Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (1995). SIGNED first edition - NSCRIBED on the half title page by both authors ("To --- All the best Pat Derby "71" & Mara") and SIGNED and dated in the year of publication by the photographer. Text by Peter Beagle and Pat Derby, illustrated with black and white photographs by Genaro Molina of Derby and others with the elephants. Pat Derby was the co-founder of PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society), with a refuge in Galt, California, where 71, a young and sickly elephant was nursed back to health, and Mara later found a home. Oblong format. 84 pp. ISBN: 0-884963969.

Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett Press, (1988). Hardcover first edition - A book which describes a year in the life of a beaver - including how they build dams and lodges, find food, mate, give birth and evade predators. Illustrated with full color photographs and paintings by Paula Chasty. A title in the My World Series for beginning readers. Square format. 32 pp. ISBN: 0-382095553.

New York: North Point Press / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, an account of a year spent surfing in Santa Cruz, California. xiv, 239 pp. ISBN: 0-86547494x.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, (1998). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book discussing the author's exploration of a northeastern mountain habitat, in this case the Bristol Cliffs Wilderness area near the author's home in Vermont. He hike through this "new" wilderness area, the result of a 1974 act, protecting re-forested (formerly farmed) mountains, noting the many subtle changes and details, and using Robert Frost's poem "Directive" as a guide. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with maps and drawings by Mal Schroder. Notes, selected readings, index. x, 253 pp. ISBN: 0-674748883.

New York: David McKay, 1965. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the annual migration of the whistling swans to the Arctic, of the dangers they face - especially by the young cygnets - and of the timeless beauty of this trip. Written for older children, and illustrated with drawings by Larry Toschik. 90 pp.

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, (2008). SIGNED hardcover first edition - INSCRIBED by Kantner on the half-title page. "His story begins with the arrival of his father, Howard Kantner, to the remote Arctic of the 1950s and ends with him as a grown man settled in the same landscape. Through a series of moving essays and vivid photographs, ranging in subject from family histories to hunting stories, celebrations of people and places to a lament over a majestic wilderness rapidly disappearing." Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Maps, glossary. 240 pp. ISBN: 978-1571313010.

New York: The Viking Press, (1963, c 1954) dj. Hardcover - A book for older children which talks about the history of North American forests, how forests grow and prosper, the importance of forests and the animals who live within them, and finally what can be done to help forests. With the growing danger of wildfires and climate change, this book is even more relevant now than when it was first published. Illustrated with drawings by Matthew Kalmenoff. 107 pp.

New York: David Macaulay Studio / Roaring Brook Press, (2017). SIGNED hardcover first edition - An informative and beautiful book by this award-winning author/illustrator. "Drawing upon the latest scientific research and Roy's own expedition to Kenya, and brimming with lush watercolor illustrations and detailed diagrams, this book vividly portrays the life and development of an elephant from an uncertain newborn into a majestic adult." SIGNED on the title page. Large format. Includes a list of selected sources, suggestions for further reading, etc. Unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1626721784.