NY: Funk & Wangalls, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Third printing. Association copy, inscribed on the half-title page in blue ink: "To Alfred W. Miller, with warm regards and good wishes from Durward L. Allen, 2 Feb. '56." Uncommon signed. Alfred W. Miller was a writer and fisher with the pen.....
NY: Funk & Wangalls, 1954. Revised Edition. Hardcover. The revised edition, 1962 (12th overall printing of the title). An association copy, inscribed on the front free end paper: "27 May 92 , with warm regards to Jack Reneau---Recognizing your long devotion to the things we mutually consider to be worth.....
NY: Universe Books, 1978. First edition. Softcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "To Jack Morehead, Protector of the National Parks and friend of wildlife and natural resources, who cares for the planet and its people, from Robert Cahn." Uncommon signed. John "Jack" Morehead was the chief ranger and.....
Amherst: U Massachusetts P, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to former United States Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas: "Best wishes to Jack Ward Thomas, Richard M DeGraaf, Gretchen M. Whitman." Signed by both authors. Thomas has signed his name, date (1979) and.....
NY: Putnam, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page in the year of publication: "Oct. 23, 1995, For Ginny -- Keep caring for the earth -- its animals and its fishes! With admiration, Sylvia Earle." Also signed in full on the title page. Uncommon signed. Sylvia Earle (b.....
Atlanta: Turner E. Smith & Co, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. A scarce early textbook on conservation--we can find no other available copies--and here inscribed to a colleague: "To my friend H.P. Stuckey with sincere good wishes, Charlie Elliott." Charles Newton Elliott was the first Director of Georgia State Parks and.....
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.....
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.....
Ravens Eye Press, 2014. First edition. Softcover. An organizational association copy, inscribed on the half-title page, "For NMWA, Dave Foreman." NWMA is the New Mexico Water Authority, based in Albuquerque, making this an interesting association to a diverter (or more charitably, manager) of the rivers that Foreman fought to protect.....
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper in red ink: "Mary Lund is one of the most cheerful persons I've ever met. Bernie Frank." Uncommon signed, and uncommon in general. At the time of the writing of this book, Frank was an.....
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Grange in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: "To John E. Alexander, From Wallace Grange. 10/31/49." Uncommon signed. A groundbreaking book in wildlife management, predating Durward Allen's important book by five years. The book is organized in.....
Iowa State Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page in blue ink. Uncommon signed (her first book, An Eagle to the Sky, is common signed, but her other books seem the opposite). Laid in are several clippings about Hamerstrom and a book event from The Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin. Also.....
Ames: Iowa State UP, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page by Hamerstrom and by the illustrator Jack Oar. Uncommon signed (her first book, An Eagle to the Sky, is common signed, but her other books seem the opposite). Birding with a Purpose is Hamerstrom's third memoir, following up on her exploration.....
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing with number line to 2. Inscribed warmly on the half-title page: "To Karen, a steadfast friend and supporter in my work and in my life. 1986 has been better and more livable because fo you, God Bless for our.....
2001: Freeman, NY. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Halvarg on the title page. Uncommon signed, with no other copies available as of this writing. "A fascinating account of America's oceans and ocean politics, Blue Frontier explores the impact of history, commerce, and policy on marine life--and by extension all life.....
Madison: Wisconsin UP, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. A significant association copy, inscribed at length in the year of publication on the first blank by Hickey, the editor, in a tidy script: "For Durward L. Allen, The mighty atom from Indiana. He picked up a Wisconsin education (via Leopold) without even.....
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.....
Various: Various, 1945-1947. First thus. Softcover. Four scarce pamphlets authored by Aldo Leopold shortly before his death: 1) Leopold, Aldo. The Distribution of Wisconsin Hares. Issued April 10, 1947. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Vol. 37, 1945. Describes the shifting ranges of jackrabbits and snowshoe.....
Vancouver/Berkeley: Greystone Books (David Suzuki Foundation), 2015. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed to biodiversity pioneer Thomas Lovejoy who wrote the foreword: "Tom Lovejoy, with great admiration for his contribution to the conservation of the world's tropical rainforests and with heartfelt thanks for his help with this book! Claude.....
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Second printing in the year of publication. Inscribed by McPhee on the title page that same year: "To Mary, from Phyllis Dismore, Christmas 1971, and with best wishes from John McPhee." His classic work that shadows Sierra Club founder David Brower.....
NY: Natural History Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Two books: The first L David Mech's The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species. Fourteenth printing. A significant association copy, inscribed to Durward L Allen, Mech's mentor and a luminary of wildlife biology: "Dear Durward, Thank you for choosing me to.....
Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed on the title page: "For Jane Cottrell, Best wishes, Char, 2-3-07, Portland." Uncommon signed. Jane Cottrell rose to become the Forest Service's Deputy Chief, an office which sits just below the agency's Chief and Associate Chief (i.e. third in.....
Island Press, 1989. First edition. Softcover. Signed on the first blank and with a typed letter signed (TLS) laid in to Congressman Peter Hoagland from Norse on letterhead for the Center for Marine Conservation ( Norse was acting as its Chief Scientist). Dated 1990. He conveys the book and discusses.....
DC: Island Press, 1994. First edition. Softcover. Association copy: Former United States Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas's copy, with his ownership signature, date, and place ("Washington, D.C.") on the first blank. "Written by two leading conservation biologists, Saving Nature's Legacy is a thorough and readable introduction to issues of land management and.....
Washington DC: Island Press, 1988. First thus. Hardcover. A significant association copy, signed by five Chiefs of the U.S. Forest Service and inscribed at length on the title page by one of them to his Deputy Chief: "To Jim Furnish, you have been perhaps the best Deputy Chief in the.....