NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Beebe's third book and his first for a more general audience, here signed twice, in different inks and so apparently at different times: once on the half-title page as "William Beebe" and again, probably earlier, on the title page as "C.....
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Marie + Robert Lawson, Cordially, Hal Borland." Uncommon signed. Robert Lawson is renown as the illustrator of the children's book The Story of Ferdinand (the bull). A nice association in this context as.....
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.....
SF: Sierra Club Books, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on the half-title page: "For Don, from his Yankee-in-law father -- Hal Borland, 1976." Donal Borland was his second son. Borland is originally from Colorado, but moved with his second wife, the writer.....
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: 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.....
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: "For Natasha -- with fond wishes -- Mary D., Michael Hardwood, April 1974." Uncommon signed, and each signature in their own hand. A joint journal of their first year back in northwest.....
NY: Ecco, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the front free endpaper by Heinrich, and thus uncommon. A unique book about how animals make it through winter, from kinglets to squirrels, via an exploration of Heinrich's Maine woods and with his own illustrations throughout, including on the cover of the.....
NY: William Sloane Associates, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Krutch at the top of the front free endpaper (his usual location). An uncommon book in general, particularly with jacket, and scarce signed. A review copy with the publisher's slip laid in. His fifth book and first about the natural.....
NY: Frederick Warne & Co, Inc., 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Medsger on the front free endpaper: "To Reba Capen Treadwell, with kind regards of her friend, the author Oliver Perry Medsger, Arlington, NJ, Jan. 26, 1933." Part of Medsger's Nature Rambles quartet, a literary walking tour to closely.....
NY: Putnam, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Seventh impression. Signed on the title page by Peattie, and uncommon thus. Peattie's best known book, a naturalist's classic recounting of a year, here via a short essay for each day. From the jacket: "An essay on biology in 365 parts. From the first.....
Moscow: U Idaho P, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the half-title page. Uncommon signed. A memoir about a winter as caretakers at the remote Taylor Wilderness Research Station in the Frank Church/River of No Return Wilderness operated by the.....
NY: Doubleday, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Petite on the title page. Uncommon signed. A book about a year spent "ranging from his Cascade Mountains ranch to the swamps, pond, and high places of Puget Sound country" with renewed motivation and clarity after a near death experience. Known as.....
NY: Thomas Nelson Inc., 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing, September 1972. Inscribed to no recipient on the title page: "The variety of winter adaptations of invertebrate animals is amazing and mind boggling. Helen Ross Russell." Uncommon signed. One has to love the very specific nature of this book, which.....
Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Simpson on the half-title page. Uncommon signed. Her first book, winner of the Chinook Literary Prize. Simpson passed away in 2020 and is described in this remembrance in the Anchorage Daily News as a "beloved friend and mentor to a whole generation of Alaska.....
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Fourth printing. Signed on the title page by Teale and located in Baldwin, NY, where Teale lived before moving to Connecticut. A book that is apparently uncommon in general and likely scarce signed. Teale is best known for his quartet of books in.....
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Third printing in the year of publication, signed boldly on the title page. Uncommon signed, as are pretty much all of Teale's books. The third book in Teale's classic American Seasons quartet (see our signed boxed set), of which the final installment, Wandering through.....
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Sixteenth printing, 1960. Signed on the title page by Teale in blue ink, and thus uncommon. "A natural history of spring, a biography of the world's favorite season," in this book Teale and his wife Nellie travel from Florida to Maine following spring.....
Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A boxed set of Teale's acclaimed American Seasons series, four volumes, all signed. In Paul Brooks's review of American nature writing, *Speaking for Nature,* he describes this quartet as "a landmark in the literature of nature." In this set, Autumn.....
Minneapolis: U Minnesota P, 1998. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "Claudia, One writer to another, Jim dale Huot-Vickery." With a small landscape sketch following his signature and the previous owner's tidy signature (Claudia Curran) at the top of the page.. His third and last book, only issued.....