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  • Carlile, Henry.
    THE ROUGH-HEWN TABLE: Poems by Henry Carlile.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Kansas City, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1971. First edition - The first collection by this poet who was grew up in the Pacific Northwest. It won, in manuscript form, the Devins Poetry Award in 1971. Henry Carlile has published poetry in a number of periodicals, including THE IOWA REVIEW, THE NATION and THE MALAHAT REVIEW. In 1970, he was awarded a discovery grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. Illustrations by Merrill Cason. A Breakthrough Book from the University of Missouri Press, 63 pp,. ISBN: 0-8262-01148.

    Condition: Near fine. Some rubbing to front corner of spine, mark from sticker on front wrapper,remainder mark.

    Book ID: 18986
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  • THE ROUGH-HEWN TABLE: Poems by Henry Carlile. by Carlile, Henry.
    Carlile, Henry.
    THE ROUGH-HEWN TABLE: Poems by Henry Carlile.

    Edition: First printing.

    Kansas City, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1971. Hardcover first edition - The first collection by this poet who was grew up in the Pacific Northwest. It won, in manuscript form, the Devins Poetry Award in 1971. Henry Carlile has published poetry in a number of periodicals, including THE IOWA REVIEW, THE NATION and THE MALAHAT REVIEW. In 1970, he was awarded a discovery grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. Illustrations by Merrill Cason. A Breakthrough Book from the University of Missouri Press, 63 pp,. ISBN: 0-8262-01148.

    Condition: Ex-library with remnants of a pccket, relatively few other markings, and overall tight and clean, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84832
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  • MOTOR TALES AND TRAVELS IN AND OUT OF CALIFORNIA. by Carolan, Herbert.
    Carolan, Herbert.
    MOTOR TALES AND TRAVELS IN AND OUT OF CALIFORNIA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, 1936. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes accounts of trips to Alaska, Chicago, the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest, Mexico, and especially many trips of excursions around California, including the Mother Lode country of the Sierra Foothills, the high Sierras, the desert and more. Illustrated with many photographs. Presentation copy INSCRIBED by the author to Howard L. Rowe, Madera County Superintendent of Schools and dated in 1941. 241 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in blue cloth with orange lettering, but lacking the dust jacket.

    Book ID: 56004
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  • DARK SPECTRE. by Dibdin, Michael.
    Dibdin, Michael.
    DARK SPECTRE.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Faber & Faber, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A change of pace for Dibdin, a thriller set in America, involving serial killers who are members of an obscure cult in the Pacific Northwest, dedicated to the study of the poetry of William Blake. SIGNED by Dibdin on the title page. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-571175236.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some toning to the pages, as is common with UK editions.)

    Book ID: 71323
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  • WEST OF HERE. by Evison, Jonathan.
    Evison, Jonathan.
    WEST OF HERE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2011.). SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the half title with the word "Onward." An epic novel, set on the rugged coast of Washington, telling the stories of both the founders of the town in 1889-1890 and the lives of their descendants in 2006. 483 pp.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 49184
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  • WEST OF HERE. by Evison, Jonathan.
    Evison, Jonathan.
    WEST OF HERE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2011. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An epic novel, set on the rugged coast of Washington, telling the stories of both the founders of the town in 1889-1890 and the lives of their descendants in 2006. SIGNED on the title page with the word "Onward!" 483 pp. ISBN: 9781565129528.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (toning to edges of textblock, creasing to dj flap).

    Book ID: 60401
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  • A RIVER OUT OF EDEN. by Hockenberry, John.
    Hockenberry, John.
    A RIVER OUT OF EDEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a thriller set amid the cultural and environmental wars rocking the Pacific Northwest - based on real events: the Celilo Falls on the Columbia River was at one time the largest falls west of the Mississippi and the site of one of the oldest human settlements in North America - until the dams were built on the river. Features Francine Smoholla a U.S. government marine biologist, fighting to save salmon threatened by the dams that supply Washington's hydroelectric power, but as a Chinook Indian, she finds herself torn between the colliding forces of technology and environmentalism. Author's note. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 362 pp. Photographic endpapers. ISBN: 0-385494254.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84642
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  • THE FLOATING WORLD. by Kadohata, Cynthia
    Kadohata, Cynthia
    THE FLOATING WORLD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her highly praised first novel, the story of a Japanese American girl coming of age, and piecing together the story of her family, in the Pacific Northwest in the 1950's. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-670-82680-4.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 16770
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  • THE FLOATING WORLD. by Kadohata, Cynthia.
    Kadohata, Cynthia.
    THE FLOATING WORLD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her highly praised first novel, the story of a Japanese American girl coming of age, and piecing together the story of her family, in the Pacific Northwest in the 1950's. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-670-82680-4.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (a new copy, but with a remainder line.)

    Book ID: 37546
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  • Keeble, John.
    BROKEN GROUND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth novel by this highly praised writer who has been called one of the major writers of the Northwest. The background of this story is the building of a federal prison in the Oregon desert - the themes are freedom, death and culpability. ISBN: 0060158115.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 16037
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  • Keeble, John.
    BROKEN GROUND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth novel by this highly praised writer who has been called one of the major writers of the Northwest. The background of this story is the building of a federal prison in the Oregon desert - the themes are freedom, death and culpability. ISBN: 0-06-015811-5.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 16775
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  • A BIT OF A BLUE: The Life and Work of Frances Fuller Victor. by [Victor, Frances Fuller ] Martin, Jim.
    [Victor, Frances Fuller ] Martin, Jim.
    A BIT OF A BLUE: The Life and Work of Frances Fuller Victor.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Salem, Oregon: Deep Well Publishing. 1992. First edition - A biography of Frances Fuller Victor who at age 25 in 1851 began her work as a magazine editor. Born in Rome, New York, this is an account of how she came West, her life on the frontier and her personal struggles - but despite these struggles, she wrote eleven books about the life and history of the Pacific Northwest. Illustrated with 25 pages of historical photographs. Notes, sources, bibliography, xiii, 277 pp. ISBN: 0-9632066-05.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 85919
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