NY: Holt, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "to Chris -- all the best! Edward Abbey, SLC, 11/28/88." Also laid in is an autograph postcard signed to the recipient, Chris Jorgensen, sent from Oracle, Arizona, where Abbey lived. It reads in full: "28 June 84, Dear Mr.....
NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. A biography of John Burroughs in two volumes. Neither is signed, but laid into volume one is a one-page autographed letter signed (ALS) from Clara Barrus, John Burrough's close companion and the steward of his legacy as first assistant and then literary executor.....
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Association copy: a softcover uncorrected proof from the library of Joan Didion, with a short signed letter dated 1980 from the director of advertising, publicity and promotion at the publisher conveying the proof to her in Los Angeles and asking for praise.....
NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page by Campbell. Uncommon signed. A book about the Antarctic Peninsula in particular and about the scientists working at the Brazilian Research Station where Campbell spent three summers. It won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing.....
Stackpole Books, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "For Sharon -- One of the great products of the State of Wyoming! Thanks for all. Sue." In this book, Cobb details her attempt to become the first US woman to summit Everest as a part of the Wyoming.....
Keene, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed opposite the title page to a noted book collector: "To Larry Owens, May we find a way to preserve the trees and sustain human dignity for generations to come. William Dietrich." Uncommon signed, and a nice inscription. Also laid in.....
NY: Pantheon, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. The book itself isn't signed, but laid in is a brief autographed note signed (ALS) on Dobbs's personal stationary: "Jeff, good talking with you. Enjoy the diving and the reefs, and take a peek for me. I've still not been to [?]. Till next.....
NY: Harper & Row, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Keith, with best wishes, David Douglas, October 1993." Uncommon signed. Also laid in is a short handwritten letter to Keith. A slender book at 100 pages that explores the spiritual dimensions of wilderness, arranged in.....
National Geographic Society, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in a blue pen on the blank before the title page: "For Art Barber, with admiration and best wishes, Sylvia Earle." Uncommon signed. The book tells of the history and adventure of ocean exploration, introducing key figures in diving and submersibles such.....
Munchen, Germany: Saur, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. E.O. Wilson's copy of this uncommon anthology providing bios of and excerpts from all the General Nonfiction Pulitzer winners across the thirty years since the inception of the category in 1962. Laid in is a typed letter signed (TLS) from the editor Heinz-Dietrich.....
NY: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To C.E. Hutchinson, with best wish [sic] and the hope that reading this book will give you pleasure. Willis J. Gertsch." Uncommon signed. Also laid in is a one-page typed letter signed.....
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.....
NY: Dutton, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to no recipient on the front free endpaper: "With high regard -- Michael Harwood." His second book following The View from Hawk Mountain, this about Harwood's summer as a volunteer at on the American Museum of Natural History's ornithological research station on Great Gull.....
NY: FSG, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy belonging to critic Sven Birkerts, from his library. Not signed, but laid in is an autographed postcard signed (ALS) sent in the year of the book's publication from Bolongna featuring El Greco's "The Last Supper" in full color on the recto.....
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.....
NY: The Monacelli Press / Random House, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page in the year of publication: "To Chuck Close, with best wishes, Bob Stern, Nov 2008." Uncommon signed. Also laid in is a typed letter signed (TLS) dated in 2008 from the.....
Garden City, NJ: Hanover House, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To our good friend Dr. Michael J. Jordan, with best wishes to all the family. From Margaret and John Kieran, Rockport, Mass." The inscription is in Kieran's hand. Uncommon signed. With commentaries and biographies of.....
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: Atheneum, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Eighth printing, but one of Le Guin's own copies, signed by her on the title page. Laid in is a 1989 letter from the editorial director of Atheneum to Le Guin conveying the book, in full: "Dear Ursula: I am enclosing two copies of.....
College Station: Texas A & M UP, 1986. A layered association copy, first inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Dr. George A. Hall, with all good wishes, Kay McCracken." Uncommon signed. Also laid in is a note "from the desk of Brian R. Chapman" that reads: "Dear Dr. Hall--Thank.....
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title page: "For Betty Butterworth, all best -- John Mcphee." Laid in is a short handwritten note (ALS) on Princeton Council for Humanities stationary from McPhee thanking her for sending an article about Rancho Mission Viejo. It's dated 1994.....
Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society Press, 1964. First edition. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the half title page: "Welcome to the nicest neighbors, Louise + Oakes -- Jeffrey, Michael + Stephen, from Grace Murphy and Robert Cushman Murphy, 1966." Uncommon signed. Robert Cushman Murphy's signature is in.....
Henry Holt & Co, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed on the front end free paper: "For John Updike, with endless admiration for you work. Jay Parini. Oct 2, 1998." Laid in is a note on a approx. 3 x 5 inch card, Parini's personal stationary with his address.....
NY: Random House, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Joan Didion's copy, with a bookplate affirming this provenance on the front free endpaper. Also laid in a short handwritten letter (ALS) to Didion from a vice president of Random House conveying the book in the year of publication. Perillo lived in Washington.....
Ireland: Salmon Poetry, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. A neat association copy, not signed, but laid in is a postcard written and signed by both Adrienne Rich and Irish poet Eavan Boland, who wrote the eight-page foreword to this Irish edition of Rich's selected poems. The postcard depicts John Steinbeck on.....