NY: Dutton, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. One of Edward Abbey's own copies, inscribed by him on the the front free endpaper and given away: "For Katherine G., All the best, Ed Abbey." Also on the FFEP is his ownership signature and note, "ex libris Abbey," struck through at the moment.....
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on the from free endpaper: "To Cynthia Farah, Edward Abbey, Tucson '84." Farah is a photographer and film critic and was a friend of many Southwest writers (among them also Cormac McCarthy).....
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.....
NY: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1984. First edition. Softcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "To Scott Rushforth -- all the best! Edward Abbey." Rushforth was a cultural and linguistic anthropologist who studied American Indian language, culture, and society at the University of New Mexico. First printing of the.....
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: Little, Brown, 2017. First printing, signed on the title page. Near fine with very minor bumping to top corners; in a very good jacket with a little rubbing and creasing.
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.....
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: Lippincott, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Julia and Peno Segalla, Cordially, Hal Borland." A selection of outdoor editorials from The New York Times, uncommon signed. Also laid in is a brief note: "Peno -- Thanks for a fine job. Hal Borland, 8-11-65." The recipients.....
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.....
NY: Broadway Books, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "To Veronica, MAny thanks and all very best wishes, Bill Bryson." Uncommon signed in this US edition. A contemporary outdoor classic and only rivaled by Cheryl Strayed''s Wild as the most-read and -beloved thru-hiking memoir, inspiring countless others.....
London: Doubleday / Transworld Publishers, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. The simultaneous British edition, inscribed in the year of publication on the title page: "For Phyllis, All very best wishes, Bill Bryson, Lowon [sp?], November '97." A contemporary outdoor classic and only rivaled by Cheryl Strayed''s Wild as the most-read and.....
NY: Broadway Books, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Bryson on the title page. Uncommon signed in this US edition. A contemporary outdoor classic and only rivaled by Cheryl Strayed''s Wild as the most-read and -beloved thru-hiking memoir, inspiring countless others to "get out there," with a sense of humor. .....
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Association copy: a softcover uncorrected proof from the library of Joan Didion, with a short signed letter dated 1980 from the director of advertising, publicity and promotion at the publisher conveying the proof to her in Los Angeles and asking for praise.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
Hamish Hamilton, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First British edition, following Doubleday s 1970 limited and trade editions. Inscribed by Dickey to John Gardner, of Grendel fame, with his usual flourish and aplomb on the first flyleaf, uniting two of the bad boys of contemporary literature: "to John Gardner, from James.....
Knopf, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed in black ink directly on the title page. Fine book in fine jacket with one touch of wear to upper spine; still fine.
NY: Knopf, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page in blue ink by Didion. Her classic work on her home state and her upbringing in Sacramento, which explores the Golden State mythos and "examine[s] how the folly and recklessness in the very grain of the California settlement led.....
NY: Knopf, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Seventeeth printing. Signed on the title page. The Year of Magical Thinking, a memoir about the loss of her husband Gregory Dunne, won the National Book Award, was made into a Broadway play starring Vanessa Redgrave, and was recently named by The New York Times.....
NY: Knopf, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Inscribed two days after its official publication date (October 6, 2005) on the title page: "For Dee Dee -- via Kelly -- with thanks for the picture help! Joan Didion, October 8 2005." An uncommonly long inscription for Didion, who is typically.....
NY: Knopf, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Nineteenth printing. Signed on the title page. The Year of Magical Thinking, a memoir about the loss of her husband Gregory Dunne, won the National Book Award, was made into a Broadway play starring Vanessa Redgrave, and was recently named by The New York Times.....