Search Results: Titles starting with U from Rural Hours

Ecco, 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Signed by Nobel-prize-winner Milosz on the front end free paper. Translated by Robert Hass. The only signed softcover copy of this book available on the internet as of July 2020. Near fine because of a hint of foxing to upper edge of text block and one gentle bumped corner. Modest gold sticker on back wrap with cover art illustration attribution (apparently an addendum).

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by McPhee on the title page. "This is a book about people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains and carry lobsters through the air: the people who work in freight transportation.

Port Townsend, WA: Graywolf Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. An association copy, inscribed on the title page: "For Dick Day and Janyce Neiman--I depended on Yeat's ghost for some of these. Ghosts are like stars. They will shine on anything. I notice a discerning patch of stars in your yard, too. With you now, under them -- Tess, Aug. 16, 1979. On the way to Tucson." Richard Cortez Day was a professor of English and creative writing at Humboldt State University in Northern California and was Raymond Carver's mentor there, thus the connection. Presumably Carver was with Gallagher and Day when she signed this book. Gallagher's second full-length collection; the title poem is available by way of the Poetry Foundation. Though known especially for her partnership with Carver and her stewardship of his legacy, Gallagher is an important Northwest poet and the winner of a Guggenheim and NEA Award among others. A very good book with sunning to top of blue cloth boards; in a very… Read More

Oxford University Press, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed and dated "12 January 2006" on the title page in black ink. Uncommon signed. Worster is a winner of the Bancroft Prize for history writing and leading environmental historian. With blurbs by William Kittredge, Patricia Limerick, and William Cronon. Near fine book with a few very light bumps to upper edge of front board; in a very good jacket with fading to spine and some wear at tail, as well as a few scratches/scuffs to the lower right 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.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed on the half title page: "For Terry Clark from Gertrude Eaton and John Hay with every good wish." "John Hay" is written in a thinner line, meaning the book was first signed, then later inscribed on a different occasion by Hay. Blurbs by James Dickey and Annie Dillard. Fine book in near fine jacket, slightly offset on the spine, with very light wear to some corners, one small chip/tear to the top of spine (an eighth of an inch), a few minor spots of rubbing/soiling.

University of California Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Family association copy, inscribed on the front end free paper: "To Aunt Olive, a fellow author, John Richards." An absolute tome of a book, "a sweeping work of environmental history [about] humanity's profound impact on the natural world in the early modern period [1500-1800 CE]." Richards was Professor of History at Duke University, and a recipient in 2007 of the Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies Award. He died in 2007. Fine book, in a near fine jacket because of some light wear to the upper edges of the jacket, in particular some curling/crinkling to the top of the rear flap. Presents well, and scarce signed. We invited you to explore our growing, dedicated collection of signed and inscribed climate change books, including many association copies.

Atheneum, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed and dated "April 2000" by Merwin on the first blank. Fine book in very near fine jacket. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in nature writing and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The softcover uncorrected proof, inscribed on the half title page: "For Leah -- An unreasonable woman/girl/child just 'does it.' Hope it helps you. Love, Diane Wilson." Uncommon signed as a proof. Foreword by Kenny Ausubel. Very good due a little loss to wrap at rear corner of lower spine, but otherwise near fine. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Inscribed on the blank following the title page in a blue pen: "To Dr. Raymond Hockey [sp?], from Will Beebe, with warm regards." Uncommon signed. Beebe was a preeminent and fascinating naturalist-writer, known especially for the far-flung ocean expeditions he conducted for the New York Zoological Society and his pioneering descents in a submersible "bathosphere." In this book, as the jacket describes, "the famous naturalist returns to discover, among the familiar sights of the teeming metropolis, a world hidden from the eight million people who call it home." An early book of urban environmental writing. A fine book in a very good or better jacket with rubbing and touch of wear to spine ends..

University of New Mexico Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed on the half-title page to a prolific book collector: "To Larry Owens, Donald Worster." Uncommon signed. The book's dedication is to Wallace Stegner. Worster is one of the leading figures in environmental history and winner of the Bancroft Prize and the National Outdoor Book Award. Fine book in a fine jacket. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in nature writing and environmental literature, with a special passion for.

Sierra Club Books, 2004. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Association copy, inscribed on the title page: "For Eric Freyfogle, with my good wishes, Wendell Berry, 9/15/96." Freyfogle is a Research Professor and Swanlund Chair Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the accomplished author of numerous works related to humans and nature, both from legal and more popular, sociocultural perspectives, including (pertaining especially to Berry) *Agrarianism and the Good Society* and *The New Agrarianism.* Very interdisciplinary, he's a specialist on private property law (which he critiques), and has written on Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic. This book is signed in the year of publication of this third edition, with a new afterword. Uncommon signed in paperback. Blurbs by Wallace Stegner and Gary Snyder. Fine book with the slightest crease to bottom right corner of front wrap; still fine. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the… Read More

Vintage, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Inscribed on the title page, seemingly uncommon in this 1995 Vintage Books paperback edition: "11.6.95, For you Jans, who asks the question about Mormonism, women, and landscapes . . . I hold the wild cards close at all times. Blessings, women, and bears, A gift from Kim, Fondly, Terry Tempest Williams." Near fine with the ghost of a crease to top of front wrap and mild sunning to spine. A nice find for the TTW, red rocks connoisseur. A yellow, vintage-looking Back of Beyond bookstore (Moab) bookmark is laid in with a "Book Mark Poem" by "Joseph K" printed on it. Cool. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in place-based and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

Pantheon, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed on the title page in blue ink: "For you Linda, Terry Tempest Williams, 26 Oct 15." Fine in near fine jacket with price sticker over barcode on rear. // 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.

Viking, 2016. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed on the title page. An exploration of trees in cities and the folks who studied and advocated for them. (What more could one want?) Near fine because of a few small bumps to lower edges of boards; in a very near 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.

The MacMillan Company, New York, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing. Verse written by Carroll at the age of 13. Browning to paper boards, primarily to edges, and some small chipping to both ends of spines. Front flap of dust jacket is clipped (but not price clipped), and the jacket also shows browning/soling, especially to spine, and a few blue streaks across panels. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in nature writing and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.