New York: Lyons & Burford, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Oregon author's first collection of essays on nature. "Her writing, like that of Annie Dillard or Edward Hoagland, shows us a vast, complex, partly hidden and startling world that has always been right before our eyes. In these twenty elegant and provocative essays, she invites us to travel through the West with her, and often with her family, as she rafts down rapids, hikes through dunes, camps in the desert, and walks along riverbanks." INSCRIBED on the half title page to the late Oklahoma collector, Larry Owens, and dated in the year of publication. xiv, 160 pp. ISBN: 1-558214089.

Newington, CT: American Radio Relay League, (1991). SIGNED - Adventure story set in Oregon for young adults. Amateur radio operator Amber is being held hostage to care for a wounded man as her friends Kim and Marc fight a against time as they try to rescue her. SIGNED on the first page with the words 'best wishes' and the author's call letters. Map, Morse code, resources. 203 pp. ISBN: 0-872593428.

Murphy, OR: Castle Peak Editions, (2000). SIGNED first edition - A significant collection of poem in many formats - some lyric, some long, some prose-poems, some haiku - most reflecting both the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California and the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon, and the people and wildlife which live there. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2001. 284 pp. ISBN: 0-965793877.

Hood River, OR: Crispin / Hammer (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning Oregon author's highly praised second novel. Molly Gloss commented that it is "a mystery novel, and a page turner, but [also] one that engages authentically with a dishonorable part of our past - that is, the Japanese detention camps - that conjures brilliantly the effects of dementia, that tackles unflinchingly the difficult terrain of families, prejudice, guilt, deception all the while in fluid, singing prose." SIGNED on the title page. 256 pp. ISBN: 978-0970640574.

Medford, OR: Klocker Printing Company, 1979 dj. Hardcover first edition - Foreword by Russell J. Hogue. Traces the history of the first 50 years of one of southwestern Oregon's oldest and largest forest products companies. Double page map. Illustrated with many photographs, Endnotes. List of Medco's long time employees. xi. 167 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author is an emergency room physician, a ski patrol doctor, an emergency wilderness physician, and a member of the Hood River Crag Rats, the oldest mountain rescue team in the country. He "shares personal stories of harrowing and suspenseful rescues and recoveries, including the recent Mount Hood disaster, which claimed the lives of three climbers.[and] we confront some of the ethical challenges a wilderness physician faces in making tough choices about who can be saved and at what cost." Illustrated with color photographs. x, 293 pp. ISBN: 978-0312358877.

New York: Harper Collins, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller by this former defense attorney, Set in Portland, Oregon. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 314 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0735058.

Tulsa, OK: Council Oak Books, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a title in the Brown Bag Mystery Series." Hired to track down a fourteen-year-old runaway named Jessica Finney, Oregon private eye Zachariah Smith leaves the small town of Mackie, heading to Portland to follow his clues. Not far down the road, he picks up a young woman named Allison, who is also clearly on the run - . . In Portland, Zachariah checks into a motel with one runaway and sets out to track down the other." SIGNED on the title page. Small hardcover format. 440 pp. ISBN: 0-933031416.

New York: St Martin's, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Oregon judge Sarah Drexler. SIGNED on the title page. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-093195.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Legal thriller set in an Oregon coastal town, featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. SIGNED on the title page. 389 pp. ISBN: 0-312-19854x.

New York: St Martin's, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery, this one set in Eugene, featuring Oregon attorney Barbara Holloway. INSCRIBED on the title page. Map. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-312-109377.

New York: Morrow, 1983. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A John Denson mystery, set in the area of Oregon's North Umpqua River. INSCRIBED and dated on the title page to Oklahoma collector Larry Owens - "one step this way, one step that way." Laid in is a Christmas card in the original envelope with a hand-written note from Hoyt. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-688-016367.

Shelter Island, NY: beMUSEd Press, 2000. First edition - Collection of poems by this Oregon writer and artist, some written as she was descending into blindness - but all infused with her buoyant spirit. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Preface by Maxine Rosen. 51 pp. ISBN: 0-615-115209.

New York: St Martin's, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Oregon judge Sarah Drexler. INSCRIBED on the title page. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-093195.

By the author, (2014). SIGNED first edition - Vista House at Crown Point, Oregon is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. "This book tells the story of the genesis of the building, the movers and shakers who made it happen, the disputes between the players, and the unique architectural design. It begins in 1915 and continues through to the current day, describing the deterioration from use and weather that almost destroyed the crown of the Columbia River Highway. The forty-plus black and white photographs help convey why Vista House is a legacy to all of us and to future generations." SIGNED on the title page and dated 5 May 2014, in the year of publication. Includes several appendices, sources. 140 pp. ISBN: 978-1495907005.

New York: Harper Collins, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller by this former defense attorney, Set in Portland, Oregon. SIGNED on the title page. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0735023.

New York: Harper Collins, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller by this former defense attorney, Set in Portland, Oregon. SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0196254.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Legal thriller set in a small Oregon community, featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. INSCRIBED on the title page. 387 pp. ISBN: 0-312-27663x.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Legal thriller set in an Oregon coastal town, featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. INSCRIBED on the title page. 389 pp. ISBN: 0-312-19854x.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in the high Oregon desert, featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. INSCRIBED on the title page. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-312-209533.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - True story of Brad Cunningham -a chilling look at the evil that can lurk behind the most charismatic facade. Rule is one of the most widely read true crime writers, and deservedly so: her books are detailed, fast-paced and gripping. From the very beginning of this book - which details the finding of the body of Cunningham's estranged wife in a van on the Sunset Highway outside Portland, Oregon- this is almost impossible to put down. INSCRIBED and dated on the title page. Photographs. 494 pp. ISBN: 0-684-802058.

Coos Bay, OR: B&B Publishing. (1991). SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems by this Oregon writer, each illustrated with photographs, including some in full color. SIGNED on the title page with the words "best wishes" and dated in 1996. 84 pp. ISBN: 1-885813031.

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (2011). First edition - Oregon poet's second major collection of poem, winner of the James Laughlin Award. 78 pp. ISBN: 978-1556593772.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "journey into the physical and emotional territory of the American West . . . from the headwaters of the Columbia River to eastern Oregon and to Big Goose Creek, where General Custer's reinforcements camped and went fishing instead of joining the battle at Little Bighorn. [and] through overlooked locations in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oregon -- all of the last best places." Warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page to the noted Oklahoma collector, Larry Owens -"Enjoy the book and someday get to Yellowstone, a park-paradise for anglers." Illustrated with drawings by Glenn Wolff. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-671-792865.

Cassville, Missouri: By the author, (1994). First edition - Memoirs of a retired educator, from his own college days to his years of teaching in Oregon and California, as District Superintendent of Amador County and in the Mojave. Photographs. 209 pp plus an 8 pp epilogue. Laid in is a preface to the preface.

Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, (2013). First edition - The author's third collection of poetry, one which "reckons with cadavers in the family closet, a house lost to a wildfire, and the heartbreaking beauty of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California." A title in the Poiema Poetry series. Notes, 100 pp. ISBN: 978-1625641670.

Boston: Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin, (1998.). SIGNED - The author's highly praised first adult novel, a story of a woman homesteader struggling to make it alone, in the high mountain country of Oregon in 1895. Pen/Faulkner finalist. William Kittredge described this as the 'best novel I know of about a woman's experience on the western frontier.' SIGNED on the title page. 186 pp. ISBN: 0-395-560012.