Search Results: Authors starting with N from Rural Hours

Clark City Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Russell Chatham. Association copy, inscribed to Gary Paul Nabhan and his second wife: "To Gary & Caroline, from Little Jimmy." Harrison has drawn his patented one-eyed self-portrait sketch below his signature (the same sketch imprinted on the cover board). Nabhan and Harrison both lived in Patagonia, Arizona (Harrison part-time) and were friends for more than twenty years. Nabhan wrote a touching remembrance of Harrison after his death, detailing their lunch a week before and some of their more surprising connections (Nabhan s cousin had been Harrison s college roommate and introduced Harrison to his wife). Nabhan writes, "Harrison was more than just another pretty face, skilled angler, hedonistic hunter, and bizarre story-teller: he had a deeply moral view of the right ways to treat the creatures of the seas, the streams the farmsteads and desert grasslands of this planet, and he minced no words when describing the ugly consequences of… Read More

University of California Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed on the half-title page in sharpie: "To Dutch, Trees rule! NMN." Uncommon signed. Nadkarni is one of the foremost canopy ecologists and a pioneering woman in biology. Blurbs by Richard Preston, Bill McKibben, and Thomas Lovejoy among others. Fine book in a very near fine jacket with a little edge wear. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

NY: North Point Press (FSG), 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by both editors and inscribed by Kent Nelson: "For Mary Ann--To help with the corollary study of birds. All best, Kent, peace." Also initialed by the illustrator, it appears, below sketch opposite title page. Uncommon signed. An impressive array of dozens of notable contributors including (to select some randomly) Robert Hass, Pattiann Rogers, Barbara Kingsolver, Jim Harrison, Barry Lopez, Seamus Heaney, and Billy Collins (see photos of table of contents for more). A fine book in fine jacket.

SF: North Point Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Signed on the title page. Uncommon signed. Nelson's classic, it explores his time on a remote Alaskan island "revealing how his adoption of [Inuit] Koyukon wisdom has positively affected his life," and was the winner of the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing. Near fine with a touch of rubbing to corners and a faint streak on upper text block face; in a near fine jacket with rubbing.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. Association copy, inscribed to naturalist-author, MacArthur Genius Grant-- and John Burroughs Medal-winner Gary Paul Nabhan, known in particular for his writing on Indigenous populations and their ethnobotany in the desert Southwest: "For Gary Nabhan--Who knows and respects the traditions that have grown from our continent, and so beautifully evokes the richness of it. With my gratitude for your work and friendship. Dick Nelson, Phoenix, March 1990." A wonderful association between these environmental writers. Nelson also won the John Buroughs Medal for natural history writing for The Island Within. Later printing softcover. A few faint stains to the cover and a very mild crease running about half way down the cover's middle. Wear and one small tear to lower spine. A book about Eskimo or Inuit hunting techniques learned firsthand, with the author's photographs. Scarce signed.

North Point Pr, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed extensively on the title page in blue ink: "For Anne--I hope these stories will reflect some of your own experience here in the Island Country of Southeast Alaska, and that they will help to keep memories of this wild, beautiful place bright in your heart. It's been such a pleasure to share a bit of my home with you during these weeks on the Clipper Odyssey, retracing the voyage of the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition. Let's hope that travelers a centiury from now will find the same richness and wonder that we've been privileged to see. With my very best wishes, Richard Nelson, Aboard the Clipper Odyssey, July 28, 2001." A unique copy of a book that won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing, and uncommon signed. About the expedition on which this book was inscribed, from the expedition's PBS website: "In 1899, the railroad tycoon Edward Harriman assembled an elite crew of scientists and artists and took them… Read More

Random House, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Association copy, inscribed in a bold black marker to Greg Gatenby, longtime director of the Toronto International Festival of Authors: "For Greg Gatenby, with best regards, Howard Nemerov." With Gatenby's ownership signature and date (1989) on on the half title page. The FFEP has been excised. Very good with wear to corners and lower edge of boards, and a slightly slanted spine.

University of Chicago Press, 1977. Soft cover. Near Fine. Signed boldly on the half title page. With the ownership signature and date ("1978") of Greg Gatenby, longtime director of the Toronto International Festival of Authors. Very good/near fine with a lightly bumped/creased lower rear cover and a quarter-inch "N" written in black marker on inner corner of front cover beside the original price.

University Of Chicago Press, 1983. Soft cover. Near Fine. Signed boldly on half title page. With the ownership signature and date ("1989") of Greg Gatenby, longtime director of the Toronto International Festival of Authors. Very near fine.

Kraus Reprint Co, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Not signed, but with the ownership ink stamp of William Cronon, renown environmental historian. Cronon is the Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Green cloth hardbound without dust jacket, as issued, in fine condition. Philip Hone was the mayor of NYC from 1826 to 1827. He is better known for the extensive diary he kept from 1828 until he died in 1851, one of the standout diaries of the early 1800s in America. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in place-based and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Signed on the title page in black ink. Uncommon signed (released during the pandemic). The first book from a decorated environmental literary journalist who is a perennial contributor to the Best American Science and Nature Writing. Blurbs by Elizabeth Rush, Elizabeth Kolbert, John Vaillant, Florence Williams, and Elena Passarello. Near fine because of some light bumping to upper corners and one bump to lower front board; in a fine jacket. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

Sasquatch Books, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed in black ink on the title page. Fine book in fine jacket with small green and white "autographed copy" sticker on front panel. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in place-based and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

Sasquatch Books, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed in black ink on the title page. Fine book in near fine jacket with final rubbing and mild sunning to spine. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in place-based and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

NY: W W Norton, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Inscribed on the half title page: " For ____, with my best wishes, Ken Norris, 1/19/92." Uncommon signed. This book won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing in 1992. Fine book in near fine jacket with some light rubbing and light scratching to rear panel..

Island Press, 1989. First edition. Softcover. Near fine. Signed on the first blank and with a typed letter signed (TLS) laid in to Congressman Peter Hoagland from Norse on letterhead for the Center for Marine Conservation ( Norse was acting as its Chief Scientist). Dated 1990. He conveys the book and discusses the spotted owl-timber controversy detailed for some portion of the book. The letter is part environmental advocacy, part book publicity. Woven through his chapters in the book are short essays by other scientists, including several on climate change and the potential for forests as carbon storage by R.A. Houghton and John Firor (the later's chapter is titled "Global Climate Change: Some Basics"). A nice snapshot of regional habitat battles beginning to reference global, climate change concerns. This book was published the same year as Bill McKibben's landmark climate change work *The End of Nature.* A very near fine paperback with light creasing to spine ends and one smudge to outer face of… Read More

Oxford University Press, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Inscribed on the upper right of the orange front free endpaper: "Jan 27, 1983, For Ann Thorne -- who shares my deepest concerns. Barbara Novak." Uncommon signed. With a bookplate from previous owner on the center of that same endpaper. A finalist for the 1982 National Book Award in General Nonfiction. Very good book with some spotting to cloth, but pages tight and clean; in a near fine dust jacket with bright and clean panels, but a bit of wear to top of spine. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.