Catalog 177

NY, Putnam's, (1973). A book for young readers on both the horrors and the marvels of warrior ants, by the author best known for Buried My Heart at Wounded Knee. Boards slightly rubbed; near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a light stain mid spine. [#036592] $125
On Sale: $81

Washington, DC, Island Press, (2022). Chapman recreates, by automobile, John Muir's 1867 "thousand mile walk" from Louisville, Kentucky to the Gulf of Mexico, assessing the toll of the previous 150 years on the region's ecosystems. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036523] $250

NY, Little, Brown, (2015). A search for the critically endangered saola, or Asian unicorn. Reminiscent of Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with blurbs by George Schaller (Matthiessen's companion on the snow leopard journey), Bill McKibben, Alan Weisman, and Ali McGraw, among others. [#036524] $175

Washington, DC, Island Press, (2008). The effects of humans' land use and energy use on natural resources, the atmosphere, the climate, biodiversity, etc. Inscribed by both authors: "For Tom (and Ed)/ with many thanks, great admiration, and fond memories/ Paul and Anne." An owner signature on the front flyleaf appears to be that of conservationist Thomas Lovejoy. The Ehrlichs had been at the forefront of the intersection of science and philosophy for nearly 50 years when this book was published. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with just a hint of spine fading. [#036552] $300

Washington, DC, Island Press, (2003). Ellis looks at the pending fates of fish, marine mammals, marine birds, turtles, and coral reefs. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Foxing to the edges of the text block; near fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036526] $250

(Little Rock), Arkansas Wildlife Federation Conservation Foundation, (1983). Conservation cartoons, collected from the Arkansas Gazette. Signed by Fisher. The collection has four chapters with the themes of: forest management, environmental contamination, and the skewering of the Army Corps of Engineers and Reagan's Secretary of the Interior, James Watt. Near fine in stapled wrappers. [#036553] $200

Princeton, Princeton University Press, (2019). The quest to save the six rarest butterflies. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with blurbs by Elizabeth Kolbert, David Quammen, and Carl Safina, among others. Lower corners tapped, else fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed. [#036529] $200

NY, Rinehart, (1959). The social, political and ethical questions that were still arising from Darwin's theory, 100 years after its publication. Signed by the author. Near fine in a very good, lightly edge worn and spine-sunned dust jacket. [#036554] $225

NY, Julian Messner, (1963). Soil, forests, waterways, and wildlife: Harrison writes with the hope that "the mistakes of the fathers will never be repeated by their sons and daughters." Illustrated with photographs. Owner name in pencil; near fine in a very good, spine-faded and price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in jacket. [#036530] $125

NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2004). The saga of the "presumed extinct" Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and its emblematic place as a species of the "sixth wave" of extinction, currently underway. A beautifully researched and illustrated history of the forces conspiring against the bird's survival and the efforts made to stave off its demise. Inscribed by the author to a long-time ("ancient") friend. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036643] $125

NY, New York Zoological Society, 1913. First edition, published by the New York Zoological Society, and likely published simultaneously with the Scribner edition (both state January 1913 on the copyright page). Hornaday was a zoologist and influential conservationist who advocated for game laws and wildlife protection. This copy has a gift inscription on the front flyleaf, a long chip to page 153, and a 1/4" loss of spine cloth at the crown. A good copy, without dust jacket. Uncommon in the Zoological Society imprint. [#036532] $200

NY, Richard R. Smith, 1941. Jernberg, a reserve U.S. Army Air Corps officer, reports on his four years commanding several Civilian Conservation Corps companies, including a camp for Black enrollees. Inscribed by the author in 1946: "With best wishes to Dr. Ralph E. Smith who, literaly [sic] looked inside this author's head." Near fine, lacking the dust jacket. [#036533] $375

(Minneapolis), (Federal Cartridge Corporation), (1952). Kaupanger was a "self-styled conservation watchdog for more than 40 years," according to his obituary, and secretary of the Minnesota Emergency Conservation Committee. This primer on conservation, covering such topics as soil, water, flora, fauna, education, and administration, was published by his employer, the Federal Cartridge Corporation, and carries a foreword by the company's founder. Federal is still in business, selling guns and ammunition, and touts on its website "a century of commitment to conservation." Inscribed by Kaupanger in 1957. Slight shelf wear; near fine, without dust jacket, likely as issued. [#036534] $300

NY, John Wiley & Sons, 1917. A thorough, state-by-state survey of enactments of the legislatures of the 48 states and by the Federal Congress regarding the conservation and administration of forest resources. Tipped in at the front hinge is the cover of a Cornell University bulletin on the topic of forest legislation, and this bulletin has been inscribed by Kinney to William Heritage. For three decades, Kinney was engaged in forestry and conservation activities for the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Heritage worked for the Department of the Interior's Indian Service. Heritage's ownership signature appears in the book, which is near fine, without dust jacket, likely as issued. [#036535] $500

(NY), Villard Books, (1996). The second solo book (after Eiger Dreams) by the author of Into Thin Air. Like his more famous title, this one also recounts a tragedy in the wilderness, albeit not one he was witness to. Made into a film by Sean Penn. This copy is inscribed by the author. A bit of softening to the corners, else fine in a fine dust jacket. Reprinted many times, signed first printings are uncommon. [#035873] $500

NY, Morrow, (1993). A wide-ranging compilation of small and large battles fought since the first Earth Day: chlorofluorocarbons, malathion, Exxon, ozone, Glen Canyon, Love Canal, redwoods, plastics, offshore drilling, greenhouse gases, etc. Signed by both authors. One page corner creased; else fine in a fine dust jacket. Blurb by Jerry Brown. [#036537] $350

(NY), Norton, (2021). Conservation history over the centuries, as seen through the lens of species protection. Inscribed by the author. Small nick to foredge and upper front board; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036645] $150

NY, Pantheon Books, (2022). The story of the 20,000 tons of toxic waste dumped into upstate New York's Love Canal; of the school, playground and homes subsequently built there; and of the women who rose to the defense of their children and community. Signed by the author. The definitive account of one of the key environmental disasters of the 1970s, which helped confirm the need for environmental protection and rehabilitation: Love Canal became the first site on the newly created Superfund list. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036556] $200

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1941. The autobiography of the naturalist, botanist, and writer, author of An Almanac for Moderns and Green Laurels: the Lives and Achievements of the Great Naturalists, among many others. Signed by the author. Family library bookplate on front pastedown; foxing to page edges. Very good in a very good, edgeworn and price-clipped dust jacket. This is one of four titles we could find in Houghton Mifflin's apparently short-lived "Life in America Prize Book" series, the fourth being Wallace Stegner's One Nation in 1945. Uncommon signed, as well as in dust jacket. [#036646] $450

Washington, DC, Island Press, (2001). A biography of Gifford Pinchot: conservationist, first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, and Governor of Pennsylvania. Signed by Miller. Mild foxing to the edges of the text block, else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036557] $200

NY, Norton, (2016). Rich attempts to reclaim the early days of conservation, when there was conservative, right-wing support, and asks the Green movement to return to a viable environmental center. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036558] $200

Charlotte, East Woods Press, 1982. Her first book: a journal of her thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, over two summers, partly alone, and partly with two separate female hiking partners. With 120 illustrations by the author. Warmly inscribed by Ross to a close friend, and with a blurb by Annie Dillard. Extrapolating from the Appalachian Trail's website for data from the 1980s, there were likely fewer than two dozen successful female thru-hikers on the trail with Ross in those two years. An oblong softcover, with text in cursive. Partly sunned; near fine. [#036594] $250

NY, Oxford University Press, 2002. A sweeping and illuminating recounting of the environmental factors that shaped American history along side the social, political, and economic forces. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036539] $225

(Toronto), McClelland & Stewart, (1978). The success stories (as of 1978) of 25 North American species that had been endangered. Covers the whooping crane; Florida manatee; eastern timber wolf; polar bear; peregrine falcon; bison; trumpeter swan; etc. Signed by the author. Fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket, with minor edge wear that has been "touched up" with black marker. [#036540] $350

Post Mills, Chelsea Green Publishing, (1992). An elegy to the dusky seaside sparrow, which fell victim to, among other things, the needs of the Kennedy Space Center; duck hunters, "snowbirds," and Disney. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a wrinkled tear on the front flap. [#036559] $150

Washington, DC, Island Press, (1992). Wilkinson examines the effects of the 19th century mindset and policies causing conflict with land use and resource allocation in the 20th century. Inscribed by the author on the half-title in 1993: "For Karen Green - with my thanks for your work for Oregon's lands." Additionally signed by Wilkinson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with a blurb by Wallace Stegner. [#036560] $150

Hanover, University Press of New England, (2012). A call to action for bringing economic and political practices in line with the realities of the planet's finite resources, including a chapter on bringing an end to the "culture wars." Inscribed by the author: "For Kevin & Rosemary -- with great thanks for your help." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036649] $150

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1981). The third book in his New Mexico trilogy. Signed by the author. Slight edge sunning; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#036595] $75

Salt Lake City, Peregrine Smith, (1986). "An autobiographical celebration of life in a fragile and marginal place," the Taos Mesa. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a 1" stain at the upper front corner and a bit of discoloration at the bottom edge of the rear panel. [#036596] $45

(Aquora), (Pad Library), (1967). One of about 80 pulp novels written by the legendary director. A biopic based on Woods' life and work won two Oscars, and he was awarded the Golden Turkey Award as Worst Director of all time, with his movie Plan 9 From Outer Space being awarded the Golden Turkey for Worst Film of All Time. Ownership stamp of a horror writer inside the front cover, with his inscription, "Stole this from my father!" Pages age-toned; covers rubbed; splitting at the upper spine folds. A good copy. Scarce. [#036598] $750