Master List (M-Z)

Master List M-Z

Maathai, Wangari [Link]

Unbowed - 2006. Inscribed. Laid in is announcement for a lecture by WM. F in NF NPCDJ

MacArthur, Robert

[See The Theory of Island Biogeography (1967) Listed and Catalogued under Edward O. Wilson [Link], which was co-authored by MacArthur]

MacGillivray, William

[See Alexander von Humboldt's Travels and Researches (1833 edition) [Link] edited and annotated by MacGillivray. He also taught Charles Darwin [Link] and wrote much of Audubon's Ornithological Biographies [Link]]

Maclean, Norman [Link]

A River Runs Through It - 1976. Inscribed (recommending use of a particular fly). VG+ to NF in G+ NPCDJ

Marsh, George Perkins [Link]

Man and Nature - 1864. First US ed. Ownership sig of prominent VT Senator Jacob Collamer, with separate inscription in his hand that it was presented to him by author. VG

Man and Nature - 1864. First UK ed. Beautiful bound, in immaculate condition save owner's sig

Life and Letters of George Perkins Marsh - 1888. Vol I of II only. Compiled by Marsh's wife, who wrote the brief foreword. VG+

Catalogue of the Library of George Perkins Marsh - 1892. VG

Marshall, Bob [Link]

The People's Forests - 1933. Inscribed (based on my own handwriting analysis). G

Doonerak or Bust - 1938

North Doonerak - 1939. This and the prior entry are privately printed memoirs, each about 40 pages, in paper covers. Laid in is a typed letter from BM's secretary presenting the second book. In worn custom slipcase.

Arctic Wilderness - 1956. Second printing. Forward by A. Starker Leopold. VG- no DJ.

Marston, Otis "Dock"

[Famed river runner and historian of river running in the West, who contributed to This is Dinosaur (1955) [Link] in Anthologies]

Marzani, Carl [Link]

The Wounded Earth - 1972. Inscribed. VG in VG DJ.

Maser, Chris [Link]

Forest Primeval - 1989. Inscribed. NF in a NF DJ

Mather, Stephen

[First head of the National Park Service. See Robert Sterling Yard (1916) [Link] for more on Mather. He was also closely associated with Horace Albright (1985) [Link], who succeeded Mather at the NPS. See also Mary A. Rolfe's Our National Parks: Book One (1927) [Link] with a one-page introductory "personal message" from Mather.]

Matthiessen, Peter [Link] [PLEASE NOTE: PM is Catalogued in 1963-1990 section]

Wildlife in America - 1959. F in NF NPCDJ

Wildlife in America - 1959. From PM's library. VG in Fair NPCDJ

Wildlife in America - 1987. First of an updated ed. From PM's library. NF in NF NPCDJ

The Cloud Forest - 1961. Inscribed by PM to "Mom and Dad". VG no DJ

The Tree Where Man was Born - 1972. From PM's library, w/letter seeking aid for native peoples. Pics by Eliot Porter. VG in G NPCDJ

The Snow Leopard - 1978. First trade ed. Signed. VG- in VG PCDJ

Sand Rivers - 1981. Signed. VG+ in G PCDJ

End of the Earth - Advanced copy in paper covers from PM's library.

End of the Earth - From PM's library. F in NPCDJ

End of the Earth - First ed used by PM as working copy with extensive markups for next ed. Laid in is a copy of email from David Quammen with blurb for next ed, which was used. NDJ

Photo album prepared for Matthiessen for his birthday in 2004 from Brigit Freybe Bateman, who was the photographer for End of the Earth. Contains photos from Tanzania (one subject of the book) along with two photos of Bhutan laid in.

[For books with blurbs, Forewords and/or from PM's personal library see also Edward Abbey (1989) [Link], Sy Montgomery (2000) [Link], Bill McKibben (1989) [Link], Petra Kelly (1994) [Link], Barry Lopez (1986) [Link], Roger Tory Peterson (1994) [Link], Lester Brown (2008) [Link], John Hay (1987 and 1995) [Link], Andrea Peacock (2003) [Link], Doug Peacock (2013) [Link], Carl Safina (1997) [Link], George Schaller (1977, 1980 and 2012) [Link], Gary Snyder (1974) [Link], and Heart of the Land (1994) [Link] in the Anthologies section]

[See also Courage for the Earth (2007) [Link] in the Anthologies section, edited by PM, and A Road Runs Through It (2008) [Link], also in the Anthologies section, with contributions from PM]

Maynard, Thane

[High-profile zoologist and zookeeper. See Jane Goodall's Hope for Animals (2009) [Link] of which Maynard was a co-author]

McCloskey, Maxine

[Long-time environmentalist with a particular focus on whales. See Wilderness: The Edge of Knowledge (1970) [Link] in Anthologies, edited by McCloskey]

McCloskey, Michael [Link]

In the Thick of It: My Life in the Sierra Club - 2005. Inscribed. NF in NF NPCDJ

[See also Wilderness: The Edge of Knowledge (1970) [Link] and Harte and Socolow's Patient Earth (1971) [Link], both in Anthologies, to which McCloskey contributed. Also, one of ten CEOs of national environmental organizations credited as authors of An Environmental Agenda for the Future (1985 - Catalogued in Anthologies)]

McFarland, J. Horace [Link]

Roses of the World in Color - 1936. Laid in is an ALS from Alice Eastwood. G+ to VG-

McGraw, Max

[McGraw was a successful businessperson in the mid-20th century who was active in wildlife conservation activities through his foundations, including the McGraw Foundation, which is still active today. Ding Darling's Ding's Half Century (1962) contains presentation materials from McGraw and the foundations. The McGraw Foundation also funded the production of the first of the Sierra Club's popular and influential exhibit format series photo books, Adams & Newhall's This is the American Earth (1960)]

McKibben, William [Link]

The End of Nature - 1989. From Peter Matthiessen's library. NF in NF NPCDJ

The Bill McKibben Reader - Uncorrected proof copy containing six essays excluded from the finished book. Two stickers on front, one regarding the six essays, the other with the publisher's contact info. Paper covers. NF

The Bill McKibben Reader - 2008. First (paperback) ed. VG

Earth: Making a Life on a Tough Planet - 2010. Inscribed. F in F NPCDJ

Falter - 2019. Signed. F in F NPCDJ

[See also Three Essays [Link] chapbook and Heart of the Land (1994) [Link] in Anthologies section; and Sharp Eyes (2000) [Link] in the Burroughs - Other section, with contributions from McKibben, and American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies, edited by him]

McPhee, John [Link]

The Pine Barrens - 1988 (Originally published 1968). Signed paperback ed., late printing. NF in paper covers

Encounters with the Archdruid. Early author's proof. Single-sided, double column sheets bound at top. Several editor's markings, some photocopied, some live. About David Brower

Encounters with the Archdruid - 1971. Review copy with review note and separate photo of author from publisher laid in. VG+ in G+ NPCDJ

The Control of Nature - 1989. NF in NF NPCDJ

Annals of the Former World - 1998. Signed by McPhee with ownership(?) signature of Nobel laureate D.J. Cram. F in F NPCDJ.

[See also Laura McPhee immediately below, with an Afterword by McPhee; Olaus and Margaret Murie's Wapiti Wilderness (1966) [Link] for a book inscribed by Margaret as a gift from McPhee to a third party; Testimony (1996) [Link] and American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies with contributions from McPhee; and Adolph Murie's A Naturalist in Alaska (1961) [Link] in Devin-Adair's American Naturalist Series in the Reference section, which is inscribed to McPhee]

McPhee, Laura and Beahan, Virginia [Link]

No Ordinary Land: Encounters in a Changing Environment - 1998. Coffee-table photo book. Afterword by John McPhee, Laura's father. NF in NF NPCDJ - Catalogued at the end of 1990+ under "Art Show Catalogues."

McAfee, W.L.

[McAfee was an assistant in charge of food habits research at the US Biological Survey. See pamphlet of his essay Community Bird Refuges (1923) [Link] in Government Publications]

Mearns, Edgar A. [Link]

A List of the Birds of the Hudson Highlands with Annotations (Part I) - 1878. [Pamphlets]. Seven white paper pamphlets (plus an extra copy of Part 1) with one copy of Part I inscribed (but not signed) by Mearns to C. Hart Merriam. Inscribed pamphlet G, others VG

Meeker, Joseph

[Founder of the discipline of literary ecocriticism. See Paul Shepard's The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game (1973) [Link], which is inscribed to Meeker, for more on him. See also Rex Weyler's Song of the Whale on Greenpeace luminary Dr. Paul Spong (1986) [Link], also inscribed to Meeker.]

Meine, Curt [Link]

[See Meine's biography Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work (1988) [Link] listed and catalogued in the Reference section. He also contributed a "focus essay" to From Conquest to Conservation: Our Public Lands Legacy (2003), co-written by Mike Dombeck, Christopher Wood and Jack Williams, and Catalogued under Dombeck's name]

Merriam, C. Hart [Link]

A Review of the Birds of Connecticut, with Remarks on Their Habits - 1877. Paper covers. From the Transactions of the CT Acadamy, Vol IV. Inscribed (but not signed) by Merriam to Henry W. Elliott (presumably Henry Wood Elliott - see above). Smithsonian stamp on cover.

[See also the Harriman Alaska Expedition report (1901) [Link] edited by CHM and Transactions of the Linneaen Society (1882) [Link] with substantial contributions by CHM, both in the Anthologies section; Charles Sheldon's The Wilderness of Denali (1930) [Link] co-edited and with Intro by CHM; and Edgar Mearns' Birds of the Hudson Highlands (1878) [Link], inscribed to CHM]

Merson, W.B. [Link]

[See The Passenger Pigeon (1907) [Link] in Anthologies, edited by Mershon]

Miller, James [Link]

[See Miller's New Guide to the Hudson River (1866) [Link] in the Guidebooks section]

Miller, Olive Thorne [Link]

Little Brothers of the Air - 1892. Signed. OTM was pen name of Harriet Mann Miller. VG+ to NF

[See also In America's Fields and Forests [Link] in Anthologies (1909) with contributions from OTM]

Mills, Enos [Link]

The Story of Estes Park and a Guide Book - 1905. VG+ no DJ

The Spell of the Rockies - 1911. First ed., later printing. Inscribed. VG+ no DJ

In Beaver World - 1913. First ed., later printing. Signed. VG++ no DJ

The Rocky Mountain Wonderland - 1915. First ed., early printing. VG++ in VG++ DJ

Your National Parks - 1917. Inscribed with promotional material and clippings laid in. VG++ no DJ

The Rocky Mountain National Park - 1924. "Memorial Edition" with ownership signature of Esther Mills (Enos's wife), Mill's Long Peak Inn. Promotional material laid in. G+ to VG- no DJ

[See also John Muir Memorial (1916) [Link] in the Muir - Related section, to which Mills contributed]

Mills, Stepanie [Link]

Whatever Happened to Ecology? - 1989. Inscribed. NF in NF NPCDJ

[See also A Road Runs Through It (2008) [Link] and American Earth (2008) [Link] in the Anthologies section, with contributions from Mills]

Mitchell, George J. (Senate Majority Leader) [Link]

World on Fire: Saving an Endangered Earth - 1991. Second printing. Inscribed to Senator Paul Sarbanes. F in NF NPCDJ

Montgomery, Sy [Link]

Journey of the Pink Dolphins -2000. Uncorrected proof. Paper covers. Photocopy of a signed typewritten personal letter from author to Matthiessen seeking blurb laid in. From PM library. VG+

Moore, Gordon

[Intel co-founder and major conservation philanthropist. The anthology Continental Conservation (1999), edited by Michael E. Soule and John Terborgh, is inscribed by Soule to Moore]

Moran, Thomas (1837-1926)

[Important Western artist of the Hudson River School. See Picturesque California (1888) [Link] under John Muir. See also Clarence Dutton's Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District (1882) [Link] and James Gardner's Special Report...on Niagara Falls (1880) [Link], both in the Government Publications section, all with illustrations that include Moran's work. Photos from his illustrations of the Grand Canyon are being posted to the Catalogue entry for Dutton's work.]

Morris, George P.

[Morris wrote the poem Woodman, Spare that Tree! (1837) [Link] - Catalogued below under that name, which became an environmentalist protest song.]

Muir, John [Link]

Picturesque California - 1888. Massive two-vol Dewing edition. Edited and with essays by Muir and others. VG

Mountains of California - 1913 9th ed (originally published 1894). Signed with original manuscript page. G no DJ

Our National Parks - 1901. First printing. Personally inscribed to Sierra Club co-founder William D. Armes. VG+

Our National Parks - 1909 - First of new, expanded ed. VG++ to NF no DJ

[Pamphlet] Prevent the Destruction of Yosemite Park - 1908 Original Pamphlet. VG

Stickeen - 1909. First printing. Publisher's prospectus laid in. VG in Fair- DJ

My First Summer in the Sierra -1911. VG no DJ

Edward Henry Harriman -1911. Inscribed by Harriman's widow to the household butler. VG no DJ

The Yosemite - 1912. VG++ no DJ

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth - 1913. VG in G NPCDJ

Travels in Alaska - 1915. G+ no DJ

Letters to a Friend - 1915 First - Ltd ed of 300. VG++ no DJ

A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf - 1916. VG+ no DJ

The Cruise of the Corwin - 1917. VG++ no DJ

Steep Trails - 1918. VG no DJ

Studies in the Sierra - 1950. Inscribed by dedicatee, conservationist and Muir's close friend William Colby, who wrote the Intro. VG in Fair- NPCDJ

John Muir - Related

John Muir Memorial Number - Sierra Club Bulletin Vol 10, No 1 - Jan 1916. Paper wrappers. Essays, poems and photos published

in honor of Muir following his death by, among others, William Bade, William Colby, Robert Underwood Johnson, Bob Marshall, Enos Mills and Charles Sprague Sargent. VG+

The Life and Letters of John Muir - 1924. 2 Vols. Vol 1 has bookplate of the AMNH(!). VG

John of the Mountains - 1938 - First inscribed by editor Linnie Marsh Wolff with an original manuscript page from Muir's journals tipped in, with ownership sig of Eloise Gerry, pioneering Forest Service scientist. Likely a limited edition presentation copy. VG in G NPCDJ

John Muir: 1834-1914 - Undated. [Booklet/pamphlet]. 13-page biographical essay about Muir by Linnie Marsh Wolff. Appears to be promoting Houghton's Muir works, particularly John of the Mountains. Booklet cost 10 cents. VG+ to NF

Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir - 1945. By Linnie Marsh Wolff. Pulitzer winner. G+ in Poor PCDJ

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography - 1977. By William and Maymie Kimes. First ed., limited to 300 copies distributed to subscribers. Signed by both authors and the printer. The definitive bibliography of Muir's writings. NF+

[See also the Harriman Alaska Expedition report (1901-04) [Link] and American Earth (2008) [Link], both in Anthologies. See also James Hutchings [Link], for whom Muir worked early in his time in the Sierras (and may have been canoodling with Hutchings' wife); and In America's Fields and Forests (1909) [Link] in the Anthology section with contribution from Muir. See also William Steel's Mountains of Oregon (1890) [Link] about Muir's role in the creation of Crater Lakes NP, with additional discussion about Muir and Steel's tactics and acquaintanceship.]

Mullaly, John [Link]

[See Guidebooks Section - New Parks beyond the Harlem (1897) [Link] by Mullaly. As described in more detail in the Catalogue entry, Mullaly was a newspaper publisher who, though instrumental in the formation of some important parks in northern NYC, was otherwise quite a nasty piece of work]

Mumford, Lewis [Link]

[See Mumford's The Brown Decades (1931) [Link] in the Reference section. See also Anne Chisolm's Philospohers of the Earth (1972) [Link] about Mumford and others; and Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth (1956) [Link] in Anthologies, co-edited and with contribution by Mumford]

Murie, Adolph

[See Murie's A Naturalist in Alaska [Link] - (1961) inscribed to John McPhee. The book is part of Devin-Adair's American Naturalist Series (1951-61) and is Catalogued in the Reference section.]

Murie, Margaret E. ["Mardy"] [Link]

Two in the Far North - 1962. VG in G NPCDJ

[See also Wilderness: The Edge of Knowledge (1970) [Link] and Testimony (1996) [Link] in Anthologies with contributions by Murie]

Murie, Margaret and Olaus [Link]

Wapiti Wilderness - 1966. Inscribed by Mardy stating it is a gift from Jack McPhee. VG+ in VG PCDJ

[See also Grange's Those of the Forest (1953) [Link], illustrated by Olaus, and This is Dinosaur (1955) [Link] in Anthologies, with a piece by Olaus.]

Murphy, Robert Cushman

Fish-Shape Paumanok: Nature and Man on Long Island - 1964. Apparent first. Inscribed. NF in a Fair NPCDJ

Murray, William H.H. [Link]

Murray's Adventures in the Wilderness - 1869. Early printing. VG+

Musil, Robert

[See Rachel Carson and Her Sisters (2014) [Link] in References]

Nabhan, Gary Paul [Link]

The Desert Smells Like Rain - 1982. Poetic personal inscription. NF in a VG NPCDJ

[See Richard Nelson's The Island Within (1989) [Link] and Susan Tweit's Seasons in the Desert (1998) [Link], both inscribed to Nabhan. See also Heart of the Land (1994) [Link] and Testimony (1996) [Link], both in Anthologies, with contributions from Nabhan]

Nadeau, Remi A. [Link]

The Water Seekers - 1950. Signed. NF in a VG+ NPCDJ

Nader, Ralph [Link]

[See Who's Poisoning America (1981) [Link] in Anthologies, signed, co-edited and with contributions from Nader]

Naess, Arne [Link]

Ecology, community and lifestyle - 1989. Originally published 1976. First thus - this substantially updated edition is in English and contains many revisions and rewrites from the original by Naess and editor David Rothenburg. Fair no dj (as issued?)

Nash, Roderick

[See his seminal Wilderness and the American Mind (1967) [Link] in the Reference Catalogue. Nash also contributed to Wilderness: The Edge of Knowledge (1970) [Link] and Aldo Leopold (1987) [Link], both in the Anthology section.]

Neely, Nick [Link]

Coast Range - 2016. Second printing, paper covers. Inscribed. F

Alta California - 2019. First printing, paper covers. Inscribed. F

Nelson, Gaylord (Senator) [Link]

America's Last Chance to Preserve the Earth - 1970. Coffee-table style quarto with photos and text. NF in a VG- NPCDJ

Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise - 2002. (With Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak). Signed by Nelson with his stamp of an environmental quote. Also signed by Woziak. Foreword by RFK Jr. F in a NF DJ.

[See also Mike Dombeck et al From Conquest to Conservation (2003) with a "focus essay" by Nelson]

Nelson, Richard [Link]

The Island Within - 1989. Inscribed to Gary Paul Nabhan. VG+ in a VG NPCDJ

Nesbit, Paul W

Longs Peak: Its Story and a Climbing Guide - (1969) Seventh ed, orig published 1946. Paper wraps with stapled binding. Self-published. Inscribed to Sheridan Anderson.

Nelson, Urban C.

[See Wilderness: The Edge of Knowledge (1970) [Link] in Anthologies to which Nelson contributed and from his library]

Newhall, Nancy

[Co-author with Ansel Adams of This is the American Earth (1960), the first of Sierra Club's acclaimed and influential exhibit format books. Newhall was an art curator and co-founder of Aperture who was brought in to help put together the photography exhibit which led to the production of the book, which contains her text]

Nicholson, Max [Link]

The Environmental Revolution - 1970. With a marked up copy of an address Nicholson gave at the Atheneum and program for author's memorial service laid in. VG+ in VG NPCDJ

Northrup, A. Judd [Link]

Camps and Tramps in the Adirondacks - 1880. VG++

Nuttall, Thomas [Link]

The Genera of North American Plants - Two volumes. 1818. VG+

Travels into the Arkansa Territory - 1821. VG+

Olmsted, Frederick Law [Link]

Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove; A Preliminary Report, 1865. This is a copy from the 1993 limited edition (#212 of 450) of the report, published by the Yosemite Association. The original 1865 report was adopted by the Olmsted-chaired first Yosemite Commission, but not issued - it was rediscovered in 1952. F no DJ (as issued?).

[See also the Special Report of the New York State Survey on the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls (1880) [Link] to which Olmsted was a key contributor, in Government Publications. See also American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies]]

Olson, Sigurd F. [Link]

The Singing Wilderness - 1956. First ed., 13th printing. Inscribed to Minnesota lawyer and environmental leader Richard Flint. NF in a NF PCDJ.

Open Horizons - 1969. Stated first. Lengthy personal inscription. VG+ in VG NPCDJ

Wilderness Days - 1972. First, limited edition - #14 of 350 copies specially bound and signed, issued in slipcover. VG+ to NF

[See also American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies]

Open Space Action Committee [now Open Space Institute] [Link]

Stewardship - 1965. First. A guide for owners of open space in or near metropolitan areas, principally the New York City area, interested in preservation of that open space through donation, permanent easements, etc. Written primarily by Charles E. Little, along with Ronald L. Burnap. OSAC was founded by Richard Pough, who was Little's primary collaborator on this book according to the OSI website. VG in VG DJ.

Ord, George

[Zoologist specializing in mammalogy and ornithology who published the last volumes of Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology (1808-14)]

Osborn, Fairfield [Link]

Our Plundered Planet - 1948. Stated first inscribed in year of publication. NF in NF- NPCDJ

The Limits of the Earth - 1953. Uncorrected advance proof in wrappers bound at top, inscribed to Childs Frick. NF

[See also The Pacific World (1944 - Anthologies) [Link], edited and with contributions by Osborn. See also Tomorrow's Wilderness (1963) [Link] and Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth (1956) [Link], both in Anthologies with contributions by Osborn]

Osborn, Henry Fairfield [Link]

Save the Redwoods - 1920. [Offprint Pamphlet]. With TLS by William Frederic Bade (Sierra Club President and Muir's literary executor) laid in. NF in paper wraps.

[See also Maturin Ballou's Ballou's Alaska (1894) [Link] in Guidebooks with HFO's ownership sig and a handwritten poem by him; Hornaday's Our Vanishing Wild Life (1914) [Link] with a Preface by HFO; William Beebe's Galapagos ((1924) [Link] with an Intro by HFO; and Roosevelt Memorials (1919) [Link] with a contribution from HFO]

Packard, Winthrop [Link]

Wildwood Ways - 1909. NF in G+ to VG DJ

Palmer, E. Laurence [Link]

Fieldbook of Natural History - 1949. Signed. VG in a G DJ

Parkman, Francis [Link]

The Oregon Trail - 1892 ed (orig pub 1849). Fifth(?) ed. Illustrated by Frederick Remington and first/first thus. Beautiful leather-covered boards intricately and unusually decorated. Catalogued 1849 as originally published. VG

Parnall, Peter

[Artist and writer primarily known for his books for youth, including many award winners. Parnall illustrated the first edition of Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire (1968) [Link] and Hal Borland's Beyond Your Doorstep (1962) [Link].]

Patton, J. Harris [Link]

[See Natural Resources of the United States (1879) in Reference section]

Pauley, Edwin

[For more on Pauley see Robert Wilder's Listening to the Sea (1998) [Link], inscribed to Pauley's son Stephen - the inscription references Edwin. See also Harold Ickes (1943) [Link], who resigned as Interior Secretary due to dispute over Pauley.]

Peacock, Andrea [Link]

Libby, Montana: Asbestos & the Deadly Silence - 2003. Paper covers. From Peter Matthiessen's library with a TLS letter from the publisher thanking PM for a blurb of advance praise. NF

Peacock, Doug [Link]

In the Shadow of the Sabertooth - 2013. First? Paper covers. Inscribed to Peter Matthiessen. VG+

[See also the 20th anniversary edition of Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang (2008 printing) [Link], which is inscribed by Peacock. Peacock was the model for the book's protagonist, George Hayduke]

Pearce, T.M.

[See Mary Austin - Related for Pearce's book of Austin's letters]

Peattie, Donald Culross [Link]

An Almanac for Moderns - 1935. Signed. NF no DJ

Flowering Earth - 1939. Inscribed. NF no DJ

American Heartwood - 1949. Inscribed. VG in VG NPCDJ

[See also American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies]

Penfold, Joseph

[Former Conservation Director of the Izaak Walton League. Progenitor of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. See This is Dinosaur (1955) [Link] in Anthologies, with a contribution from Penfold (co-written with Olaus Murie). See also Aldo Leopold: The Man and His Legacy (1987) [Link] in Anthologies, inscribed by the editor to Penfold. See also Carhart's The National Forests (1959) [Link], with an Introduction by Penfold.]

Perkins, Granville

[Successful American artist who contributed to Picturesque America (1872-4)]

Petersen, David Reed

[See Postcards from Ed (2006) [Link], edited and with an Intro by Petersen, and A Road Runs Through It (2006) [Link] edited by Petersen. Petersen has a number of books to his credit but appears to have virtually no digital presence]

Peterson, Roger Tory [Link]

Field Guide to Western Birds - 1941. Later printing. VG in Fair PCDJ

Art and Photography of the World's Foremost Birder - 1994. Inscribed to Peter Matthiessen. F in F NPCDJ

[See also Forbush's Birds of Massachusetts (1925-29) with undated leaflet by RTP laid in [Link]]

Peterson, Roger Tory and Fisher, James [Link]

Wild America - 1955. Signed by Peterson. VG in a G+ NPCDJ

[See also Lyn Hancock (1986) [Link] and Scott Weidensaul (2005) [Link], both with books recreating the iconic journey recounted in Wild America]

Peterson, Russell W.

[One of ten CEOs of national environmental organizations - in his case the National Audubon Society - credited with the authorship of An Environmental Agenda for the Future (1985 - Catalogued in Anthologies)]

Phillips, John C. [Link]

Wenham Great Pond - 1938. Limited edition (58 of 100). Published posthumously. VG in slipcase

[See immediately below and also Hunting and Conservation (1925) [Link] in Anthologies with a contribution from Phillips]

Phillips, John C. and Lincoln, Frederick C. [Link]

American Waterfowl: Their Present Situation and the Outlook for Their Future - 1930. Note from Phillips' wife transmitting volume to a friend laid in. VG in G DJ

Pinchot, Gifford [Link]

A Primer of Forestry - 1903. Third ed. 2 vols. NF

The Use of the National Forests - 1907. NF. [Pamphlet]

The Fight for Conservation - 1910. VG

The Training of a Forester - 1914. With TLS to pioneering Forestry Service Scientist Eloise Gerry. VG+

To the South Seas - 1930. First ed., printing unknown. Signed. VG in VG PCDJ

Breaking Common Ground - 1947. VG+ in G+ PCDJ.

[See also Overton Price's The Boy's Book of Conservation (1911) [Link] with a Preface by Pinchot; Roosevelt - Memorials (1919) [Link]; and First Exposition on Conservation (1914) [Link] and American Earth (2008) [Link] in the Anthologies section, with contributions from Pinchot]

Pipkin, James

[Pipkin was a prominent attorney who was a driver of key environmental protection measures in the Pacific Northwest and the Everglades. For more on Pipkin see Joseph Sax's Mountains Without Handrails (1980), which is inscribed to Pipkin. Also inscribed to Pipkin is From Conquest to Conservation: Our Public Lands Legacy (2003), co-written by Mike Dombeck, Christopher Wood and Jack Williams and Catalogued under Dombeck's name]

Pollan, Michael [Link]

The Botany of Desire - 2001. Stated first. Inscribed. F in a F NPCDJ

[See also American Earth (2008) in Anthologies]

Porter, Eliot [Link]

The Place No One Knew: Glen Canyon - 1963. Presumed first. Large quarto photo book. Foreword by David Brower. VG in VG NPCDJ

"In Wildness is the Preservation of the World" - 1989. First. Signed. Large quarto photo book. Foreword by David Brower. Intro by Joseph Wood Krutch. Photos accompanied by excerpts from Thoreau's journal. NF in VG PCDJ

[See also Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall's This is the American Earth (1960); Edward Abbey's Appalachian Wilderness (1970) [Link]; and Peter Matthiessen's The Tree Where Man Was Born [Link], allwith photos by Porter. See also American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies]

Pough, Richard H. [Link]

Audubon Bird Guide: Eastern Land Birds - (1946). Early printing. Signed. NF in G NPCDJ

[See the Open Space Action Committee's book Stewardship (1965 - listed under OSAC but largely written by Charles Little and Pough). See also Matthiessen's Wildlife in America (1959), with an Intro by Pough]

Powers, Richard [Link]

The Overstory - 2018. Signed. First/first. F in F NPCDJ

Powell, John Wesley [Link]

[See Powell's Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its Tributaries (1875) [Link] and Report on the Lands of the Arid Region (1879) [Link], both in the Government Publications section. See also Wallace Stegner's influential biography of Powell, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian (1954) [Link]]

Price, Overton W. [Link]

The Land We Live In: The Boy's Book of Conservation - 1911. Forward by Pinchot. VG no DJ

[See also Pinchot's The Training of a Forester (1914) [Link] touchingly dedicated to Price]

Pritchard, Paul C.

[One of ten CEOs of national environmental organizations - in his case the National Parks and Conservation Association - credited with the authorship of An Environmental Agenda for the Future (1985 - Catalogued in Anthologies)]

Prudden, Mitchell T. [Link]

On the Great Colorado Plateau - 1907. VG+ to NF no DJ

Pryor, WIlliam C.

[Pryor was an associate of Soil Conservation Service director Hugh H. Bennet and was co-author with him of This Land We Defend (1942) [Link]. The book is listed and Catalogued under Bennett's name]

Pyle, Robert Michael [Link]

Walking the High Ridge: Life as a Field Trip - 2000. Signed. VG in paper wraps.

Quammen, David [Link]

Natural Acts - 1985. First printing. Signed. F in a VG+ NPCDJ

*The Song of the Dodo - 1996. First printing. Signed. NF in a NF NPCDJ.

[*Note that Quammen is Catalogued using 1996 as the publishing date.]

[See also A Road Runs Through It (2006) [Link] and American Earth (2008) [Link] in the Anthologies section with contributions from DQ; and Matthiessen's End of the Earth [Link] with material from Quammen laid in]

Rainey, Sue [Link]

[See her Creating Picturesque America (1994) [Link] in the Reference section.]

Ray, Janisse [Link]

Ecology of a Cracker Childhood - 1999. Personally inscribed to writer Thomas Rain Crowe and partner. F in F NPCDJ

[See also Courage for the Earth (2007) [Link] and American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies, with contributions from Ray.]

Ray, John [Link]

The Wisdom of God Manifested in His Works of Creation - 1692. Second ed (First published 1691). Contemporary binding which includes "A Persuasive to a Holy Life." VG+

Reisner, Marc [Link]

Cadillac Desert - 1986. Inscribed to Ivan Doig. F in NF NPCDJ

Game Wars: The Undercover Pursuit of Wildlife Poachers - 1991. Signed. NF in NF NPCDJ

Reese, William [Book Collector and Dealer]

[See Gilpin (1792) and William Barton (1821-23) for books from Reese's personal library; and the Reference section for three works by Reese (1992/1999/2000)]

Remington, Frederick

[Celebrated Western artist whose work illustrates the 1892 edition of Francis Parkman's Oregon Trail (1849) [Link], and John Muir's Picturesque California (1888) [Link]]

Reneau, Jack

[Durward L. Allen's Our Wildlife Legacy (1954) is inscribed to Reneau, big game record keeper for the Boone & Crockett Club, where he was a strong advocate for conservation. Robert Cushman Murphy's Fish-Shape Paumanok (1964) has a 1999 bill of sale laid in conveying the book to Reneau]

Swallow Richards, Ellen [Link]

[See Robert Clarke's biography Ellen Swallow: The Woman Who Founded Ecology (1973) [Link] in References]

Ripper, Charles L.

[Illustrious wildlife artist. For more see John Terres's From Laurel Hill to Siler's Bog (1969) [Link], which was illustrated by Ripper.]

Rolfe, Mary A. [Link]

Our National Parks: Book One - 1927. For ninth grade audience. Inscribed. Intro note by NPS head Stephen A. Mather. VG+

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano [Link]

Nothing to Fear: The Selected Addresses of Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 1946. With a lengthy inscription in German by "K.A." - apparently the statesman Konrad Adenhauer, the long-serving first post-WWII chancellor of West Germany. Fair no DJ.

Roosevelt, Robert B. [Link]

Game Fish of the Northern States of America, and British Provinces - 1862. VG

Roosevelt, Theodore [Link]

Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter - 1905. VG no DJ

African Game Trails - 1910. VG no DJ

The Brazilian Wilderness - 1914. NF no DJ

[See also John Burroughs' Camping and Tramping with Roosevelt (1907) [Link] signed by TR, and Trail and Camp Fire (1897) [Link] in Anthologies co-edited and with contributions by TR. See also Theodore Roosevelt's America (1955) [Link], a selection of TR's writings edited by Farida Wiley, in the Reference section. See also American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies. There are too many other references to TR to list.]

Theodore Roosevelt - Memorial Material

Theodore Roosevelt: Memorial Addresses - 1919. A compilation of 5 addresses and 2 letters delivered at The Century Association, of which TR was a member since 1884, after his death.

Theodore Roosevelt: In Memoriam - 1919. 31-page booklet reprinting articles from AMNH's Natural History magazine by Burroughs, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Gifford Pinchot and others. Includes 16 pages of photos of TR with detailed captions. G

Rothenburg, David

[See Arne Naess's Ecology, community and lifestyle (1989) [Link] - the edition in the Collection contains substantial changes to the 1976 original by Naess and Rothenburg. Rothenburg is a philosopher, professional musician, professor and author who worked with Naess for several years in the 1980s]

Russell, Sharman Apt [Link]

Songs of the Fluteplayer: Seasons of Life in the Southwest - 1991. Signed. NF in NF NPCDJ

Safina, Carl [Link]

Song for the Blue Ocean - 1997. Inscribed to Peter Matthiessen with small drawing. F in F NPCDJ

Eye of the Albatross - 2002. Signed. F in F NPCDJ

Sargent, Charles Sprague [Link]

[See Sargent's Report on the Forests of North America (1884) [Link] in Government Publications. John Muir's Our National Parks (1901) [Link] is dedicated to Sargent]

St. Barbe Baker, Richard [Link]

Green Glory: The Story of the Forests of the World - 1948. VG+ to NF in VG NPCDJ

Sauer, Carl O.

[Influential geographer. See Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth (1956) in Anthologies, co-edited and with contribution from Sauer [Link]]

Savoy, Lauret [Link]

Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape - 2015. Signed. NF in a NF NPCDJ

Sax, Joseph L. [Link]

Mountains without Handrails: Reflections on the National Parks - 1980. Eighth printing, in softcover, dated 1989. Inscribed to James Pipkin, the prominent environmentalist attorney. VG in paper wraps.

Schaller, George [Link]

Mountain Monarchs - 1977. Inscribed to Peter Matthiessen from his library. VG+ in VG NPCDJ

Stones of Silence - 1980. Inscribed to Matthiessen with one page handwritten letter to PM. VG in VG NPCDJ

Tibet Wild - 2012. Paper covers. Uncorrected proof with typewritten letter from publisher to Matthiessen seeking blurb. VG

[See also American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies]

Schell, Jonathan [Link]

The Fate of the Earth - 1982. Lovingly inscribed by Terry Tempest Williams to her husband Brooke. NF in NF NPCDJ

The Fate of the Earth. Uncorrected proof. Paper covers. VG

[See also American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies]

Schmitt, Peter J. [Link]

[See his Back to Nature (1969) [Link] in the Reference section.]

Scoville Jr., Samuel [Link]

Everyday Adventures -1920. Gift inscription by Rachel Carson at age 14. VG no DJ.

Sears, Paul B. [Link]

Deserts on the March - 1935. Stated first. NF in a VG NPCDJ.

[See also Harte and Socolow's Patient Earth (1971) [Link] and Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth (1956) [Link], both in Anthologies, with contributions from Sears]

Sessions, George

[See Deep Ecology (1985) [Link], which Sessions co-authored with Bill Devall, and which is Catalogued under the latter's name]

Seton, Ernest Thompson [Link]

A List of the Mammals of Manitoba - 1886. Pamphlet. Seton's first publication, presentation copy. Quite rare. G+ to VG- ?

The Biography of a Grizzly - 1900. Stated first impression. Inscribed. G+ in Fair- (rare) DJ. Published under the name of Ernest Seton-Thompson, which is what he first changed it to (from Ernest Evan Thompson) before settling on ETS.

[See also Ernest Thompson Seton's America (1954) [Link], a selection of his writings edited by Farida Wiley, in the Reference section]

Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate [Link]

Man and the Earth - 1905. VG+ no DJ

[See also American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies]

Sharp, Dallas Lore [Link]

The Lay of the Land - 1908. VG+ no DJ

The Face of the Fields - 1911. G-

[See also two books by Sharp on John Burroughs in the Burroughs - Related Material section (1921 and 1928) [Link] and In American Fields and Forests (1909) [Link] in the Anthologies section with a contribution from Sharp]

Sheldon, Charles [Link]

The Wilderness of Denali - 1930. VG no DJ

[See also Hunting and Conservation (1925) [Link] in Anthologies co-edited and with a contribution from Sheldon]

Shepard, Paul [Link]

The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game - 1973. Inscribed to ecocriticism founder Joseph Meeker. NF in VG NPCDJ

Shutkin, William A. [Link]

The Land that Could Be - 2000. Presumed first. Inscribed. Foreword by David Brower. NF in NPCDJ

Snyder, Gary [Link]

Turtle Island - 1974. First ed, in paper covers - published simultaneously with hardcover. Inscribed to Peter Matthiessen. VG

The Practice of the Wild: Essays by Gary Snyder - 1990. Signed. F in NF NPCDJ

[See also American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies, with a contribution from Snyder and a long discussion about him in McKibben's Intro]

Socolow, Robert H. [Link]

[See Patient Earth (1971) [Link] in Anthologies co-written/edited by Socolow with John Harte]

Soule, Michael E.

["Father of conservation biology" and founder of both the Society for Conservation Biology and The Wildlands Project. He is co-editor with John Terborgh of Continental Conservation (1999), catalogued in Anthologies. There is an aigu over the E in Soule's name, but I do not know how to make it appear]

Spong, Dr. Paul

[See Rex Weyler's Song of the Whale [Link] about the work of Spong, who founded Greenpeace's Save-the-Whale campaign]

Sprunt Jr., Alex

[See Wallace Grange's Those of the Forest (1953) [Link], inscribed by conservationist Herbert Stoddard to ornithologist Sprunt]

Squier, Emma-Lindsay [Link]

The Wild Heart - 1922. Second printing. Intro by Gene Stratton-Porter. Inscribed. VG no dj

Starr King, Thomas [Link]

The White Hills - 1859. Assumed first. VG+

Steel, W.G. [William Gladstone] [Link]

The Mountains of Oregon - 1890. Inscribed. VG

Stegner, Wallace [Link]

Beyond the Hundredth Meridian - 1954. NF in VG+ PCDJ

The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto - 1974. Signed. VG+ in VG- PCDJ

[See also This is Dinosaur (1955) [Link], Tomorrow's Wilderness (1963) [Link], and Wildlands in Our Civilization (1964) [Link], all in the Anthologies section, all edited and/or with contributions by Stegner]

Steingraber, Sandra [Link]

Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment - 1997. Stated first. Signed. NF in a NF NPCDJ

Stoddard, Herbert L.

[See Wallace Grange's Those of the Forest (1953) [Link], inscribed by conservationist Stoddard to ornithologist Alex Sprunt]

Stoddard, S.R. (Seneca Ray)

[See Stoddard's The Adirondacks: Illustrated (1893) [Link] in the Guidebooks section.]

Stork, William

[See John Bartram's An Account of East Florida (1766) [Link] - the book contains work by Stork in addition to that from Bartram]

Story, Isabelle [Link]

The National Parks and Emergency Conservation - 1933. 32-page pamphlet. VG+ in VG- PCDJ

Stratton-Porter, Gene [Link]

Music of the Wild - 1910. Limited deluxe signed first edition, #51 of 100. G no DJ or slipcover

[See also Emma-Lindsay Squier's The Wild Heart (1922) [Link], with an eleven-page Intro by Stratton-Porter. See also American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies]

Strong, Maurice [Link]

Where on Earth are We Going? - 2000. Stated first. Inscribed. NF in NF PCDJ

Suzuki, David [Link]

The Legacy: An Elder's Vision... - 2010. True first (Canadian). Inscribed. F in F NPCDJ

Swallow Richards, Ellen

[See Robert Clarke's biography Ellen Swallow: The Woman Who Founded Ecology (1973) [Link] in References]

Teale, Edwin Way [Link]

Circle of the Seasons - 1953. Inscribed. F in NF NPCDJ

[See also A Conscious Stillness (1982) [Link], coauthored by Teale and Ann Zwinger and listed and Catalogued alphabetically under her name. See also American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies]

Tee-Van, John and Helen

[Close associates of William Beebe [Link], who were part of most of Beebe's expeditions and whose art illustrates Beebe's Galapagos (1924) and Arcturus Adventure (1926). Beebe's Beneath Tropic Seas (1928) is inscribed by Beebe and both Tee-Vans to two Tee-Van nephews. John Tee-Van worked at the New York Zoological Society for fifty years, serving as executive director for ten.]

Terborgh, John

[Terborgh is co-editor with Michael E. Soule of Continental Conservation (1999), catalogued in Anthologies]

Terres, John K. [Link]

From Laurel Hill to Siler's Bog - 1969. Inscribed to family member. NF in NF NPCDJ

Thane, Eric [Link]

The Majestic Land - 1950. G in G NPCDJ

Thomas Jr., William L. [Link]

[See Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth (1956) [Link] in Anthologies edited by Thomas]

Thompson, Margaret and Freeman, Otis W. [Link]

[See The Conservation of Northwest Resources (1950) [Link] in Anthologies edited by them]

Thoreau, Henry David [Link]

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers - 1849. Rebacked preserving original spine. VG

Walden - 1854. April ads. VG+

Excursions - 1863. Intro is a 30-page biographical essay by Emerson (his eulogy of HDT). VG+

The Maine Woods - 1864. No publisher's catalogue (not issue pt). VG to VG+

Cape Cod - 1865. VG. Early copy with April 1865 ownership sig. Published March 1865 and bound as needed through July 1865

Letters to Various Persons - 1865. NF

A Yankee in Canada...-1866. Rebacked. VG+

Early Spring in Massachusetts - 1881. VG+ to NF

Summer - 1884. VG+ to NF

Winter - 1888. VG-

Autumn - 1892. VG+ to NF

[See also In America's Fields and Forests (1909) [Link], On Walking [Link] and American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies with contributions by HDT]

Tickell, Sir Crispin

[See James Lovelock's Revenge of Gaia (2006 - Catalogued with Gaia (1979)) with an Intro by Tickell, a British diplomat, academic and prominent environmentalist]

Torrey, Bradford [Link]

Birds in the Bush - 1885. Likely First printing. VG

Field-Days in California - 1913. VG+ to NF no DJ

[See In American Fields and Forest (1909) [Link] in Anthologies with selections by Torrey]

Trefethen, James B. [Link]

Crusade for Wildlife - 1961. Inscribed by Stewart Udall to Bob Hines. B&C Publication. VG+ in VG NPCDJ.

Trimble, Stephen [Link]

[See Testimony (1996) [Link] in Anthologies which Trimble co-edited with Terry Tempest Williams]

Tucker, Mrs. Fred H. (Mary Lathrop) [Link]

Handbook of Conservation - 1911. Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs. Ex-library. VG-

Tucker, Kitty

[Activist and public interest lawyer who was highly instrumental in the famous Karen Silkwood case. Her ownership stamp is on An Environmental Agenda for the Future (1985 - Catalogued in Anthologies - [Link])]

Tuckerman, Edward

[Botanist and professor who was a founding member of the Natural History Society of Boston. See John Josselyn's New England's Rarities Discovered (1672) [Link] with the Collection's 1865 limited edition copy with an Intro by Tuckerman]

Turnage, William A.

[One of ten CEOs of national environmental organizations - in his case The Wilderness Society - credited with the authorship of An Environmental Agenda for the Future (1985 - Catalogued in Anthologies)]

Tweit, Susan J. [Link]

Seasons in the Desert - 1998. Inscribed to Gary Nabhan, who blurbed the book. NF in NF NPCDJ

Udall, Morris

[Long-serving congressperson and brother of Stewart Udall. For more on Mo Udall, see John Berger's Restoring the Earth (1985) [Link], for which Udall wrote the Foreword]

Udall, Stewart L. [Link]

The Quiet Crisis - 1963. VG- in G- PCDJ. Inscribed

1976: Agenda for Tomorrow - 1968. Inscribed to conservation-minded congressperson Jeff Cohelan. VG+ to NF in VG+ NPCDJ.

[See Tomorrow's Wilderness (1963) [Link] in Anthologies, with a contribution from Udall. See also OSAC's Stewardship (1965 - under Open Space Action Committee) [Link], Hartzog's Battling for the National Parks (1988) [Link], Aldo Leopold: The Man and his Legacy (1987) [Link] in Anthologies, and Irving Brant's Adventures in Conservation with Franklin D. Roosevelt (1988), all of which contain Forewords by Udall. And see James Trefethen's Crusade for Wildlife (1961) [Link], inscribed by Udall to artist Bob Hines. According to one published source, Brant submitted Udall's name to JFK as candidate for Interior Secretary]

Van Dersal, William R.

[Co-author with Edward H. Graham of Water for America: The Story of Water Conservation (1956), [Link] a young adult title catalogued under Graham's name]

Van Dyke, Charles [Link]

Nature for its Own Sake - 1898. VG

The Desert - 1901. VG

The Mountain - 1916. Presumed UK First. VG no DJ

Van Hise, Charles R. [Link]

The Conservation of the Natural Resources of the United States - 1910. NF

Vogt, William [Link]

Road to Survival - 1948. Inscribed. NF in NF NPCDJ

[For folks with "von" in their surname, it has been omitted in alphabetization]

Walker, Charlotte Zoe [Link]

[Organizer and editor of the John Burroughs 'Sharp Eyes' literary conferences. See Burroughs - Related Materials (2000 and 2008) [Link]]

Wallace, Alfred Russel [Link]

Darwinism - 1889. VG+

Wallace, David Rains [Link]

Idle Weeds: The Life of a Sandstone Ridge - 1980. Inscribed to close family friend. NF in a NF NPCDJ

The Klamath Knot - 1983. Prepublication uncorrected proof. Paper covers. NF

Weaver, Harriet E. [Link]

The Giant Redwoods - 1946. [Pamphlet]. By the first female CA state park ranger. NF

How the Sequoias Were Named - 1946. [Pamphlet]. VG

Weidensaul, Scott [Roger Tory Peterson] [Link]

Return to Wild America - 2005. Inscribed. F in F NPCDJ

Wendelowski, Karl

[One of ten CEOs of national environmental organizations - in his case Friends of the Earth - credited with the authorship of An Environmental Agenda for the Future (1985 - Catalogued in Anthologies)]

Weyler, Rex [Link]

Song of the Whale - 1986. Inscribed to eco-criticism founder Joe Meeker. NF in NF NPCDJ

White, Gilbert [Link]

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne - 1789. First with slip tipped in "Rev. T Arnold....with the Authors Best Regards." First issue points present, plates intact. Bound in one volume in contemporary morocco. Beautiful

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne - 1789. With White's clipped signature and inscription mounted at end of Advertisement section. First issue points present, plates intact. Bound in one volume in contemporary calf, rebacked to style. VG+ to NF

Selborne - 1837. Sixth ed. Two vols. Preface has very useful publishing history to date. VG+ to NF

Selborne - 1895 ed. First thus. Two volumes. 15-page Intro by John Burroughs and signed by him. Contains penciled note by A.H. Pratt (see Burroughs - Related Materials). VG

Whitman, Walt [Link]

Leaves of Grass - First published 1855. This copy is the 1930 Grabhorn Press limited edition (#303 of 400). Considered to be the finest physical publication of the work, and one of Grabhorn's masterpieces. VG-VG+

Whitney, J.D. [Link]

[See The Yosemite Guide-Book (1874) [Link] in the Guidebook section, with a Preface by CA State Geologist Whitney. Whitney's name crops up frequently, having employed Brewer on his survey (1860-64), as well as Clarence King and James Gardner]

Whittier, John Greenleaf [Link]

Among the Hills - 1869. VG+

Whyte, William [Link]

The Last Landscape - 1968. Advance review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. VG in VG NPCDJ

Wilder, Robert Jay [Link]

Listening to the Sea - 1998. Probable first in paper wraps. Inscribed to Stephen Pauley. VG+

Wiley, Farida [Link]

[Legendary AMNH educator who edited the first three books in Devin-Adair's American Naturalist series, on John Burroughs (1951), Ernest Thompson Seton (1954) and Theodore Roosevelt (1955), Catalogued in the Reference section. [Link]]

Wilkinson, Charles

[Wilkinson was a preeminent and decorated authority on the intersection between public lands, natural resources and Native American law. He wrote the Intro to From Conquest to Conservation: Our Public Lands Legacy (2003), co-written by Mike Dombeck, Christopher Wood and Jack Williams, and Catalogued under Dombeck's name]

Williams, Jack

[See From Conquest to Conservation: Our Public Lands Legacy (2003) [Link], co-written with Mike Dombeck and Christopher Wood and Catalogued under Dombeck's name. Jack E. Williams is (as of Dec 2024) emeritus scientist at the conservation organization Trout Unlimited, and in 2003 was Senior Fellow at the AuCoin Institute for Ecological, Economic, and Civic Studies at Southern Oregon University in Ashland]

Williams, Laidlaw [Link]

[Ornithologist and conservationist. See John of the Mountains (1938) [Link], edited by Linnie Marsh Wolfe, in the Muir - Related Materials section. Williams wrote a review for the Audubon Society's Bird-Lore magazine which is tipped into the book]

Williams, Terry Tempest [Link]

Refuge - 1991. Advance copy - likely final galley proof.

Refuge - 1991. Stated first. Signed. VG+ to NF in VG NPCDJ

[See also Heart of the Land (1994) [Link], Testimony (1996) [Link], Three Essays (1993), Courage for the Earth (2007) [Link], and American Earth (2008) [Link], all in the Anthologies section, all with contributions from Williams (Testimony was also co-edited by her); and also see Edward Abbey's Postcards from Ed (2006) [Link], with an Intro by TTW; and Jonathan Schell's The Fate of the Earth (1982) [Link] inscribed by TTW to her husband]

Wilson, Alexander [Link]

American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States - 1808-1814. First ed., nine volumes.

[An essay by Wilson is included in Mershon's anthology The Passenger Pigeon (1907) [Link]]

Wilson, Edward O. [Link]

The Theory of Island Biogeography - 1967. Co-authored by Robert MacArthur. First in paper covers. Monograph. VG

In Search of Nature - 1996. Inscribed. NF in a NF non-priced DJ

Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life - 2016. Signed. F in NF NPCDJ

[See also Courage for the Earth (2007) [Link] and American Earth (2008) [Link] in Anthologies section, with contributions from Wilson]

Wingate, George W. [Link]

Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback - 1886. Pristine folding map in rear pocket. VG+

Winsor, Justin

[Distinguished librarian, cartographer and historian. See John Josselyn's An Account of Two Voyages (1674) [Link] and Clarence King's Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (1872) [Link], both from Winsor's library]

Wolfe, Linnie Marsh [Link]

[See John Muir - Related Materials for Wolfe's Muir biography Son of the Wilderness (1945) [Link], and John of the Mountains,(1938) [Link], edited by her]

Wolke, Howie [Link]

Wilderness on the Rocks - 1991. Forward by Edward Abbey. Paper covers. VG+

Wood, Christopher

[See From Conquest to Conservation: Our Public Lands Legacy (2003) [Link], co-written with Mike Dombeck and Jack Williams and Catalogued under Dombeck's name. As of Dec 2024, Wood was President and CEO of conservation organization Trout Unlimited]

Woodman! Spare that Tree! [Link]

Original 1837 printing of the George P. Morris poem entitled The Oak which, set to music in the same year, became an extremely popular song, and an early anthem of the EC movement.

Woodward, John Douglas

[J.D. Woodard was considered one of the country's best landscape painters of his time. He created a number of the images reproduced in Picturesque America (1872-4)]

Worster, Donald [Link]

[Important environmental historian. See his Under the Western Skies (1992) [Link] and The Wealth of Nature (1993) [Link], both in the Reference section. His 2008 biography of John Muir, A Passion for Nature [Link], was also excellent, but my copy does not qualify as collectible.]

Wozniak, Paul

[Environmental historian, advocate and energy analyst who was a co-author with Gaylord Nelson on his Beyond Earth Day (2002) [Link]]

Wright, Bertha [Link]

Marvels from Nature - 1872. UK publication - can't tell edition or printing. Inscribed. VG+

Wright, Mabel Osgood [Link]

The Friendship of Nature - 1894. Her first book. Small book. G+ to VG-

Birdcraft - 1895. VG+

Citizen Bird - 1897. Coauthor Elliott Coues. VG++

Yard, Robert Sterling [Link]

National Parks Portfolio - 1916. First. Set of eight pamphlets on individual NPs, along with Intros by Interior Secretary Franklin Lane and Parks head Stephen Mather. Pamphlets are loose in a heavy paper folding cover. NF in a VG cover.

The Book of National Parks - 1919. Second printing (July 1919). In original, separated DJ. G in Poor but rare original DJ.

Zahniser, Howard

[Zahniser headed The Wilderness Society from 1945-64 and authored the 1964 Wilderness Act. See This is Dinosaur (1955) [Link], Tomorrow's Wilderness (1963) [Link], Wildlands in Our Civilization (1964) [Link], and American Earth (2008) [Link], all in Anthologies, with contributions from Zahniser. See also Arthur Carhart's Planning for America's Wildlands (1961) [Link] with a six-page Intro by Zahniser. See also Ira N. Gabrielson's Wildlife Refuges (1943), which has Zahniser's lengthy review clipped from Nature Magazine laid in.]

Zwinger, Ann [Link]

Beyond the Aspen Grove - 1970. Inscribed. F in NF PCDJ

Run, River, Run - 1975. Inscribed. F in VG PCDJ

[See also Cathy Johnson's The Nocturnal Naturalist (1989) [Link] inscribed to Zwinger and from Zwinger's library; and Heart of the Land (1994) [Link] and Testimony (1996) [Link], both in Anthologies, to which Zwinger contributed.]

Zwinger, Ann and Teale, Edwin Way [Link]

A Conscious Stillness - 1982. Inscribed by Zwinger. F in a VG NPCDJ