Search Results: Authors starting with L from Rural Hours

Westport, NY: West of the Wind Publications, 1997. Softcover. Near fine. Association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "To my dear friend Thomas Lovejoy, Thanks for never forgetting a special day -- July 14 --& being such a loyal conservationist. Hugs & Licks, Anne, Chekika, Xandor [her dogs, depicted on both the front and rear covers]." A paperback original, uncommon signed. A decorated and deeply respected ecologist, Lovejoy is known as "the godfather of biological diversity," having introduced the term in 1980, and helped shape the field of conservation biology. LaBastille is a pioneering woman in ecology (with a Ph.D. in wildlife ecology from Cornell) and is best known for her Woodsman series, the first of which is her account of building a Thoreauvian cabin in the Adirondacks. The last two of four books in the series were published under her own imprint, West of the Wind Publications, another pioneering move. Among many honors, she won the Roger Tory Peterson Award for National Nature… Read More

Minneapolis: Honor the Earth, 2011. First edition. Softcover. Near fine. Inscribed in the year of publication on the half-title page: "To Jessica + Param--Minoayaa umma akiig [Ojibwe, one assumes], Peace on Earth, Winona LaDuke, 2011." A paperback original, uncommon signed. LaDuke is an important indigenous activist and writer. She famously ran for VP of the United States as part of Ralph Nader's Green Party ticket in 1996 and (fatefully) 2000.  The publisher of this volume, Honor the Earth, is a national advocacy group that LaDuke founded, and which played an important role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. This slim book (at 78 pages) "illuminates the historical context of ... the long political and economic relationship between the military and Native America, and the environmental and social consequences." Near fine in wraps with light edge wear and a gentle crease to upper front corner. .

South End Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Inscribe on the half-title page: "For Dave, [illegible] for your good work, Winona LaDuke, 2000." Near fine with hint of soiling to outer textblock face and slightly lift to front wrap. // 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.

Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. An association copy, inscribed on the title page: "For Annie Dillard, in appreciation for setting such high standards-- Page Lambert, Sundance, April '96." Sundance is the town in Wyoming closest to Lambert's ranch, so presumably Dillard was visiting her there. Lambert's first book, a memoir in essays. "In the tradition of Terry Tempest Williams, Gretel Ehrlich, and Linda Hasselstrom, Page Lambert looks to the West in a wide-ranging search for heritage to pass on to her children." The book is an exploration of her move from Colorado to a Wyoming ranch amid Native presence, removal, and tradition. A fine book in a very near fine jacket with one small scuff/streak on rear panel.

NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Heavy quarto in white cloth with colored plates. Ownership signature at top of front free endpaper. Two spots of staining/rubbing to board edges only, otherwise fine. In a very good dust jacket with some tape repair to upper spine, creasing, one short tear to rear upper edge, and some wear to corners.

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

Crown, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Seventh printing, signed on the title page. Uncommon signed. His third book, preceding his mega breakout bestseller, The Devil in the White City. As the jacket says, this book "is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets nature's last great uncontrollable force. As such, Isaac's Storm carries a warning for our time." A fine, unread book in fine jacket with a Seattle bookstore sticker at the top of the front flap (Larsen maintains a home in Seattle). // 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.

HarperCollins, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Association copy, inscribed on the lavender front free endpaper in a purple pen: "For Denise Levertov, with awe, from Ursula, 21 X 93." A great association between luminary Northwest writers with a mutual environmental concern. Near fine because of a slight slant to the spine, in a fine jacket. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in place-based and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

Viking, New York, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. First printing, but in good condition only, lacking the dust jacket and with splitting on the spine and wear to the outer corners of boards. Some short tears to a few pages. Nonetheless, a great and rare book, scarce in the first edition. Bound in publishers decorated pink paper-covered boards with a tan cloth spine. This book was banned by Franco because of its timely, and enduring, pacifist (and environmentalist) message. Please inquire for photos.

NY: Doubleday, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Signed by Leakey on the title page. From one of our most prominent paleoanthropologists and conservationists, this book "recounts the fossil hunting that led to the landmark discoveries at Lake Turkana and employs ideas from philosophy, anthropology, molecular biology, and linguistics to explore how humans acquired consciousness." A very near fine book with one tiny bump to lower front corner; in a fine jacket with a university bookstore sticker on lower rear panel. .

NY: Henry Holt, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. An association copy, inscribed on the title page to a longtime colleague: "For Bill Becker, whose loyalty and support sustained over many years. With admiration and esteem, Linda Lear, Sept. 29, 1997." Uncommon signed. William H. Becker was a a fellow professor of history at George Washington University, where Linda Lear earned her PhD in history in 1974 and then returned to the faculty in 1978. They were members of history department together for decades. Becker mainly wrote about the history of business and economics. Lear's book is the definitive biography of Rachel Carson, and it received the Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize from the History of Science Society. She has continued to write about Carson and has become the foremost steward and champion of her legacy. A fine book in a very good jacket on account of a crease to top of front flap and a quarter inch tear to top corner at flap fold.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Association copy, inscribed to Legends of the Fall author Jim Harrison on the title page in a flowing cursive with an elegant brown pen: "To Jim Harrison (who helped launch Blue Highways). Heat-Moon." A great connection between place-based authors of renown, and a nice acknowledgment of Harrison's support of Heat-Moon's best known book, which was an international bestseller. First printing, near fine with a speckling of foxing to upper text block face; otherwise fine. 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.

Houghton Mifflin, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Association copy, inscribed in a handsome brown calligraphic ink on the half-title page: "To my great friends Linda and Scott Chisholm, Z. with soul and Bard [Bird?] with lore, the title, and long conversations -- also, of course, the grand walk over the Kaw trail." Signed "HeatMoon." The last chapter of PrairyErth is a description of Chisholm and Heat-Moon walking the Kaw Trail through southern Chase County, Kansas, and its Flint Hills, which was the subject of this book, this "deep map." Clive "Scott" Chisholm, who William Least Heat-Moon nicknames "the venerable Tashmoo," was a close friend and is also a character in Heat-Moon's earlier epic Blue Highways (he stays with Chisholm in New York); and Chisholm was an author himself, known for his book Following the Wrong God Home: Footloose in an American Dream, a memoir of a journey he took on foot in 1985, from the Missouri River to Salt Lake City, Utah, when he retraced the 1200-mile… Read More

University Of Iowa Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Nicely inscribed in blue ink on the title page: "Bette, with deepest affection always. As ever, David." Fine book in a very near fine jacket with just a smidge of creasing to upper right front corner. 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.

Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Association copy, inscribed to novelist Jim Harrison, author of *Legends of the Fall*, on the title page: "Jim, I call this 'The true history of our great-grandmother.' Jeffrey." Jim Harrison's blurb is on the back of the dust jacket: "My real problem with Jeffrey Lent's Lost Nation is figuring out whether it is a masterpiece or simply an American classic. This is an age of obtuse hyberbole but I don't recall a recent novel more worthy of the traditional nine bows, a novel that more ruthlessly examines the nearly ancient roots of what we are today." Colum McCann provides the other blurb. This is Lent's second novel, a story set in New Hampshire; his first novel, *In the Fall* was a national bestseller and a New York Times Book Review Notable Book for 2000. A fine book in a fine jacket. From the library of Jim Harrison in Livingston, Montana. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the… Read More

Various: Various, 1947. First thus. Softcover. Good. Four scarce pamphlets authored by Aldo Leopold shortly before his death:  1) Leopold, Aldo. The Distribution of Wisconsin Hares. Issued April 10, 1947. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Vol. 37, 1945. Describes the shifting ranges of jackrabbits and snowshoe hares and aims "to discuss briefly the probable reasons for boundary changes." Octavo, 14 pages, staple bound. Fine apart from rusting to staples. 2) Leopold, Aldo. The Green Lagoons. Illustrations by H Albert Hochbaum. Reprinted from the August 1945 issue of American Forests, the magazine of the American Forestry Association, Washington DC. An essay about the Colorado River Delta that ultimately appeared in A Sand County Almanac. Quarto, a single sheet folded to four pages: title page and three pages of text. Folded in half to octavo. Good with creasing and tidemarks to outer corners. 3) Leopold, Aldo. The Outlook for Farm… Read More

Harpercollins, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing hardcover inscribed on verso of half-title page: "For Burton & Ann, I hope this book gives you as much pleasure in the reading of it as it did me in the writing. May the climate [ ?] powers remain agreeably pleasant as we go through climate change. All the best, Thomas Levenson, Wellesley, 2/11/93." An early book about climate change. Levenson is now an award-winning professor of science writing at MIT. A very near fine book and jacket, and uncommon signed. From the Publisher's Weekly review: "Climate science goes far beyond weather forecasting; developed as an effort to understand how planet-shaping forces interact, it produces a coherent picture of global processes that run from the begining of time to the present. Levenson, associate producer of the TV series Nova , introduces the new work of physicists, oceanographers, geologists, meteorologists and atmospheric scientists plus their sophisticated use of computers… Read More

University of Georgia Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Warmly inscribed in silver ink on the title page: "23 January 04, Thetford Center, VT, For Nancy, Fellow explorer + friend. Happiest of trails to you. Love, Ted." Also signed below his printed name. This book won the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing. Fine book except for one small, dark dot on rear board; in a near fine jacket with streaks of rubbing where the cloth turns to paper on the boards underneath. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in place-based and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

LSU Press, 2014. Soft cover. Fine. Signed on title page: Julia Levine, Diesel Books, August 2014.

NY: Knopf, 1991. Near fine. Inscribed on the title page: "For Jo Ellen, with hope. Philip Levine." Ninth printing. Near fine with some rubbing to upper edge of front wrap.