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Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: Bureau of Land Management, 2002. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Paperback in Very Good Condition. Stapled Binding. Frontis: Map of the Area. Clean and completely unmarked. Mineral Riodge was the first recreation site developed by the BLM in Idaho. Construction began in 1963 and the Trail was complete and designated as a National Recreation Trail April 13, 1982. The plant and animal communities are used by local school districts for environmental education. (I do not know if this continues today). There are two main sections: the first is a guide to the trail. There are 22 stations along the trail marked with narrative descriptions in this booklet. The second section is supplemental informstion such as lists of plants and animals found on MIneral Ridge Trail. They are designed as checklists to keep a record of species found. There is also a glossary of Mineral Ridge place names that highlight the area's mining history. 38 pages. 5.5… Read More

Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company, 1995. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, unmarked, tight and solid book with slight wear to lower front corner. Former owner name on inside of front cover. Page edges and pages quite clean, no marks of any kind. b/w photographs throughout. 431 pages, indexed. 6 x 9 inches. 1995, Pruett Publishing Company, Boulder, Colorado

New York: HarperCollins, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. A Smithsonian curator and top FBI consultant shows how archaeological discoveries help solve twentieth century crimes and how modern criminology has helped unveil the secrets of the ancients. "Bones" takes the reader into the high tech labs of the FBI and into courtrooms where a forensic expert's testimony can mean the difference between a conviction and a miscarriage of justice. Very clean, tight & solid volume in grey and yellow binding, square with sharp corners, internals as new. Scrape on front endpaper, otherwise book is as new. Black, glossy clean jacket. Illustrated with more than 75 photos. 317 pages with index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 1992, HarperCollins, New York, New York, USA

Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Alfred A. Knopf, published 1977. Second Edition, Fully Revised, 1994. 13th Printing, 2013. In Near Fine Condotion.Hardback Beautiful red limp leatherette bound field guide by the world renowned National Audubon Society in Very Good Condition. Slight wrinkle to cover near lower front edge. Very clean and unmarked. Internals as new. Brilliant, glossy, full color illustrations of birds of the Western Region of the U. S. with key identification features as usual for Audubon's field guides. Text arranged by habitat, to help you predict the birds most likely to be seen, and keyed to photographs. 822 pages. 7.75 x 4 inches-- easy to take with you in your pocket or back pack. 1994, Alfred A Knopf, New York, New York, USA

New York London: OR Books, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. First Edition OR Books, 2019. Trade Paperback Book As New. A passionate plea for a more humane immigration system. 133 pages. 5 x 7". OR Books, 2019.

U.S.A: Simon and Schuster, 1986. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE in Very Good Condition in Fair Dust Jacket. Dorothy Uhnak brings to life the world of cops, lawyers, D.A.'s in this searing novel of a gruesome crime and the way it changes the lives of the victim, the investigators, and the criminal himself, whose identity is the final shock. Clean, unmarked, lower part of spine has two indentations, tight and solid binding. Jacket is clean, rubbed, scruffy on spine head/tail and corners, edgewear. 248 pages. 5.75 x 8.5. 1986, Simon and Schuster, New York, New York, USA

U.S.A: Signet Book/New American Library, 1987. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Good Condition. A Dorothy Uhnak Thriller--urban violence in a world of political power and greed--and one woman whose sense of justice causes her to seek the truth behind the murder of a nurse--whose murder was watched by many who did nothing. Clean & bright wrappers with wear all around edges, spine with crease marks, a scratch mark on front, rear cover creased on corners. Interior is clean & unmarked, pages toned. 348 pages. 7 x 4.25 inches. 1987, Signet Book/New American Library, New York, New York, USA

USA: Simon and Schuster, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Remainder. Navy cloth w/gilt titles is clean and unmarked, tight and solid, extremities slightly rubbed. Another Uhnak thriller--Irish immigrants who are cops, proud, with fierce loyalties--a New York police thriller. 512 pages. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 1973, Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, USA

Penguin Books, 2008. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7. Penguin Books, 2008. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Peach/orange wraps are clean, light wear around edges, crease near spine, back cover with three light crease marks. Pages quite clean, no marks of any kind. The Moscow mail order bridal agent advises Sasha Goldberg to keep he expectations low as she leaves for America. She finds he was so right. A moving story about a perpetual outsider who desires to belong, to family and to the wide world she encounters with a sometimes weary heart and plenty of chutzpah. A hilarious and moving story. 324 pages. 8vo. 2008, Penguin Books.

U.S.A: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1945. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Sixth Printing, 1945. Hardcover Book in Good Condition, without Jacket. James Ramsey Ullman, 1907-1971, was an American writer and mountaineer, writing about the outdoors, and the power of the outdoors over men, not only physically but also for its power to inspire. "The White Tower" is his first and best-selling novel, a tense and dramatic story of the ascent of a mountain in the Alps that has never before been climbed from the side the protagonist climbs it. It is a story of physical rigor and challenge, and also of the meditation and internal dialogue that are part of the whole endeavor. Clean, solid, unmarked volume in light tan full cloth binding with blue lettering on front and spine. Endpapers illustration a small plane flying through the alps over a high altitude cabin, in color. Boards are lightly scuffed on the corners and there is a slight indentation on the… Read More

Brentwood, Tennessee, USA: Integrity Publishers, 2002. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Bright and colorful, clean and unmarked wraps with French flap, tight and solid, rough cut. Internals As New. Set in medieval Scotland in the 14th century, during the time of the war of independence from England. A tale of adventure, captivity, romance. 292 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 2002, Integrity Publishers, Brentwood, Tennessee, USA

USA: Cliffs Notes/Hungry Minds Inc, 1982. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Paperback in Very Good Condition. Yellow and black wrappers very clean and unmarked; tight glued binding. Pages completely unmarked, clean, spotless, not toned. Cliffs Notes presents a clear discussion of the action, characters, and thought of London's two novels and a concise interpretation of their artistic merits and significance. 69 pages. 5.25 x 8.25 inches. Cliffs Notes/Hungry Minds Inc, New York, 1982.

U.S.A: Fischer Publishing, 2013. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback AS NEW. Edited by Rob Fischer. After writing the Declaration of Independence, it took our nation almost 90 years to recognize that the Right of Liberty expressed by our founding fathers was a Right of all, not just the wealthy or the white. This books provides a brief look at the struggle for all persons to be free, with equal rights and equal opportunity. And how this struggle continues today, and finding a way forward. 126 pages. 8 x 5.2 inches. 2013, Fischer Publishing, USA

U.S.A: Fischer Publishing, 2013. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback AS NEW. Edited by Rob Fischer. After writing the Declaration of Independence, it took our nation almost 90 years to recognize that the Right of Liberty expressed by our founding fathers was a Right of all, not just the wealthy or the white. This books provides a brief look at the struggle for all persons to be free, with equal rights and equal opportunity. And how this struggle continues today, and finding a way forward. 126 pages. 8 x 5.2 inches. 2013, Fischer Publishing, USA

U.S.A: Free Press, 2008. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Gently used book, clean and unmarked with a whisper of wear to the cover; tight and solid glued binding; internals clean and free from any markings, no creases. A comprehensive and deeply sourced account of the secret relationship between neoconservative policy makers and the Christian Right, and how they assaulted the safeguards of America's constitutional democracy while pushing the country into the catastrophic Iraq quagmire. A most comprehensive account of how and why America went ot war with Iraq. 460 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. 2008, Free Press, USA

Dutton, 2019. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7. First Dutton Trade Paperback Edition in Very Good Condition. Clean, unmarked, solid, gently used book. Slight wear to spine head and heel and a crease down the spine. Internals as new. Full color photographs in section on glossy paper. New Afterword to the Paperback Edition: Can We Handle the Truth? Includes "Trump's Foifty-Nine Russia Connections; Notes; Index. 384 pages. 8vo. 2019, Dutton. ISBN10: 1524743518, ISBN13: 9781524743512

New: Dutton, 2018. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Collectible. First Printing of First Edition, 2018, Dutton Publishing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Appears new and unread. Full color photographs in section on glossy paper. " House of Trump, House of Putin" offers the first comprehensive investigation into the decades-long relationship among Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Mafia that ultimately helped win Trump the White House. Craig Unger methodically traces the deep-rooted alliance between the highest echelons of American political operatives and the biggest players in the underworld of the Russian Mafia. This book is crucial to understanding the real powers at play in the shadows of today's world. Can We Handle the Truth? Includes "Trump's Fifty-Nine Russia Connections; Extensive Notes; Index. 368 pages. 8vo. 2018, Dutton.

Da Capo Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 6x1x9. Da Capo Press, 2012. First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover and Dust jacket As New. 8vo. 384 pages. 43 in-text b/w illustrations. Chronology. Purple and black boards with sharp and bright gilt titles to spine, tight and solid, internals pristine. Endpapers in purple. Handsome, clean and unmarked, tight and solid book. A biography of one of the towering figures during the nation's founding years. John Quincy Adams served America as minister to six countries, as secretary of state, senator and congressman, and the sixth president of the United States. A sweeping panorama of American history, "John Quincy Adams" follows the exciting life of an American patriot who served under George Washington and with Abraham Lincoln. Notes, Bibliography and Research Resources, Index. 2012, Da Capo Press.

U.S.A: Vintage Books/ Random House, 2012. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked with slight wear around cover edges. Soundly bound, square. Pages also clean and unmarked, no creases. Twenty-five year old investigation into crime involves townspeople, semi-retires cop Jones Cooper and local psychic Eloise Montgomery whose dire visions warn that pursuing this old case may just be the last thing they do. Gripping plot and fast-paced action will keep you from sleeping. 483 pages. 4.25 x 7 inches. Vintage Books/ Random House, USA, 2012.

New York, New York, USA: Simon & Schuster, 1986. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Revised and updated edition with an expanded chapter on South Africa . An exploration and analysis of the political, economic, and social realities of Africa of the 1980s. Clean, tight, solid, unmarked book with light wear to cover edges and spine hinge. 543 pages. 9 x 6 inches. 1986, Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, USA