NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper just after publication: "for Hubert Bermont from Edward Abbey, with best regards. Sonoita, Sonora : March '68." The book was published in February, making this a very early inscribed copy, either in the.....
NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the front free endpaper by Abbey. One of the classics of American environmental writing, Abbey writes of his time as a ranger at Arches National Monument and of its desert geology and wildlife, takes a last float trip through Glen Canyon.....
Tucson: University of Arizona, 1988. First thus. Hardcover. The 20th anniversary edition with an excellent association, inscribed in the year of publication in a purple pen on the front free endpaper to a co-founder of Earth First!: "To Ron [Kezar], an EF! leader, -- with admiration and affection, from his.....
NY: Little, Brown, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. A nice association copy, inscribed by Wallace Stegner, who wrote the five-page foreword, on the title page: "For Leo Holub, in friendship. Wallace Stegner, Nov. 10 1988." Scarce signed by Stegner (and a posthumous book from Adams, who died in 1984). Holub was.....
Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 1928. White, Ruth Taylor (illustrator). First edition. Hardcover. Second edition, August 1929 (18 months after first publication). Inscribed on the half-title page in blue ink: "For Sir Byron Bailey, a great eastern Westerner, with admiration, appreciation, and warm regards, Horace Albright." Uncommon signed. With a......
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.....
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.....
Englewood, CO: Westcliffe Publisher, 1995. First edition. Softcover. A local association copy, his first book, only published in softcover (a paperback original), and here inscribed on the title page: "For Frank & Penny, In case we don't meet soon, here is an update on this wild life. I am hoping.....
Boulder: U Colorado P, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "For Charlie and Karen, Steady friends, loyal neighbors, Alex Drummond." Uncommon signed. "The first full-length examination of Mills and his work, an incisive account of a complex, controversial, and often difficult man who touched millions of lives.....
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: Praeger Publishers, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the title page (recipient's name not quite legible) and dated in the year of publication. Uncommon signed. A comprehensive look at the National Park Service published on the hundredth anniversary of the founding of Yellowstone NP. With a......
The American Alpine Journal / Privately Printed, 1939. First edition. Softcover. An association copy, handsomely inscribed at the top of the front free endpaper: "To Evelyn Runnette, with the regards of a fellow-climber on the Grand Teton, Francis P. Farquhar." Scarce signed. An offprint from The American Alpine Journal, Vol.....
NY: McGraw Hill, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the red front free endpaper: "For Richard--'Sweet and lo -- wind of the western sea' --p. 122, love -- Helga Sandburg and Barney Crile, 15, Jan 78." The inscription is in Sandburg's hand but the signature of her co-author and husband.....
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.....
Boulder: Colorado Associated UP, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. A family association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "For Pat and Jay, With love -- Dad." Jay Johnsgard was his son. An uncommon book in general, undoubtedly scarce signed. A book on the Teton environs and its biotic communities, with special.....
Salt Lake City: Torrey House, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the editor and contributor Jacqueline Keeler (Diné/Dakota) on the title page. Uncommon signed. A collection of essays and poems from a wide variety of indigenous voices giving testimony to the importance of the Bears Ears in southwestern Utah, which.....
Ashland, OR: Lewis Osborne, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. An uncommon limited edition, this number 645 of 1000 copies, and a nice association copy, inscribed in the year of publication by the editor via a label affixed on the limitation page: "Christmas, 1972, For Jean Hanna Clark who, by ancestory [sic].....
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. First edition. Paperback. The simultaneous paperback issue of this small treatise on the way forward for conservation. Signed by both authors on the half-title page, and thus uncommon. With a foreword by Terry Tempest Williams. Michaels is a professor of environmental sustainability at Clemson.....
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Third printing, 1977. A nice association copy, inscribed on the title page: "for Bob and Judy Belous, touch of the North Cascades, best-- John McPhee." Uncommon signed in any printing. Robert Belous was a friend McPhee made in Alaska as he.....
NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Fourth printing, 1979. An association copy, inscribed on the title page: "for Judy and Bob Belous, the upper and lower levels of Anchorage racquetball. best -- John McPhee." Uncommon signed in any printing, and a witty inscription. Robert Belous was a......
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Will H. Hays who appreciates the place which National Parks have in National Life. Enos A. Mills." A nice inscription, and uncommon signed. Hay was the manager of Warren G. Harding's successful campaign.....
Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "For Tom & Marie Till, In celebration of our great landscape -- David Muench, May 1995." Tom Till (his website) is a prolific and well-known Southwest photographer known for.....
Santa Fe: SAR Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the title page: "With sincere appreciation and thanks to Scott, David Grant Noble." The recipient, N. Scott Momaday, wrote the five-page foreword, in which he begins: "David Grant Noble writes out of an extraordinary fund of knowledge.....
University of Nebraska Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Second printing, 1981. An association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "April 1, 1986, Best wishes to John M. Morehead, sincerely, Alfred Runte, Yosemite National Park, California." Uncommon signed. John "Jack" Morehead was the chief ranger and then superintendent of Yosemite.....
Yosemite, CA: Flying Spur Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed to Horace Albright--who wrote the foreword to this volume--on a typed, signed label affixed to the first blank: "May 17, 1975, For Horace Albright, whose memories and Foreword enhance this book, with the appreciation, admiration, and deep affection.....