Search Results: Titles starting with O from Rural Hours

Copper Canyon, 1977. 1st Edition. No Binding. Fine. A small broadside, 6.5 x 9 inches, on brown paper, featuring a poem about a Douglas fir and its seedling ecology. Uncommon. Originally included in the portfolio "Hand Prints: A Collection of Poems from the 1977 Poetry Symposium," printed by Copper Canyon Press. Fine condition. // 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 invite you to explore our growing collection of Gary Snyder items.

NY: Viking Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Third printing. An association copy: not signed, but Louis Untermeyer's copy with a letter to him from Moore in its original envelope tipped in on the front pastedown. Also tipped in on the front free endpaper is a clipping of the original review of the book by Karl Shapiro in the New York Times Book Review with Untermeyer's notation at the top. The letter is on stationary with her Brooklyn address; it's written with a poet's flair, but seems to be about the possibility of a children's book about reindeer for Collier Books. She finishes,"Your equipoise and generosity are an example to me -- (am myself besieged by unnecessary mail!)." Signed and with two hand corrections to the letter. Marianne Moore is one of our most important modernist poets (known, also, for her writing about animals), and she was a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her Collected Poems won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize in 1951. Louis… Read More

University of Oklahoma Press, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. With Larry McMurtry's bookplate on front pastedown, and an inscription on the illustrated front end free paper: "To the Governor, from the Big Red E Tribe." Curious: The Big Red E Tribe doesn t come up on a quick search, but could this book have been inscribed to a governor of Oklahoma? Hard to put it past McMurtry's collecting interests. Originally published in the American Guide Series in 1941, this is the first printing of the revised edition. A very good book with some wear to corners and to the edges of lower boards. In a very good jacket with wear around spine, some foxing on rear panel, and a few stray red pen marks to front. Love that the cover highlights a double-decker overpass. Please inquire for photos.

Concord Museum, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed on the title page by the editor David Wood. A tour and interpretation of the Concord Museum's impressive Thoreau collection, including many of his belongings. Fine except for a bump to top edge near corner and bumping to rear lower corner; near fine. No jacket as issued. We invite you to explore our growing collection of signed and inscribed books related to Thoreau. // 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.

Parallax Press, 2016. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. First printing softcover, a paperback original. Inscribed on the title page: To Maddy + Larry, Enjoy the journey! Fair winds, Heather Lyn Mann, January 23, 2017. The braided, interdisciplinary memoir of a battle-weary environmental advocate who took to the oceans with her husband for six years to confront her own burn out and the climate crisis, a book with threads of Buddhist thought, adventure, ecology, science, and more. An example of how small presses are also taking up the issue of climate change. Parallax Press is a nonprofit publisher founded and inspired by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. With a front cover blurb by Bill McKibben. Very near fine with light wear to edges and an ever-so-slightly bumped lower right corner on the front cover. Uncommon signed. We invite you to explore our dedicated, growing collection of signed and inscribed climate change books. Please inquire for photos.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. Signed (not inscribed) by Lopez. Association copy: Unmarked, but from the library of 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. Later printing softcover with scattered creasing to wraps and curling to their edges. Clean interior.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed in elegant blue fountain pen on the front free endpaper: "For Barbara -- for what you see in animals -- Barry Lopez." A really nice inscription for this title, and for Lopez in general. Fourth printing. A near fine book with light sunning to board edges (mainly top and bottom of spine) and a very faint crease down the middle of the FFEP; in a near fine jacket. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in place-based and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Signed "Barry Holstun Lopez" on the title page, meaning this an an early signature (Holstun dropped away later in his career). A near fine paperback. // 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.

Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/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 my friends Gary and Laurie, from 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 creatures of the seas,… Read More

W. W. Norton, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "For Tiazza and Scott -- with special reference to p. 288 and the back flap. Love, Dad -- William Ashworth." The recipients, his adopted daughter and her husband, are thanked at length in the acknowledgments, and Scott took the author photograph on the back flap. William Ashworth is an environmental activist and the author of thirteen books on natural resources and environmental politics, including *The Wallowas: Coming of Age in the Wilderness,* *Nor Any Drop to Drink,* and *The Late, Great Lakes.* He is the winner of an Oregon Book Award among other honors. A fine book apart from a light small stain to top face of the text block and light bumping to spine ends; near fine. In a very near fine jacket. A nice association copy on a topic critical to our times: the dwindling aquifer under the Great Plains. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature… Read More

Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. White, Ruth Taylor (illustrator). Second edition, August 1929  (18 months after first publication). Inscribed on the half-title page in blue ink: "For Sir Byron Bailey, a great eastern Westerner, with admiration, appreciation, and warm regards, Horace Albright." Uncommon signed. With a word of introduction by Stephen Mather, the then-Director of the National Park Service. Albright would go on to assume that position, and he wrote this book as the first superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. A playful account via essays of the history and personas of the National Park Service from its early days. Frank J. Taylor was a freelance magazine writer with a Stanford connection who probably helped Albright touch up his manuscript. See photos for table of contents. Green cloth, maroon topstain, map endpapers, cartoon illustrations and photographs throughout. A very good plus copy with light sunning to spine and… Read More

NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Inscribed on the half-title page in the year of publication: "For Marc -- Best of luck and wishes -- Best, Rick Bass, Oxford '89."  Uncommon for also being inscribed by the book's dedicatee and illustrator, Bass's then-wife, with a separate pen: "For Marc, Best wishes, Elizabeth Hughes, Oxford, 1989." As of this writing there are no other copies signed by Hughes available, and it's an especially nice inclusion as this book is dedicated "To Elizabeth" and she is substantially a character in the book (for an example, see photo of page 3). This is Bass's fourth book; written in the style of a journal, it lyrically shares his expertise as an oil geologist and is simultaneously a "subterranean exploration of the self." With an opening epigraph from Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard, and blurbs by Thomas McGuane, Annie Dillard, and Jim Harrison. A fine book in a near fine jacket with very subtle sunning to the spine. .

Times Books, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed on the rear half-title page: "For Tina, Thanks for being in the right! Bill McKibben." Near fine only on account of some very lightly bumped spine ends; very near fine jacket for the same reason. Feels and looks like a new book.

Henry Holt and Company, NY, 1924. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Produced for a "Housewarming at the Fireside of The Hampshire Bookshop" on February 15, 1924, Northampton, MA. One of 175 copies. Signed by Frost though not called for. Crane A7. A single sheet folded on the left side where the occasion, date, and location is printed. Very good with toning, some light creasing to edges, and a few spots on upper half. // 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.

Oberlin College Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Association copy, inscribed by the translator Stuart Freibert to Annie Dillard: "Ditto! Love S." This book was given simultaneously with another book that Freibart inscribed to Dillard, *Sagittal section: Poems, new and selected* by Miroslav Holub (search our listings for it), thus the short, unaddressed inscription. Near fine book with light foxing to the upper face of the text block, 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.

Oberlin College Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Association copy (copies), two books from the Field Poetry Series inscribed by the translator Stuart Freibert to Annie Dillard. The first is *Sagittal section: Poems, new and selected* by Miroslav Holub: "Annie, if'n you have time for this some time, here! With affection + regard, S." Near fine with faint foxing to upper face of text block; in a a very good dust jacket with rubbing and edge wear. The second is *On Account Of: Selected Poems* by Karl Krolow: "Ditto! Love S." Near fine book with light foxing to the upper face of the text block, in a fine jacket. Both with Dillard's "Ex Libris" bookplate. // 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.

Simon & Schuster, 2019. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing, signed on the title page by Klein in lavender ink. Uncommon signed, perhaps because this book was released during the pandemic. Klein is one of the most influential voices in the climate cause; jacket includes glowing blurbs by Greta Thunberg, Arundhati Roy, and Amitav Ghosh among others (Ghosh says of her, "The greatest theorist of climate change"). Near fine book on account of a minor bump to upper corner of front board; in a near fine jacket with light wear to corners and a "Kepler's [Menlo Park, CA] Signed Edition" sticker that is red and blends in nicely with the jacket. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in place-based and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We invite you to explore our dedicated, growing collection of signed and inscribed climate change books.

Oyez, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Inscribed on the second blank page in a flowing brown pen: "For Susan, Lew, 4/22/67." A beautiful example of this volume, and scarce signed. Near fine because of the usual creasing along the edges of the wraps where it overhangs the page block and one faint crease to lower right front cover. Residue square of a sticker on the upper left corner of the inside cover. One faint stain on rear wrap along the spine, hardly noticeable, otherwise the outer covers are entirely clean. The pages are immaculate.

Berkley, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed on the title page: "For Keith Waller -- Music makes the world go round! John." Also signed in full lower on the page. Uncommon signed. Fine book in very near fine jacket.

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. An uncorrected proof in beige wraps. Uncommon in this form. Frazier's book about the Oglala Sioux on the Pine Ridge Reservation, along the way profiling a female basketball star. Near fine with a hint of creasing and wear to spine and a light crease to upper corner of front wrap..