New York: Sierra Club/Charles Scribner's Sons, (ca 1974, c 1971). The classic book on Utah's Canyon Country, which combines stunning full-color pictures by landscape photographer and conservationist Philip Hyde with text by Edward Abbey - a book which captures the beauty of this area and makes an argument for the preservation of its wilderness. Introduction by John G. Mitchell, Sierra Club Books editor, preface by Hyde, includes a map of proposed highways and existing roads. While only the original 1971 date is shown, this includes a one page update on "The Situation" by June Viavant, which dates it as late 1973 or early 1974. Full color photos throughout, printed on heavy glossy stock. Includes Abbey's notes and a bibliography. Large format. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-871560518.

New York: Sierra Club/Charles Scribner's Sons, (ca 1974, c 1971). The classic book on Utah's Canyon Country, which combines stunning full-color pictures by landscape photographer and conservationist Philip Hyde with text by Edward Abbey - a book which captures the beauty of this area and makes an argument for the preservation of its wilderness. Introduction by John G. Mitchell, Sierra Club Books editor, preface by Hyde, includes a map of proposed highways and existing roads. While only the original 1971 date is shown, this includes a one page update on "The Situation" by June Viavant, which dates it as late 1973 or early 1974. Full color photos throughout, printed on heavy glossy stock. Includes Abbey's notes and a bibliography. Large format. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-871560518.

New York: Atheneum, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - A history of this then-new national park, a 100 square mile piece of land which juts into the Pacific Ocean about 50 miles north of San Francisco, written for older children. Introduduction by Stewart Udall. Illustrated with drawings by Earl Thollander. Notes. 118 pp.

Tallahassee, FL : Rich Bray, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Charming tale of a baby manatee who gets separated from her family (when 'razor death' - a speedboat - comes by) and the dangers she encounters as she searches for them - told in rhyme to appeal to children, and illustrated with lively and expressive watercolors by Julia Matteson. Includes 4 pp of facts about this endangered species. The author is a biologist who works in the environmental protection field. The cover of this book indicates that it is being sold to raise money to protect the manatees - a tradition we will continue, by donating a portion of the sales price. Large format, 71 pp. ISBN: 0-970791100.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - A portrait of a landscape - eastern San Luis Obispo county in California, its denizens - the rarest of North American birds, and its defenders - two eighty year old brothers, ranchers and conservationists. Index. 242 pgss. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-395-407982.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A portrait of a landscape - eastern San Luis Obispo county in California, its denizens - the rarest of North American birds, and its defenders - two eighty year old brothers, ranchers and conservationists. INSCRIBED on the half title page to the noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens with this comment "a book about California with implications for the whole planet." Index. 242 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-395-407982.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2010). Gripping account by this National Book Award winning author of the worst wild fire in the history of the United States. ÑA wind-swept wildfire that began on August 20, 1910, and consumed three million acres of forest in Idaho, Montana and Washington in just 36 hours. But paradoxically, this forest fire was the event that cemented the heroism of the young Forest Service (only 5 years old at the time) in the public mind and galvanized Teddy Roosevelt's campaign for public lands. Winner of the 2010 Washington State Book Award for history. Map, photographs, notes on sources, index. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-618-968415.

Sacramento: California State Department of Education, 1951. First edition - Published as a supplemental resource to teach water conservation and environmental issues in schools, this is a comprehensive look at water as a source of electricity, major water projects (many still under construction at the time) and even the importance of restoring watersheds, and storing water underground. Illustrated with many black and white photographs, several maps, including a double page map in the center. 61 pp.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Hardcover first edition - A novel of an angry conservationist resisting development in the American southwest, based on the naturalist Joseph Wood Krutch. Illustrations by Stan Hunter. Bound in light tan leather with gilt lettering and design, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. 363 pp. "Notes from the Editors" pamphlet laid in.

New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1935. Hardcover first edition - Introduction by Frederic C. Walcott. Illustrations by William H. Foster plus a frontispiece and many photographs. An early book on conservation by a Senator from Missouri - one which focuses on the role that hunters and fishermen can play in replenishing wildfire, preserving wetlands and forests, etc. 332 pp.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The story of the struggle to save the Stanislaus, first waged by a small group of whitewater enthusiasts, but later to involve conservationists, economists, state water experts, Congressmen, and also thousands of citizens" - a battle which the conservationists lost, but one which was very influential in the long term. The New Melones dam in 1979 was the last major dam project in California. Frontispiece map. Illustrated with photographs including a section of full color photographs of the wild river. Sources, index. 297 pp. ISBN: 0-520-046056.

Berkeley, CA: The Sierra Club, 1967. First edition - This handbook issue contains much basic information on the activities and history of the Sierra Club, including the outings, a chronology and the bylaws. Excerpts from Wallace Stegner on Wilderness Conservation; three sections of photographs printed on glossy stock: the first is on the activities of the club, the second features the photographs of Ansel Adams and the last is on the wilderness area which the Club is working to protect. Large quarto format.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2009.). First edition - Full of very practical and simple suggestions to make the world a better place for all -48 of them are given a full page, illustrated with photographs or drawings, in full color, and then many more ideas are listed at the back. Originally published as 'Change the World for a Fiver." Square format. ISBN: 0-8118-6801X.