New York: Berkley, (2023) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first thriller by this Oscar nominated screenwriter, set in a fictionalized version of Whittier, Alaska, a town with a year round population of about 280, most of whom live in the winter in one building. Told in the alternating voices of three women - Cara Kennedy, a detective from Anchorage who finds herself trapped in the town when a landslide closes the only access; a teenager named Amy Lin, who discovered the first body parts, and Lonnie, a 30-something woman with a pet moose. Cover praise from such diverse writers as C. J. Box, Ann Cleeves, Naomi Hirahara and more. 298 pp. ISBN: 978-0593336670.

Anchorage, AK: Ken Wray Press, 1969. First edition - The author's fourth collection of poems, illustrated with drawings by the author. 76 pp.

Newark, Delaware: Spiral Press for Friends of the Curtis Paper Co. 1960. First edition - The 6th publication in a series of Americana commissioned each year by the Curtis Paper Company of Newark, Delaware - this one issued to commemorate Alaska and Hawaii becoming states. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed by the Spiral Press on Curtis paper. 26 pp plus colaphone and large fold-out colored map by David Soshensky.

New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel which grew out of journals which she kept during two summers spent in Alaska. Set on the Northwest coast, this is the story of the growing friendship between two women who are thrown together in an Arctic field camp. 217 pp. ISBN: 1556111738.

New York: SOHO Press, (2020). First edition - The third Cold Storage novel - an offbeat story of a prisoner smuggled out of a Federal Penitentiary in a hollow tree because he might know where a second nuclear warhead (launched by Korea to Alaska) is hidden. 255 pp.

New York: Berkley, (2023) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first thriller by this Oscar nominated screenwriter, set in a fictionalized version of Whittier, Alaska, a town with a year round population of about 280, most of whom live in the winter in one building. Told in the alternating voices of three women - Cara Kennedy, a detective from Anchorage who finds herself trapped in the town when a landslide closes the only access; a teenager named Amy Lin, who discovered the first body parts, and Lonnie, a 30-something woman with a pet moose. Cover praise from such diverse writers as C. J. Box, Ann Cleeves, Naomi Hirahara and more. SIGNED on the title page. 298 pp. ISBN: 978-0593336670.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1951. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the American experiment in imperialism, from the Louisiana purchase to the annexation of Hawaii and the occupation of Japan and Korea and the islands of the South Pacific and the Philippines after World War II. Maps. Sources, notes, index. ix, 460 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Leo's story of homesteading - first with his girlfriend in 1981 - and then for 10 years with his young son - in a wild and beautiful land. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-15752.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel - "an atmospheric, transporting tale of adventure, love, and survival. In the winter of 1885, decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads a small band of men on an expedition that has been deemed impossible: to venture up the Wolverine River and pierce the vast, untamed Alaska Territory. Leaving behind Sophie, his newly pregnant wife, Colonel Forrester records his extraordinary experiences in hopes that his journal will reach her if he doesn't return--once he passes beyond the edge of the known world, there's no telling what awaits him." Double page map, both color and black and white illustrations. A Washington Post Notable Book of 2016, among other awards. 417 pp. ISBN: 978-0316242851.

New York: Arbor House, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (preceded by a collection of short stories), set in the dangerous world of crab fishing in Alaska. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-877957142.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel (his first won the PEN/Faulkner award) - Set during the Alaskan gold rush in the 1890's this brings together a diverse group of people - Eskimos, Irish, Japanese and North American. 291 pp. ISBN: -394568566.

Ann Arbor, MI: By the author (printed by Edwards Brothers, Lithoprinters) 1960. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A charming - and very uncommon - children's book. Little Flip in a seal pup born on one of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea, but when his first attempt to swim is a disaster, he is convinced he will never learn how to swim, until one day he sees his friend threatened by a killer whale, and he jumps in to distract the whale. Illustrated with drawings by Mosinski, hand-lettered text. SIGNED on the front endpaper. Small oblong format. 35 pp.

Sherman, AK: Sherman Publishing, (2006). SIGNED first edition - An account of a family who moved from Missouri to Alaska, with their four young children, in 1963, and of the difficulties they encountered and also the rewards. Illustrated with small black and white photographs. INSCRIBED on the title page. Glossary. 179 pp. ISBN: 978-1615847822.

New York: Doubleday, (2000). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel (third book), a story of "two tough-talking drifters forced to confront their vulnerability in the Alaskan wilderness." When Jack and Burke agree to help a favor rescue his daughter from a strange milennial cult, in return for $10,000, they find themselves in a struggle for their lives. SIGNED on the title page. 273 pp.

New York: Doubleday, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel (third book), a story of "two tough-talking drifters forced to confront their vulnerability in the Alaskan wilderness." When Jack and Burke agree to help a favor rescue his daughter from a strange milennial cult, in return for $10,000, they find themselves in a struggle for their lives. SIGNED on the title page. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-385497369.

New York: Doubleday, (1999). First edition - The first collection of short stories (second book) by this novelist and television screen writer. "The subject of these stories are all working men, part of a culture that is no longer relevant in a shinier America. Reid gives the reader an American landscape where blue-collar manliness is a value besieged from without and corrupted from within." 226 pp.

New York: Doubleday, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first collection of short stories (second book) by this novelist and television screen writer. "The subject of these stories are all working men, part of a culture that is no longer relevant in a shinier America. Reid gives the reader an American landscape where blue-collar manliness is a value besieged from without and corrupted from within." SIGNED on the title page. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-385491212.

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, (2013). First edition - A collection of poetry by an Inupiaq writer with family from King Island and Marys Igloo, Alaska. King Island was the ancestral home of the author's family until the federal government's Bureau of Indian Affairs forcibly and permanently relocated its residents. Winner of the 2012 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry, selected by Arthur Sze. A title in the Pitt Poetry Series. 63 pp.

Guileford, Connecticut: Lyons Press, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays by this Pulitzer Prize winning author on nature, travel and adventure, from Alaska to Cuba, from the Khyber Pass to Kenya in Africa, originally published in 2004. This is a special reprinted edition, SIGNED by the author on the front free-end paper. 317 pp. ISBN: 978-0762796519.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (c 1924.). Hardcover - Set two years after the events in The Blue Envelope, this continues the adventures of Marian in Alaska, where she is joined by her cousin from Kentucky. 258 pp.

Woodside, California: Too Far, 2004. First edition - Author's first novel, the story of a man who, disillusioned with the Berkeley of the late 60's protests, goes to the wildest regions of Alaska in search of his innermost self, of the primordial, and becomes increasingly obsessed by his quest. Notable for its vivid descriptions of the harsh and beautiful landscape of the Arctic. 305 pp.

New York: Margaret K. McElderry / Simon and Schuster, (2003). First edition - A novel for older children by this Newbery award winning author, written in unrhymed verse. Although fiction it is "Based on the true story of the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the summer of 1942. A young Aleut girl tells what life was like when her small home of Kashega was taken over and she, along with her family and community, were put into internment camps in her own country." It is estimated that one out of every Aleuts died in the camps, and they returned to find their villages damaged and despoiled. 157 pp.

Carmel, IN: Cork Hill Press, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel spanning 200 years, from just before the arrival of the Russians in Alaska to the late 20th century, one which tells the story of "a native people struggling to meet the challenge of invaders to their homeland and their struggle to maintain their cultural identity.. . Topu, the village where the story takes place, is a fictional place based on many of the characteristics of native villages in the area.. . The story is based on interviews with elders and listening to their native history as told through dance and stories." 130 pp. ISBN: 1-59408517X.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (c 1924.). Hardcover - Set two years after the events in The Blue Envelope, this continues the adventures of Marian in Alaska, where she is joined by her cousin from Kentucky. 258 pp.