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.....
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].....
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.....
Yosemite, CA: Flying Spur, 1970. First edition. Softcover. Association copy, inscribed to Horace Albright--who wrote the foreword to this volume--on a typed, signed label affixed to the half-title page: "Aug. 3, 1970, For Grace and Horace with appreciation, admiration and affection. Shirley." Her signature is in her hand. Stapled to.....
Boston: Mariner, 2022. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Schwerber on the title page. Uncommon signed, as it was released in the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic. The first biography of DeVoto since Stegner's, and also profiling Avis DeVoto, his wife. "The untold story of the extraordinary fight to defend.....
New Haven: Yale UP, 1999. First edition. Softcover. Third printing. Association copy: Former United States Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas's copy, with his ownership signature, date, and place ("Missoula, MT") on the half-title page. A book that "traces the epic clash of values between traditional scenery-and-tourism management and emerging ecological.....
NY: Pantheon, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to no recipient on the title page: "best wishes, JW Simpson." Uncommon signed. "A vivid account of America's first environmental cause celebre, which illuminates our attitudes toward fundamental questions of growth, development, and our place in nature." Key players in the book of.....
Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing. An association copy, not signed by the authors but with a compelling non-authorial inscription on the half-title page: "To John and Kathinka -- Thank you for showing much interest in wolves. Our best and with love, Jamie & Jim.....
NY: Oxford University Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the title page: "For Polly Dyer, Thank for your broad & deep interest in parks and wilderness. Very best regards, Mark Spence." Uncommon signed. Polly Dyer was an important conservationist in the Northwest, instrumental in the protection.....