SF: SF MOMA, 2005. First edition. Softcover. A great association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "To Chuck [Close] & Leslie, Bob B." Chuck Close is the celebrated contemporary painter, one of the most famous of our times, known for his large-scale photorealist and pixilated portraits (his most expensive painting.....
SF: The California Nature Conservancy / U California P, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. The Grizzly Edition, one of only 60 copies specially bound in cloth and quarter calf, signed by the photographer Tupper Ansel Blake, and including a rear portfolio of wildlife sketches drawn specifically for this production by Charles.....
LA: The Primavera Press, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy: Loren Eiseley's copy, with his signature at the top of the front free endpaper. One of 750 copies of this limited edition. Also laid in is a departmental book order card that Eiseley has filled out to purchase another.....
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: Scribner, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page. A well-received debut novel about a timber community in Northern California. Near fine due to two pages with some wrinkling at middle, pages 150 & 151; otherwise fine in fine jacket.
University of California Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed to poet Denise Levertov on the half-title page: "For Denise, with affection & best wishes, from Simone, 1991." A nice association between standout West Coast poets who were colleagues at Stanford. Fine hardback in fine jacket. // Wood (+).....
NY: Knopf, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on the title page in blue ink by Didion. Her classic work on her home state and her upbringing in Sacramento, which explores the Golden State mythos and "examine[s] how the folly and recklessness in the very grain of the California settlement led.....
Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1978. First edition. Softcover. A pair of books. The first, a significant association copy, inscribed the year after first publication on a preliminary page to her biographer: "For Mark Winchell, with gratitude for among other things his patience, Joan Didion, April 1, 1979." Scarce.....
Berkeley: U California P, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. An excellent association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Hervey Voge, with the regards of Francis P. Farquhar, 8 November 1965." Voge was an early and important climber in the Sierra, and he made 35 first ascents in the range.....
Lee Vining, CA: Artemisia Press (Mono Lake Committee), 2017. First edition. Softcover. With ten signatures of the contributors on the half-title page, including those of Gary Snyder, Tom Killion, Kim Stanley Robinson, David Robertson, Armando Qunitero, Hilary Gordon, Darryl DeVinney, and several others we can't identify with certainty. Scarce as.....
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.....
Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1922. Fist edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: "Mrs. Anna Jenkins Dennis, from Oliver P. Jenkins, Stanford University, Calif., Feb. 16 1922." We imagine this is a family association copy, but can't say for sure. Uncommon signed.....
Berkeley: University Relations, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. An uncommon photo book that commemorates the launch of the Campaign for (UC) Berkeley in 2008, highlighting the campus in pictures and in words from renown alumni and others. This is Joan Didion's copy, with a university notecard to her laid in from.....
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. A compelling association copy, inscribed at the top of the illustrated map endpaper: "To Francis Farquhar, with warmest appreciation, Paul Johnson." The book is "a spirited account of man's attempts to explore, conquer, and conserve The Sierra Nevada," a pictorial history with.....
NY: Signet, 1959. First thus. Softcover. Ninth printing of this mass market paperback. An association copy, inscribed on the verso of the front cover in thick pen: "For Robert Novak, GS, Japhy Ryder." Also two Japanese characters in the inscription. Robert Novak is probably the poet, critic, and editor who.....
NY: Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. An association copy: signed and dated by both Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg on the lower corner of the half-title page. Also signed by Snyder as "Japhy Ryder" on the bottom of the title page in a more flowing calligraphic style, probably on.....
Chicago: U Chicago P, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper in the upper corner: "A.L. Kroeber with regards to Norman Zaichik." A scarce signature from the "Dean of American Anthropologists": we can locate no other signed copies of any book by Kroeber as of this writing.....
Chicago: Aldine Publishing, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. A family association copy, inscribed by Alfred Kroeber's wife Theodora in the year of publication to her grandson: "For Slifton [sp?] and Stoobie, from Krakie, Aug '62." (Krakie her grandmother name; her maiden named was Kracaw, so perhaps slant of that.) With the.....
Berkeley: U California P, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Second printing in the year of publication. Signed by Kroeber beneath the short preface that precedes the title page. Uncommon signed. A book that tells the story of Ishi, the last Yahi man, who was discovered in 1911 after he left his.....
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].....
Berkeley: California Book Company, 1951. First edition. Spiral bound. Revised 1956. A "laboratory syllabus" for A. Starker Leopold's Zoology 116 "Introduction to Wildlife and Fisheries Management" class at UC Berkeley. Essentially a workbook that students were asked to use and mark up during a weekly lab in which they handled.....
SF / NY: Sierra Club / Ballantine Books, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For the Hamiltons -- with warmest regards. Peggy + Ed Wayburn, Sept 21. 1970." The Wayburns provide the four-page introduction to the book and the inscription is in Peggy's hand; she signs.....
NY: Pantheon, 2024. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page in Sharpie: "For Annie, keep loving, keep fighting! Manjula." Uncommon signed. A much acclaimed first book described as "[Helen McDonald's] H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene" (see the New York Times review). Blurbs by Ed.....
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. A standout association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Francis P. Farquhar, compliments of C. Hart Merriam." Uncommon signed. This book is Merriam's compilation of mythology of the Miwok (Mewan) tribe of Northern California. Best known as an.....
Sacramento: The Sacramento Pioneer Foundation / The Sacramento Historic Landmarks Commission, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Joan Didion's copy of this book about the history of her hometown, with a note to her in pencil on ruled notebook paper laid in at the front. It reads in full: "26 March 2006.....