NY: The Century Co, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. A terrific association copy, inscribed on the title page: "To John Galsworthy, from Mary Austin. Los paises del sol dilaten la alma." Uncommon or scarce signed, and here inscribed to the famed English novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize for.....
NY: Rinehart and Company, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to no recipient on the half title page: "With warm good wishes, Henry Beston." Uncommon signed. Part of the Rivers of America Series. Illustrated by A.Y. Jackson. Perhaps Beston's best known book beyond his classic The Outermost House. The St. Lawrence runs.....
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: Broadway Books, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "To Veronica, MAny thanks and all very best wishes, Bill Bryson." Uncommon signed in this US edition. A contemporary outdoor classic and only rivaled by Cheryl Strayed''s Wild as the most-read and -beloved thru-hiking memoir, inspiring countless others.....
London: Doubleday / Transworld Publishers, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. The simultaneous British edition, inscribed in the year of publication on the title page: "For Phyllis, All very best wishes, Bill Bryson, Lowon [sp?], November '97." A contemporary outdoor classic and only rivaled by Cheryl Strayed''s Wild as the most-read and.....
NY: Broadway Books, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Bryson on the title page. Uncommon signed in this US edition. A contemporary outdoor classic and only rivaled by Cheryl Strayed''s Wild as the most-read and -beloved thru-hiking memoir, inspiring countless others to "get out there," with a sense of humor. .....
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.....
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.....
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.....
Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page: "Greg + Rita, Two people who have experienced the herd. K Heuer." Uncommon signed, with no other copies available as of this writing. Winner of the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award and a National Outdoor Book.....
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.....
NY: Harcourt, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. A nice Northwest association copy, inscribed on the title page: "To Carolyn [Kizer], my lioness, with love from Ursula, November '03." Born in Spokane, Kizer was a fierce feminist poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985 for Yin. She studied with Theodore Roethke.....
NY: Random House, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. A standout association copy, inscribed on the title page in the year of publication: "For Chuck [Close], love Annie, NY 2011." Chuck Close is the celebrated contemporary painter, one of the most famous of our times, known for his large-scale photorealist and pixilated.....
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half title page, a family association copy: "For Steve Svenvold, Merry Christmas 2001, from Mark's mate's first deckhand -- John McPhee." Poet and professor Mark Svenvold is McPhee's son-in-law (married to novelist Martha McPhee), thus McPhee is a deckhand.....
Philadelphia: Winston, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the blank recto of the frontispiece: "To Aunt Mary, with warm affection and every good wish from Gifford Pinchot." On the illustrated map of the front free endpaper is her cursive ownership signature: “Mary Phelps Montgomery." With her bookplate.....
Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1855. First edition. Hardcover. John Wesley Powell's copy of Volume II of these 1853-54 reports, with his stamp faintly in purple ink on the title page. A good only copy with dampstaining throughout, but collectible in light of its owner, who famously would go on to.....