Search Results: Titles starting with J from Rural Hours

Univ of Virginia Pr, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Association copy, inscribed on the title page to Annie Dillard: "For Annie--especially pg. 13 -- even though they edited out the dedication -- even though I wrote it before I Iearned much about sound -- + even though you'll hate the theology. With love, Jeanne, Hollins, 1981." With Dillard's bookplate on the half-title. This book was the winner of the Virigina Commonwealth University Series in poetry in 1979, an AWP award series selection, and is Larsen's first book. A really nice Hollins University association copy (a distinguished creative writing program): Larsen received her MA from Hollins in 1972, and would have overlapped with Dillard there at the time before either had published a book (Dillard received her BA and MA from Hollins in '68 and '69). Larsen would later return to become the head of creative writing at Hollins. She and Dillard also share a distinct interest in Chinese literature. A very near fine book in a… Read More

Backinprint.com, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition thus. Association copy, inscribed in a rustic, calligraphic hand 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 Paul Nabhan, in friendship, JPS Brown." Scarce signed in this new edition.

Twayne Publishers, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Walter and Jane Sullivan -- fellow sojourners -- Mark Royden Winchell, 5-27-89." Uncommon signed. This revised edition also discusses Didion's books that were published between 1980 and 1989: Salvador, Miami, and Democracy. Fine book in and near fine jacket (an iconic photo of Didion on her couch on the front cover) with light sunning to spine, a bit of wear to corners, and one nick to lower edge of front panel. // 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. We also have a distinct interest in contemporary essay and invite you to explore our other Joan Didion offerings, including books from her library.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First printing. An uncommon book in hardcover, and notable for the bibliography of McPhee work it includes. A fine book except that the upper corner of the front free endpaper is clipped; in a near fine jacket on account of one eighth-inch nick at top edge of front panel, otherwise about fine. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in nature writing and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed on the half-title page by John McPhee: "For Stephanie Schlant, on the occasion of a fine evening in Denville, Yolanda and John McPhee, 12/19/76." "Yolanda" is in John McPhee's hand. An association copy, inscribed to the stepdaughter of senator/basketball star Bill Bradley, who was of course the subject of McPhee's first book, A Sense of Where You Are. The first twenty pages of this Reader are an excerpt from A Sense of Where You Are. Presumably signed at Bradley's home in Denville, since Stephanie Schlant was a teenager at the time. Very good plus/near fine with a light specking of dust/foxing to the top of the text block, a minor dust smudge to lower text block corner, a few bumps to board edges, and minor softening to a few corners. A near fine jacket with one wrinkle along edge, some fraying to the top of spine, and a minor dampstain to lower spine. Presents very well. An uncommon book in general, and scarce… Read More

Plume, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Signed on the half title page by Abbey in blue ink. Ninth printing. Near fine with only what seems like some sunning to spine. Pages clean and crisp. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in place-based and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

NY: Dutton, 1982. Near fine/Very good. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "To Myra Cohn Livingston, what a pleasure to write that name in this book. Jean Craighead George, May 7, 1983." Laid in is a Ex Libris bookplate from Livingston that was once affixed to front pastedown.  Jean Craighead George was a prolific children's book author, most of her book's about animal life. She's best known for the Newberry Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves and for the classic My Side of the Mountain about a boy who ditches NYC for the Catskills wilderness. Her influence on the America's youth appreciation of the natural world was and is substantial. In this memoir, she recounts her growth as a woman and a writer and throughout writes about her encounters with animals, near at home and in wilderness settings (e.g. wolves in Alaska), and how those experiences pored into her books.  Myra Cohn Livingston was an equally prolific poet for children, some of her work also about the natural world… Read More

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Inscribed in the year of publication on the half-title page in blue ink: "For Bess Kirnie [sp?], with greetings from Trail Wood--Edwin Way Teale, November 21, 1960." Trail Wood was his farm, much written about, in Connecticut. Uncommon signed, as is pretty much all of Teale's books. Part of The American Seasons series, four books, that Edwin Way Teale is best known for (the fourth, Wandering through Winter, won the Pulitzer Prize).  Here Teale meanders from New England along the Great Lakes down to Colorado, and as the jacket argues, "Altogether is makes as pleasant a summer as you have ever spent." A near fine book with a bit of toning and faint foxing to text block faces; in a very good jacket with a touch of rumpling to spine, some loss to upper spine, and wear to corners.

NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Ward, Lynn. Association copy, inscribed on half title page: "Cordially inscribed for Jean Hersholt by Donald Culross Peattie." Uncommon signed. Hersholt (1886-1956) was an actor best known for starring on the long-running radio series *Dr. Christian* and in the film *Heidi.* He served as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and he was also a book collector: some of his books, particularly his Hans Christian Anderson collection, are now held in the Library of Congress. This book has his signed bookplate on the front pastedown. Peattie is best known as a naturalist-author, but this book, a kind of travelogue through time in America, likely represents his wartime patriotic effort (indeed, the rear flap is printed with a small "For victory, buy United States war bonds and stamps" advertisement); still his interest in the wilds persists in his profiles of pioneering types like Daniel Boone, Jim… Read More

Temple University Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed on the front end free paper: "To Marcia, my dearest friend, with gratitude and warmest regards, Susan, Barbara, [one other signature]." Signed by two of the editors, Susan A. Ambrose and Barbara B. Lazarus, in two different pens, and probably a third editor in yet another ink, though the signature is difficult to decipher. Uncommon signed. A nice volume about the careers of prominent women in science. Fine book in near fine jacket with very light rubbing.

NY: Riverhead, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing, signed on the title page by Hornby. Fine book in fine jacket with an "autographed copy" sticker at upper right.

Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Association copy, inscribed on the half title page to naturalist-author and MacArthur Genius Grant-recipient Gary Paul Nabhan and his wife: "To Gary and Caroline, from ole friend Jim." Nabhan is known in particular for his writing on Indigenous populations and ethnobotany in the Southwest and is a winner of the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing among many other honors. 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… Read More

Knopf, 1993. 1st Edition. No Binding. Fine. A framed broadside featuring Updike's poem "July," signed at the upper right. 11 x 23.5 inches framed. Thick cream paper stock with a faint background portrait of a smiling Updike. The poem was originally published in "The New Yorker" in 1992, and here celebrates the publication of his "Collected Poems: 1953-1993." The broadside appears fine, but has not been examined out of frame; the frame is solid wood, painted black, in good shape except for some chipping of paint to lower edge, mainly, and little to upper. With wire at back and ready to hang. Please note: This item can't go media rate, so shipping will be at cost via USPS (an additional shipping fee will be requested after getting a quote from the post office). // 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.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First trade edition. Very near fine in fine jacket.

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

Mariner Books, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Association copy, inscribed on the half title page to naturalist-author and MacArthur Genius Grant-recipient Gary Paul Nabhan and his wife: "To Gary and Laurie, for food & wine! Abrazos fuertes, Jim." Uncommon signed in this Mariner paperback edition, first thus. Nabhan is known in particular for his writing on Indigenous populations and ethnobotany in the Southwest and is a winner of the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing among many other honors. 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… Read More

New York: The Telegraph Press, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. An association copy, inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: "To Ms. Liveright, who may find readers of this [?] in her family circle, with the warm regards of her old boss, Gifford Pinchot, July 1936." Alice F. Liveright was a committed social activist appointed by Pinchot as Pennsylvania's Secretary of Welfare from 1931-1935, the years he was in office as governor (several decades after his time as Forest Service Chief) and just proceeding the publication of this book. A nice association as such. Pinchot was a passionate angler his whole life and this book share his experiences in twenty-three essays that range from Pennsylvania to the South Seas, described on the jacket as "ideal armchair entertainment for every man or woman who loves the outdoors." Rough tweed cloth with black lettering, illustrated with black and white photos. A very good or better book with only toning to pages, in a good… Read More