Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada: Goose Lane Editions, 2021. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed in a bold Sharpie on the half-title page: "To Kelly, Kazim Ali." The simultaneous Canadian edition, which appears quite uncommon; it was published in the United States by Milkweed. Uncommon signed because this memoir was published during the.....
NY: The Seabury Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. An excellent association copy, inscribed to poet-translator Robert Fitzgerald on the front free endpaper with lines from one of the book's untitled poems in Spanish that W.S. Merwin translates as: "women on the sea shore are waiting / for dawn to come.....
Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy: Of a limited edition of 50 copies in French marbled paper over boards, this is one of 10 with a holograph poem by Aridjis opposite the holograph translation by editor Eliot Weinberger, in this case a beautiful, gnomic, spare.....
DC: Island Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "For Eleni -- An old and dear friend whose courage and love life and family is an inspiration to us all. With blessing and hopes for all your own fine journeys -- Michael P. Branch, Seattle, April /.....
NY: Knopf, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page in green ink: "For Ann Walker Johnson, with my compliments, Archie Carr." Uncommon signed. Carr's second book, following The Windward Road which won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing. An exploration of his African travels (ulendo means.....
Toronto: S.J. Reginald Saunder and Company, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed handsomely opposite the title page: "To my dear friend Paul [?], With love from the author." Uncommon signed, and an uncommon book in general. With illustrations by famed illustrator Thoreau McDonald. Her second book and her first work of.....
Simon & Schuster, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Advanced uncorrected proof, softcover, inscribed on the front end free paper: "For Joe Libs [sp?], with all my thanks for this unlikely bestseller -- Joan Didion, April 7 83." An apparent association copy, probably to someone who helped promote or edit the book.....
Minneapolis: Milkweed, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "For Sandy, with love & gratitude and all blessings, CD, Missoula." Signed in full over his byline. Uncommon signed. A well-received nonfiction debut about a legendary bonefishing guide and his elusive quarry in the Bahamas, woven with Caribbean and.....
Reed Books, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed on the front free end paper: "To Stephen J. Gould, with warmest regards, Tim Flannery, 12th May 1995." The first book from this decorated scientist-writer, later known for his blockbuster The Weather Makers, and a powerhouse association copy signed to another.....
St Albans: The Sumach Press, 1992. First thus. Softcover. A wonderful association copy, inscribed to his friend and soon-to-be mother-in-law on the title page: "Dear Leo, Affectionately, after this fallow season! John, July 18, 1993." After John Fowles's first wife passed away, he remarried in 1998 to Sarah Smith, who.....
NY: Little, Brown, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page in blue ink: "To Yvonne: Keep on brachiating in support of orangutans." Uncommon signed. "Brachiating" is a neato verb specific to primates: to move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch. The late Birute Galdikas.....
NY: Nation Books, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. A nice association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on the half-title page: "To Scott, my brother, Eduardo, 2009, in Santa Fe." With a small animal sketch. Momaday was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for House of the Rising Dawn in 1969.....
College Station: Texas A&M UP, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To my friend, Harley Reno -- peerless naturalist. Frederick R. Gehlbach." Uncommon signed. Reno was Gehlbach's colleague at Baylor and a professor of biology. "In this engaging personal narrative, biologist Fred Gehlbach.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Nicely inscribed in the year of publication on the half-title page: "For Adriana, With appreciation for your support and concern. We need people like you. Jane Goodall, December 1990." Uncommon signed. Laid in is a 3 x 5" color photo of the recipient.....
Fredonia, NY: White Pine Press, 1987. First edition. Softcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "To Jim Harrison, somewhere along a river -- learning and teaching -- with admiration, Sam Hamill, I.91" A seemingly scarce book--we can find no other copies online as of this writing--and more so.....
Saint Paul: Coffee House Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the second blank: "For Jim [Harrison], gassho! Sam Hamill." With several Chinese characters as well. Uncommon signed, and an uncommon book in general despite a stated run of 1,500 copies. From the library of poet-novelist Jim.....
NY: Avon Books, 1996. First edition. Softcover. A nice association copy, inscribed on the title page in the year of publication: "May 21, 1998, For Dr. George Schaller, with great admiration and best wishes -- Richard Ives." One of the most renown wildlife biologists of all time, Schaller was profiled in.....
London: Bloomsbury, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Jameson on the title page. Uncommon signed. From the jacket: "Fifty years on, Connor Mark Jameson reflects on the growth of environmentalism since Silent Spring was published. His revealing and engaging tale plots milestone events in conservation, popular culture and political history in.....
London: Sort Of Books, 2012. First edition. Softcover. Signed on the title page in a small script by Jamie, an award-winning Scottish poet who John Berger calls "a sorceress of the essay form." Uncommon signed, and only published as a paperback original with French flaps. This book won the John.....
Berkeley: U California P, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Ed Fitzsimmons, With hopes of sharing time again in La Paz or one of the other coastal parts of Mexico, ASL." Also signed in full, "A. Starker Leopold," on the title page. Uncommon signed, with no.....
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: Viking Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page in blue ink: "For Dick Ader, with many thanks and warmest regards, Peter." Ader was Matthiessen's lawyer, working at Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst in Manhattan where he also served other writers such as Eudora Welty.....
NY: Viking, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Notable for a relatively chatty inscription on the half-title page, uncommon from Matthiessen: "For Libby + Blake, The last Stone Age peoples may have gone by the time you read this -- I hope not -- Best, Peter Matthiessen." This is the second issue.....
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Norton, Yevtushenko, and Brower--every contributor listed on the title page has signed it but Matthiessen. Uncommon as such (Matthiessen's signature alone in this volume is more prevalent). Describes in word and photograph the 1990 journey of Matthiessen, Paul Winter, and.....
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the second blank: "For Dan, namaste in abundance, dear amigo. Lovingly, Terri, 12/7/96." Uncommon signed. The recipient is important photographer Dan Budnik, with his name stamp at the lower corner of the front free endpaper. Budnik is.....