Year) best-known for.....
NY: Random House, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. A nice association copy, inscribed on the half-title page in a blue pen: "For my dear friends Tom and Ruth Harkin, with deepest respect and gratitude -- and with best wishes always, Al Gore." With Harkin's ownership signature at the top of the.....
College Station: Texas A&M UP, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To my colleagues at TNC [The Nature Conservancy], who understand the power of engagement and compromise. Paul Hansen." Uncommon signed, and a nice organizational association. Hansen, a former president of the Isaak Walton League and.....
NY: Harper & Row, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Hay on the title page: "For Carl and Mary Taylor, with all good wishes, John Hay." Possibly the Carl Taylor who was a prominent physician of international health at John Hopkins. "In describing the land and inhabitants of the North.....
NY: MacMillan, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Holbrook on the front free endpaper, and scarce thus. A book that begins with his own firsthand account of a fire in British Columbia, explores other major wildfires around the U.S., and finishes with "an account of modern methods of preventing fires.....
NY: Macmillan Company, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page. His first book, uncommon signed in the first printing. Holbrook first worked in logging in the Northeast before he began to write about timber (first for The Lumber News) and then left to become a freelance journalist full-time, arriving.....
Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1972. First thus. Softcover. A first thus paperback, signed on the half-title page: "To dear Helga and Hans, another Hans, Feb. 15/72." Uncommon signed, and probably scarce in this edition. Art historian Hans Huth fled Nazi Germany in 1937 and remained in the U.S., where he eventually became.....
Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page in the year of publication: "Autographed by the author for my good friend Dick Sheridan, John Ise, March 24, 1961." Uncommon signed, and uncommon book in general. Sheridan was Ise's colleague and a fellow.....
Toronto: Random House Canada, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. The simultaneous Canadian edition, signed by Jacobs on the title page. Her sixth and penultimate book, uncommon signed in any edition (this copy is the only signed copy of this title available as of this writing). Though the number line starts with.....
Bismarck: State Historical Society of North Dakota, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the dedication page by the editor: "For Scott Momaday, with gratitude and unlimited repsect, Clay Jenkinson, October 1, 2004." From the library of N. Scott Momaday, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for House of.....
Madison: Wisconsin Conservation Department, 1948. First edition. Softcover. Volume 13, number 6 of this publication, edited by N.H. Hoveland. The Centennial Issue. Uncommon, with no other copies currently available, and notable for the one-page memorial statement from the Wisconsin Conservation commission at front about Aldo Leopold, who had died in.....
2008: Library of America, NY. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing. Inscribed on the title page: "For Ruth Anne -- Part of a great tradition. Bill McKibben." Uncommon signed. A handsome and excellent anthology edited by McKibben and with a foreword by Al Gore. The classics like Aldo Leopold, Edward Abbey.....
NY: Morrow, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half title page: 3/24/94, For Mark--Thanks for your help. We'll pay you someday, I swear! Later, Marc Mowrey." Also signed by Tim Redmond, his co-author. Uncommon signed. "Not in Our Backyard" shows the human face of the grass-roots struggle to save.....
Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half title page: "Welcome to the nicest neighbors, Louise + Oakes -- Jeffrey, Michael + Stephen, from Grace Murphy and Robert Cushman Murphy, 1966." Uncommon signed. Robert Cushman Murphy's signature is in a different.....
Tuscon: U Arizona P, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. A nice association copy, inscribed on the title page: "For Joe Tainter, with gratitude, Gary Nabhan." Uncommon signed with no other copies available as of this writing. Tainter is a prominent anthropologist, historian, and professor in the Department of Environment and Society.....