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THE SOUNDS OF RESCUE, THE SIGNS OF HOPE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, a story of survival - "A young American fighter pilot, shot down in the Pacific during World War II and alone on a small tropical island except for one primitive man with whom he can barely communicate." 270 pp. Dust jacket design by Hal Siegel.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (tear at base of dj spine)
Book ID: 59651More details Price: $18.50 -
THE INVADERS.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in dark blue cloth in a good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, toning to pages, tape repair to interior of spine of dj, sunning to spine)
Book ID: 88755More details Price: $25.00 -
SPIRIT WRESTLER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set among the Eskimos of Baffin Island, by this Canadian author-artist, who lived among the Inuit for many years. Author's "last word." 306 pp. ISBN: 0-15-184755x.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket (some edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 65442More details Price: $16.50 -
TO THE BRIGHT EDGE OF THE WORLD.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 86066More details Price: $21.50 -
FACING THE EXTREME : One Woman's Story of True Courage, Death-Defying Survival and Her Quest for the Summit.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The personal account of the only female member of a 9 person expedition on Mt. McKinley in Alaska in May 1992. The story of how they survived when the most violent weather system on record (one which killed 11 climbers), slammed into the mountain, pinning them on an ice shelf at 14,000 feet for almost 2 weeks. Illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs on gloss paper. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-312-179421.
Condition: INSCRIBED by the author on the title page " For... thanks for all the help getting me up the mountain.' Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 32667More details Price: $30.00 -
THE WOLF ROAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Crown, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, described as an "amalgam of literary thriller and gritty western. Long after a cold war mis-step has turned back the clock, gold rush fever and vigilante justice are once again a way of life. After a devastating storm, a scrappy young tomboy is taken in by a strange tattooed backwoodsman who names her Elka. Elka is raised in isolation amid the wilderness until, at age eighteen, she ventures into town for the first time. Once there Elka learns horrifying things about the man she thought of as her daddy and sets off immediately to distance herself from him and try to find her parents." 356 pp. ISBN: 978-1101906125.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some wear to the dj at the front fold)
Book ID: 81164More details Price: $18.00 -
THE ICE MASTER: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some light toning)
Book ID: 90736More details Price: $20.00 -
THE WAY TO GO HOME.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Norton, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - on one level, this is an international political thriller with a British embassy official and his family in a flight to freedom, but it becomes a study of how the veneer of civilization can break down when survival is in question. 185 pp. ISBN: 0-393088340.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line, minor edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 66646More details Price: $16.50 -
MIDNIGHT SUN.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81789More details Price: $30.00 -
MIDNIGHT SUN.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
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.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 81790More details Price: $35.00 -
WHICHAWAY.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in a rather ppor dust jacket. (previous owner's name on front endpaper, rubbing, tears and chips to the dj)
Book ID: 90088More details Price: $25.00