W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. Forsyth, Turid. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "For ___, with appreciation for your enthusiasm and interest in the natural world. John Alcock, 17 June 1999." This book won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing. Near fine book in near.....
Italy: Damiani, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. A compelling association copy, inscribed on the title page: "For Joan [Didion], whose words about wind inspired me in my work. I hope you [?] the mistral. Happy Birthday! Rachel." Uncommon signed. A photo book dedicated to the famous mistral wind of the wine-growing.....
NY: Simon and Schuster, 2024. First edition. Softcover. Second printing. Inscribed on the title page in green ink in the year of publication: "For Joylanda -- Bloom & Thrive -- Happy Birthday! Camille Dungy, September 14, 2024." Uncommon signed, and an essential addition to growing canon of Black environmental writing.....
NY: Simon and Schuster, 2024. First edition. Hardcover. Third printing. Inscribed on the title page in green ink in the year of publication: "For Jillian -- Bloom & thrive! Camille Dungy, June 2023, Denver." Uncommon signed, and an essential addition to growing canon of Black environmental writing. Dungy is a......
Berkeley: International Phycological Society, 1969. First edition. Softcover. Sylvia Earle's doctoral dissertation on algae (seaweed) in the Gulf of Mexico, here as an offprint from the journal Phycologia (Vol. 7, No. 2, Sept. 9, 1969). Inscribed by her at the top of the front wrap: "With best regards -- Sylvia.....
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.....
First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, and a nice pairing. The book is inscribed artfully on the title page, incorporating the printed title: "For Larry, [Summer] from [Snow] to the wind and time. Robert Hass." Uncommon signed (no other copies available as of this writing), perhaps in light of the.....
St. Paul: Milkweed, 2013. First edition. Softcover. Twenty-fifth printing. Inscribed on the title page: "For Paul, Robin Wall Kimmerer." Surprisingly uncommon signed. As detailed in articles about the sensation that this book has become, Braiding Sweetgrass had a first hardcover printing of only 8,000 copies, most of which were probably bought.....
Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. A scarce signed copy of the first printing, here inscribed to no recipient on the half-title page: "In honor of our oldest teachers, the plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer." As detailed in articles about the sensation that this book has become, Braiding Sweetgrass had a......
NY: Scribner, 2024. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the first blank by Kimmerer, and uncommon thus. Laid in is a promotional bookmark with a "seed leaf" that, if planted, will sprout; the bookmark is wrapped in Saran wrap to keep the seeds fresh or viable. A small, handsomely-produced book consisting.....
NY: Scribner, 2024. First edition. Hardcover. Third printing. Signed on a publisher's bookplate by Kimmerer, and uncommon thus. A small, handsomely-produced book consisting of an extended essay about the serviceberry (also known as shadbush or saskatoon), reciprocity, and more from the bestselling writer of Braiding Sweetgrass. Kimmerer also won the.....
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.....
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A layered and compelling association copy, inscribed "For Sir Peregrine Henniker-Heaton, from Sara Spencer, with assistance from John McPhee, 3/26/71." McPhee has a wonderful habit of naming the intermediary of a gifted book, so we ll start with Sara Spencer. Her married.....
Mariposa, CA: Rocking K Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper by William F. Kimes, who provides the introduction here and was Muir's main bibliographer: "Every good wish to the Elvira and Carroll on this memorable meeting of the Moxon Chapel.....
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by both Nabhan and the illustrator Paul Mirocha on the title page. Uncommon signed. Nabhan's second book, the winner of the John Burroughs Medal in natural history writing. Includes twelve chapters on different, bountiful desert plants and their uses, and.....
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "To Ida & Tom Costain, with personal regards and best wishes, Rutherford Platt, September 1949." Uncommon signed. Opposite the author's inscription is another: "To Aunt Ida, with love, Phil, Christmas 1947." So the book was.....
Thomas Nelson, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Movingly inscribed on front paste down in blue ink by Helen Ross Russell: "To Ann Foster, Happy Birthday 1979. It was wonderful to have you with us when you were a pretty little golden-haired toddler. It was a matter of great pleasure to know.....
Bolinas: Four Seasons Foundation, 1972. First edition. Softcover. A significant association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on the title page to the publisher: "Kitkitdizze 18.X.40072, For Don Allen (who drank our local manzanita berry tea yesterday), Gary Snyder." Uncommon signed. Kitkitdizze is Snyder's homestead in the foothills of.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing. Inscribed on the title page: "To Maggie, Sara B. Stein." Uncommon signed. An influential book that argues for ditching manicured ornamental gardens and lawns for ecologically-sensitive yards of native species attractive to wildlife and narrates her own "ungardening" experiment at home.....
NY: Duffield and Co, 1930. First thus. Hardcover. Fourteenth overall edition, 1930. Originally published in 1907 by Paul Elder and followed by this revised edition in 1917 by Dodd, Mead. Signed and dated "Jan. 1933" on the front free endpaper. Uncommon signed. Wonderful and whimsical, this book humorously distinguishes between.....
NY: Harper & Row, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page by Zwinger in blue ink, and uncommon signed by her. This book was a finalist for the 1973 National Book Award in Science. "The first comprehensive book on the ecology of the alpine tundra of the United.....