New York: Whittlesey House / McGraw Hill, (1948) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set mostly in the Cape Ann area of Massachusetts this is a collection of 115 brief essays on the beauty of the ocean and often overlooked features of the shoreline - from horseshoe crabs to starfishes to the marshes and the lives of the fishermen and the villages with a way of life that was already disappearing. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Includes a section of old time New England recipes at the end. 178 pp.

New York: Random House, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this award-winning Cameroon-born author, set in the fictional village of Kosawa in an unnamed African country where "a battle is raging: On one side, the citizens of this once-idyll. On the other, the mammoth oil company Pexton, which has, over generations, polluted the village's water and air and ground and, through its malfeasance, killed a growing number of its children. With smooth prose from a number of narrators among the villagers, this tells the multi-generational saga of one small village's battle not just against one corporation and the dictator who profits from its avarice, but against neocolonialism itself." (NPR) 360 pp. ISBN: 978-0593132425.

New York: Kensington - Pinnacle, (2002). SIGNED - Two opposing attorneys are caught in an environmental conspiracy and are forced to work together to survive. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from Clive Cussler, among others. 429 pp plus ads. ISBN: 0-786013990.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third book about the Southwest and the environment, focusing on the uses - and abuses from mining to lumbering, cattle ranching and vacation resort development - of the Catalina Mountains on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona. The highest peak, now known as Mt Lemon, was called "Frog Mountain" by the native Tohono O'odham people. Illustrated with both full color and black and white photographs by Jack Dykinga. Double page map. Bibliography. 165 pp. ISBN: 0-816509298.

New York: Springer-Verlag, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - An unusual collaboration between art and science which results in a beautiful book designed to inform and inspire others to take action. Prints (silkscreen over collage) by Andy Warhol created especially for this book of some of the most endangered animals in the world, including some less well-known ones, are joined with informative text by Dr Kurt Benirschke on the lives and habits of these animals and what the outlook is for their survival. Illustrated with many black and white photographs in addition to the 16 full-page full-color prints by Warhol. Large square format. 99 pp. ISBN: 0-38796410X.

Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, (1978). Includes papers by Douglas Carter, Malcolm Wells, Dean Manson, Frank Lutz and many others. Illustrated with numerous charts, graphs, drawings and photographs. Biographical sketches of contributors, bibliography (plus a supplemental bibliography dated 1979). ix, 353 pp.

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.

Toronto and Berkeley, CA: Owlkids, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - Written and illustrated by an award-winning Canadian author and illustrator, this book takes an honest, unflinching view of survival in the wild as it explores the symbiotic relationship shared by wolves and ravens, which has led to ravens being called "wolf-birds. Includes an informative authors note. "Layering beautiful illustrations and storytelling over scientifically accurate concepts, The Wolf-Birds draws readers to the poetry of predator, prey, and scavenger interactions. Dawsons honest portrayal of ecological relationships effectively, and importantly, connects us to the raw beauty of our natural world." (Daniel Stahler, Wildlife Biologist, Yellowstone National Park). Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1771470544.

New York: Dutton, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book in which the author retraces the 1899 expedition of railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman, who converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university," populated by some of America's best scientists and writers, including John Muir.Doublepage map, photographs, notes on sources, bibliography, index. xi, 323 pp. ISBN: 978-1101985106.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1979) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A warm and funny memoir by this distinguished naturalist and founder of the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust - he "writes about his adventures with friends (human and animal), his family (including his brother novelist Lawrence Durrell), and a whole army of welcome and unwelcome visitors to the enchanted island of Corfu, on which the Durrell family lived in the halcyon days before the Second World War." SIGNED by Durrell on a blank preliminary page and uncommon thus. Originally published in the UK under the title 'Garden of the Gods.' 219 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Mark Hess. ISBN: 0-671247298.

London: Bloomsbury, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in the Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. SIGNED on the title page. 369 pp. ISBN: 978-1408811481.

New York: Viking, (2011). First edition - Novel set in the Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. 369 pp.

New York: Viking, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in the Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. SIGNED on the title page. 369 pp. ISBN: 978-0670022328.

New York: Viking, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of one of the most important firefighting efforts in American history, as wildfires swept across Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana, claiming lives, towns, and mining camps. This also illustrates the larger story of how American bureaucracies, railroads, political scandal, pioneering, and ideas collided with nature. Photographs, notes, sources, index. xiii, 322 pp. ISBN: 0-670899909.

Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2012). SIGNED - The author's first novel, recipient of The Dana Award for a novel-in-progress. Willa Robbins is a master tracker working to reintroduce the Mexican wolf to the American Southwest. But when Colorado police recruit her to find her own brother, Zeb, a confessed murderer, she is thrown back into the past, surfacing memories of a childhood full of intense love, desperate mistakes, and gentle remorse. SIGNED on the title page. List of resources about the Mexican wolf. 212 pp. ISBN: 978-1582438191.

London: Collins, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Written in the form of a journal, this book measures people's short lives and relationships against the history of the earth. Bass is both a petroleum geologist and a lyrical writer. Illustrated with drawings by Elizabeth Hughes. SIGNED on the title page. 172 pp. ISBN: 0-395-486750.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Written in the form of a journal, this book measures people's short lives and relationships against the history of the earth. Bass is both a petroleum geologist and a lyrical writer. Illustrated with drawings by Elizabeth Hughes. SIGNED on the title page. 172 pp. ISBN: 0-395-486750.

Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint Press, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A slim volume of six new essays on sustainability and stewardship. In them he expresses the hope that people will learn once more to care for their local communities. He emphasizes that "the renewed development of local economies would help preserve rural diversity despite the burgeoning global economy that threatens to homogenize and compromise communities all over the world. From modern health care to the practice of forestry, from local focus to national resolve, there can never be a separation between global ecosystems and human communities - the two are intricately connected." xii, 109 pp. ISBN: 1-887178031.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1990) dj. Hardcover - An award-winning children's book, illustrated by the author. "One day, a man exhausts himself trying to chop down a giant kapok tree. While he sleeps, the forest's residents, including a child from the Yanomamo tribe, whisper in his ear about the importance of trees and how 'all living things depend on one another' . . . and it works. Cherry's colored pencil and watercolor drawings of all the 'wondrous and rare animals' evoke the lush rain forests, as well as stunning world maps bordered by tree porcupines, emerald tree boas, and dozens more fascinating creatures." Large format, unpaginated. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-15200520X.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. First edition - Includes 28 essays selected and with an introduction by Richard Preston. Series editor, Tim Folger. Includes essays by James Gleick, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Steve Olsen, Michael Perry, Susan Casey, John Seabrook and more. Notes on contributors. xxii, 300 pp. ISBN: 9780618834471.

Novato, CA: New World Library, (2016). SIGNED - The story - both geographic and literary - of the history, culture, and changing nature of the 1,100 mile California coastline, from the Oregon border to the international border at Tijuana. A book which has been described as "part history, part travelogue, part love letter." Foreword by Ted Danson. SIGNED on the half title page with the words "Best fishes." An afterword on "the coast is never saved," recommended reading, index. xv, 350 pp. ISBN: 978-1608684403.

Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, (2003). SIGNED first edition - A book which takes us to a beautiful, wild - and endangered - land. Includes a foreword by Jimmy Carter, poem by Terry Tempest Williams and significant long essays by Peter Matthiessen, Fran Mauer, William H. Meadows, and more. SIGNED by the photographer and author Banerjee on the first page and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated with full color photographs throughout, many full page. Maps. Large square format. 176 pp. ISBN: 0-898864380.

New York: Free Press, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A book which explores the effects of overconsumption on the environment, economy, and our health. "From sneaking into factories and dumps around the world to visiting textile workers in Haiti and children mining coltan for cell phones in the Congo, Leonard, named one of Time magazines 100 environmental heroes of 2009, highlights each step of the materials economy and its actual effect on the earth and the people who live near sites like these. [She] shares concrete steps for taking action at the individual and political level that will bring about sustainability, community health, and economic justice." SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with graphs and small drawings. Endnotes, index. xxxiv, 317 pp. ISBN: 978-1439125663.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which "clarifies the economic, political, social and environmental issues and gives the reader a realistic picture of this unifyiing source of life in the West." Fradkin explored most of the 1700 miles of the Colorado River by foot, boat and by car from its headwaters in the Wind River range of Wyoming, through the Grand Canyon to the Mexican desert which was once its outlet to the sea. Illustrated with maps and 45 black and white photographs by the author. SIGNED on the front free endpaper. Bibliography, index. xviii, 360 pp. ISBN: 0-394415795.