Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1992.). Winner of the Western States Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. Poet and professor Richard Shelton first came to southeastern Arizona in the 1950s as a young soldier stationed at Fort Huachuca, and after his discharge, he got married and began teaching in nearby Bisbee. This book interweaves his memories of those early days, his love and knowledge of the Southwestern deserts, and the region's natural and human history - from Tombstone, "the town too tough to die," to ghost towns and on Bisbee itself. Notes, suggested reading. 329 pp. ISBN: 0-816512892.

San Francisco: A Yolla Bolly Press Book published by the Sierra Club, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - One of Muir's most accessible and delightful books, originally published in 1911 (over 40 years after this summer of 1869). It begins with a single brief paragraph dismissing the Great Central Valley - "in it there are only two seasons, spring and summer. This strikingly beautiful edition reproduces the 1988 limited edition by Yolla Bolly Press, illustrated with 12 wood engravings by Michael McCurdy and with a foreword and notes by Frederick Turner. Large format. xii, 162 pp plus colophon.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of this spectacularly beautiful national monument in Southeastern Utah, a "mosiac of sandstone canyons, bold mesas and buttes, which contains more archeological sites than any other region in the United States, but it finds itself threatened by gas and oil drilling, unrestricted grazing and invasion by Jeep and ATV. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Notes, bibliography, index. 322 pp. ISBN: 978-1324004813.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1979) dj. 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." Originally published in the UK under the title 'Garden of the Gods.' 219 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Mark Hess. ISBN: 0-671247298.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first work of nonfiction by this award-winning Chickasaw poet and novelist, one which "explores the author's lifelong love for the living world and all its inhabitants." Stylized drawings at the head of each chapter. A small slim volume. 159 pp. ISBN: 0-393037843.

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.