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  • TIP OF THE ICEBERG: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier. by Adams, Mark.
    Adams, Mark.
    TIP OF THE ICEBERG: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped).

    Book ID: 86288
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  • THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2002. by [Anthology, signed] Angier, Natalie, editor; K. C. Cole, signed.
    [Anthology, signed] Angier, Natalie, editor; K. C. Cole, signed.
    THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2002.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. SIGNED first edition - Includes over 20 essays selected and with an introduction by Natalie Angier. Series editor, Tim Folger. SIGNED by K. C. Cole at her contribution "Mind Over Matter" and uncommon thus. Also includes essays by Malcolm Gladwell, Frederick Crews, Barbara Ehrenreich, Joy Williams and more. Notes on contributors. xxiv, 309 pp. ISBN: 0-618-134786.

    Condition: Very good (binding flaw -creasing to table of contents and title page.)

    Book ID: 61149
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  • OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Stories of Place. by [Anthology, signed] Kingsolver, Barbara (introduction), Joseph Barbato and Lisa Weinerman Horak, editors; Barry Lopez and Eric Lustbader, signed.
    [Anthology, signed] Kingsolver, Barbara (introduction), Joseph Barbato and Lisa Weinerman Horak, editors; Barry Lopez and Eric Lustbader, signed.
    OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Stories of Place.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: North Point Press, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An original short story anthology for the Nature Conservancy - among the contributors are Howard Norman, Jill McCorkle, Gretel Ehrlich, Lee Smith, Barry Lopez, Annie Proulx, Rick Bass, Julia Alvarez and more. Introduction by Barbara Kingsolver. SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: Eric Lustbader at "Hush," set in Alaska and Barry Lopez at "Two Dogs at Rowena." 262 pp. ISBN: 0-6547-530x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 51744
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  • OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Stories of Place. by [Anthology, signed] Kingsolver, Barbara (introduction), Joseph Barbato and Lisa Weinerman Horak, editors; Barry Lopez and Eric Lustbader, signed.
    [Anthology, signed] Kingsolver, Barbara (introduction), Joseph Barbato and Lisa Weinerman Horak, editors; Barry Lopez and Eric Lustbader, signed.
    OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Stories of Place.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: North Point Press, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An original short story anthology for the Nature Conservancy - among the contributors are Howard Norman, Jill McCorkle, Gretel Ehrlich, Lee Smith, Barry Lopez, Annie Proulx, Rick Bass, Julia Alvarez and more. Introduction by Barbara Kingsolver. SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: Eric Lustbader at "Hush," set in Alaska and Barry Lopez at "Two Dogs at Rowena." 262 pp. ISBN: 0-6547-530x.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (inscription on half title page.)

    Book ID: 47130
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  • EGRETS TO THE FLAMES by Anton, Barbara.
    Anton, Barbara.
    EGRETS TO THE FLAMES

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Ipswich, MA: Oceanview Publishing, (2007). First edition - A family saga by this award winning writer, published posthumously. It opens with a flock of egrets diving into South Florida sugar cane fires in the early 1980s. "Hampton, the tough-talking but well-intentioned patriarch of the family sugar cane plantation Hampton House, near Belle Glade, feuds with the local environmentalists and cane cutters' union to keep his lucrative enterprise thriving as he struggles to hold together his dysfunctional family."(Publisher's Weekly) Includes vivid scenes of harvesting and processing the sugar cane and the hot subtropical setting, as well as of the continuing destruction of the environment and the exploitation of the workers - many Jamaican - in a world where growers, politicians…

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    Ipswich, MA: Oceanview Publishing, (2007). First edition - A family saga by this award winning writer, published posthumously. It opens with a flock of egrets diving into South Florida sugar cane fires in the early 1980s. "Hampton, the tough-talking but well-intentioned patriarch of the family sugar cane plantation Hampton House, near Belle Glade, feuds with the local environmentalists and cane cutters' union to keep his lucrative enterprise thriving as he struggles to hold together his dysfunctional family."(Publisher's Weekly) Includes vivid scenes of harvesting and processing the sugar cane and the hot subtropical setting, as well as of the continuing destruction of the environment and the exploitation of the workers - many Jamaican - in a world where growers, politicians and lobbyists reap millions. Promotional card laid in. 301 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85704
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  • ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE: SEASONS OF LIFE AND LAND: A Photographic Journey. by Banerjee, Subhankar. Peter Matthiessen, Fran Mauer, William H. Meadows and others, contributors.
    Banerjee, Subhankar. Peter Matthiessen, Fran Mauer, William H. Meadows and others, contributors.
    ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE: SEASONS OF LIFE AND LAND: A Photographic Journey.

    Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    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.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers, with self-flaps.

    Book ID: 76373
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  • FLEETING MOMENTS: Nature and Culture in American History. by Barth, Gunther.
    Barth, Gunther.
    FLEETING MOMENTS: Nature and Culture in American History.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A study which "identifies fleeting moments of concord between nature and culture in the course of American history. During the search for the Wilderness Passage, the progress of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the building of park cemeteries and big city parks, Americans realized that nature was not merely a force to be reckoned with, not merely a resource to be exploited, but also an integral component of their lives. Through the engineering of nature and culture in the urban environment, the energetic attempts to conserve large-scale nature in the United States emerged as an offspring of the big city." INSCRIBED (in French) on the title page by the author. Sources, notes, index. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-195062965.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some wear/damage to the lower edge of the bottom board and to the fold of the rear flap of the dj, but otherwise tight and clean.) Uncommon signed.

    Book ID: 65074
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  • OIL NOTES by Bass, Rick
    Bass, Rick
    OIL NOTES

    Edition: First UK printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80580
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  • OIL NOTES by Bass, Rick
    Bass, Rick
    OIL NOTES

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80579
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  • THE TELLING DISTANCE: Conversations with the American Desert. by Berger, Bruce.
    Berger, Bruce.
    THE TELLING DISTANCE: Conversations with the American Desert.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1991.). Well-written, always entertaining, but sometimes elegiac, essays on the desert in Arizona, mostly - especially as suburbia and ranchettes encroach on the native desert. Among the topics are the growth of Phoenix, the effects of airconditioning, Frank Lloyd Wright, LSD, and much more. Illustrated with drawings by Johnson Charley. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-385-413947.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 51619
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  • ANOTHER TURN OF THE CRANK: Essays. by Berry, Wendell.
    Berry, Wendell.
    ANOTHER TURN OF THE CRANK: Essays.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 79899
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  • THE LONG-LEGGED HOUSE. by Berry, Wendell.
    Berry, Wendell.
    THE LONG-LEGGED HOUSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Berry's first book of essays - written when he was still an almost unknown young writer. The chapter headings (and the topics themselves) are provocative, dealing with environmental, political and social issues - The Tyranny of Charity; The Landscaping of Hell - Strip-Mine Morality in East Kentucky; The Nature Consumers; The Loss of the Future; A Statement Against the War in Vietnam and more. 213 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (some discoloration to the endpapers, common to most copies, binding slightly cracked before list of Berry's titles)

    Book ID: 45884
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  • FROG MOUNTAIN BLUES. by Bowden, Charles; Jack Dykinga, photographs.
    Bowden, Charles; Jack Dykinga, photographs.
    FROG MOUNTAIN BLUES.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (inconspicuous stamp on front endpaper).

    Book ID: 88841
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  • WHEN THE KILLING'S DONE. by Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
    Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
    WHEN THE KILLING'S DONE.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages and edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 81921
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  • WHEN THE KILLING'S DONE. by Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
    Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
    WHEN THE KILLING'S DONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    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: 9780670022328.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some small nicks to top of spine of dj)

    Book ID: 57984
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  • WHEN THE KILLING'S DONE. by Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
    Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
    WHEN THE KILLING'S DONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 81919
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  • WHEN THE KILLING'S DONE. by Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
    Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
    WHEN THE KILLING'S DONE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

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

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81920
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  • THE GREAT KAPOK TREE: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. by Cherry, Lynne.
    Cherry, Lynne.
    THE GREAT KAPOK TREE: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest.

    Edition: Later printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77949
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  • David, Laurie.
    STOP GLOBAL WARMING: THE SOLUTION IS YOU! An Activist's Guide.

    Edition: 2nd printing, a small trade paperback.

    New York: Fulcrum Press, 2006. SIGNED - SIGNED on the first page, and uncommon thus. A slim book packed full of statistics on the impact already of global warming and things that everyone can do - includes a very extensive list of resources. David is the wife of comedian Larry David (who provided the introduction to this book), but more importantly she has been an environmental activist for 10 years - and was one of the producers of the Al Gore documentary film "An Inconvenient Truth." Afterword by Robert F, Kennedy, Jr. 70 pp. ISBN: 1-55591621X.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy) in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 36042
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  • THE WOLF-BIRDS. by Dawson, Willow.
    Dawson, Willow.
    THE WOLF-BIRDS.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated boards in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 86634
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  • AT THE EDGE. by Dun, David.
    Dun, David.
    AT THE EDGE.

    Edition: Paperback original - second printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine (as new)

    Book ID: 89132
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  • FAUNA AND FAMILY: An Account of the Durrell Family of Corfu. by Durrell, Gerald (1925-1995)
    Durrell, Gerald (1925-1995)
    FAUNA AND FAMILY: An Account of the Durrell Family of Corfu.

    Edition: First US printing.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark, slight wear to top edge of dj)

    Book ID: 85874
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  • WHERE RIVERS ARE BORN: The Story of California's Watersheds. by Fox, Charles E.
    Fox, Charles E.
    WHERE RIVERS ARE BORN: The Story of California's Watersheds.

    Edition: First thus.

    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.

    Condition: Very good in stapled illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 86935
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  • WANDERINGS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST: In Alaska and the American West. by Fradkin, Philip L.
    Fradkin, Philip L.
    WANDERINGS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST: In Alaska and the American West.

    Edition: First printing.

    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays mostly from the 1970s which combine history and the environment. Includes a 1977 Audubon expose about the hazardous shipping lanes outside Valdez, Alaska, that suggested that it was only a matter of time before a supertanker accident occurred, articles about the desperate battle on the Aleutian island of Attu, where thousands of Japanese and American troops died in 1942; describe a giant wave that scoured the granite cliffs of Lituya Bay after a massive earthquake in 1958, and expose the mismanagement behind the WW II construction of the first oil pipeline out of the Arctic. Other essays address the hazards of fire…

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    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays mostly from the 1970s which combine history and the environment. Includes a 1977 Audubon expose about the hazardous shipping lanes outside Valdez, Alaska, that suggested that it was only a matter of time before a supertanker accident occurred, articles about the desperate battle on the Aleutian island of Attu, where thousands of Japanese and American troops died in 1942; describe a giant wave that scoured the granite cliffs of Lituya Bay after a massive earthquake in 1958, and expose the mismanagement behind the WW II construction of the first oil pipeline out of the Arctic. Other essays address the hazards of fire and drought in California, problems throughout the West that result from overgrazing and much more. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to the noted book collector Larry Owens and dated in 1995. Drawings, double page maps. xii, 275 pp. ISBN: 0-826314163.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68318
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  • A RIVER NO MORE: The Colorado River and the West. by Fradkin, Philip L.
    Fradkin, Philip L.
    A RIVER NO MORE: The Colorado River and the West.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 75943
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  • OPERATION REDWOOD. by French, S. Terrell.
    French, S. Terrell.
    OPERATION REDWOOD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Amulet / Harry N. Abrams, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - When Julian Carter-Li intercepts an angry e-mail message meant for his greedy, high-powered uncle , he finds himself caught up in a fight to save some of the oldest trees in the world. A funny and fast-paced young adult novel, but one with a serious environmental message. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Author's note. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-8109-8354-0.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 45610
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  • Hall, James W.
    MEAN HIGH TIDE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring Thorn, a loner living in the Florida Keys. ISBN: 0-385-307985.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good+ dustjacket (tear at bottom of spine of dj.).

    Book ID: 34982
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  • Hall, James W.
    MEAN HIGH TIDE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring Thorn, a loner living in the Florida Keys. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-385-307985.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 34190
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  • Hall, James W.
    MEAN HIGH TIDE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring Thorn, a loner living in the Florida Keys. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-385-307985.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket (spotting to edges of textblock, crinkling to dj).

    Book ID: 34983
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  • Hall, James W.
    MEAN HIGH TIDE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring Thorn, a loner living in the Florida Keys. ISBN: 0-385-307985.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good+ dustjacket (tear at bottom of spine of dj.).

    Book ID: 12909
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