London: Bodley Head, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The Wardstone Chronicles, Book Three. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated by David Wyatt with small drawings the head of each chapter. Small format. 454 pp. ISBN: 978-0370328287v.

New York: Harper Collins, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The ninth and final novel in Maupin's "Tales of the City" series, this follows Anna Madrigal, the transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, as she, now 92, embarks on a road trip that will take her deep into her past as a child in Depression era rural Nevada. SIGNED on the title page. 244 pp.

New York: Spiegel & Grau / Random House, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a suspense story about two mysterious disappearances and murders a generation apart, set in the small town of Henbane, Missouri, deep in the Ozark Mountains. Winner of the 2015 Thriller Award for best first novel, finalist for the Barry. SIGNED on the title page. 297 pp.

New York: Abingdon Press, (1921.). Hardcover first edition - A collection of religious and moral essays by this prolific and widely respected writer, who was born in England but went to New Zealand in 1895 and remained there and in Australia for the rest of his life. The title comes from a Maori legend that says the home of the echoes is the heart. 208 pp.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2013). First edition - The author's third novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for 2014. A very uncommon advance issue. 771 pp.

New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1930. Hardcover first edition - Colette's first book originally published in France in 1900 with only her husband Willy's name on it as the author. The iconic opening line sets the mood for the story - " y name is Claudine, I live in Montigny; I was born there in 1884; I shall probably not die there." Translated from the French by Janet Flanner, although she is not credited (The "Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English" notes that "Flanner's translation is more competent and remains very readable despite its greater age."). Illustrated with drawings by H. Mirande. 297 pp.

London: Marion Boyars, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Three examples of some of the poet's best prose writing, with an introduction by Creeley. SIGNED on the title page. 169 pp plus a page with a brief poem "The End."

San Raphael, CA: Ko Kids Books, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A deceptively simple book, in text and illustrations: as young children learn about numbers, counting, and primary and secondary colors, they also learn about accepting each other's differences. SIGNED by the author-illustrator on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-9723946-48.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1972) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A novel of submarine warfare in the Yellow Sea towards the end of World War II, by an author who served on three submarines during the war. Warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page and signed both as Ned and with his full name in parentheses. 349 pp. ISBN: 0-030763908.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book in the delightful Moomintrolls series, originally published in 1968, illustrated by the author and translated by Thomas Warburton. Moominpappa remembers his life and adventures before he had a family. 162 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Upon its publication in England, Lawrence Durrell called this a 'work of great virtuosity. . . completely original in style and stance.' Review copy with publisher's letter laid in. A 'translation' in one sense of these four books of the Illiad, but completely modern in tone, style and language. Guide to pronunciation. 85 pp. ISBN: 0-374-286485.

New York: Ams Press Inc. (1976). Hardcover - Reprinted from the original 1938 edition published by Levin & Munksgaard, Copenhagen. An account of a 1933 archeological and ethnological expedition to Prince William Sound sponsored by the Danish National Museum, and it also includes information from Colonel Abercrombie, the first American explorer to visit this area in 1884. By 1933 all of the original Eyak village sites had been abandoned. Includes a multi-page fold out genealogical charts, an appendix with vocabulary and some basic grammar, bibliograpy. 590 pp plus errata and a section of 18 plates - black and white photographs and maps. ISBN: 0-404118178.

Boston: L. C. Page and Company, 1908 (1912). Hardcover - An attractive early copy of the first book in Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic Anne of Green Gable series, about a red-haired orphan who is adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert on Prince Edward Island off the eastern coast of Canada. It is a measure of how popular this was that this, the 33rd US printing, was just 4 years after the first. Illustrated by M. A. & W. A. J. Claus with a glossy frontispiece with tissue guard and 7 internal glossy black and white plates. 429 pp plus 8 ppof publisher's ads at rear.

Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Services, 1995. SIGNED hardcover - A dissertation written for a PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1994. Includes footnotes, tables, appendices, bibliography. INSCRIBED on the first page to " -- my editor and mentor. You gave life and beauty to my dissertation." 647 pp.

Boston: Alyson Publications, (1985). SIGNED first edition - The first novel (preceded by three books of poetry) by this Korean American lesbian author, who was born in Honolulu, and who has been called the first openly lesbian Asian writer to be published in the United States. Described as politically incorrect - and as a "rip-roaring Western adventure" (Judy Grahn) INSCRIBED on the title page by the author (simply signed "W"). Also contains a signed and dated holographic poem inside the back cover. 133 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-932870597.

New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel - Victorian private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas Llewelyn discover a pawn ticket among the effects of Barker's late assistant who had been murdered in Limehouse, London's Chinese district. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 337 pp. ISBN: 978-0743273343.

New York: Broadway Books, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in the late 14th century (the duel was held a few days after Christmas in 1386T), this is "the gripping, atmospheric true story of the 'duel to end all duels' in medieval France: a trial by combat pitting a knight against a squire accused of violating the knight's beautiful young wife. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A fascinating story, and a well-researched book. Illustrated. Extensive notes, index. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-767914163.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel by this young writer, set in an 'excruciatingly small town in West Virginia.' Dustjacket praise from Robert Olen Butler (who called it a 'brilliant debut'), John Casey and Bob Shacochis. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication on the title page. ISBN: 0-8118-45362.

New York: Putnam, (1937) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, based on the life of a Quaker, who as a boy was just too young to fight at Antietam, but who lives to see his family fortunes wiped out in the stock market crash of 1929. Settings range from the small Quaker village in New Jersey where Asher was born and grew up, upstate New York where he established a business, and Dune, Michigan where his children lived with their families. SIGNED on the front endpaper, and uncommon thus. 366 pp. Dustjacket by Syd Browne.

New York: Great Pyramid Press, (1950) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of five stories, inspired by Chinese culture and civilization, illustrated with a full color frontispiece and five full-color plates by Reeda Seldon. SIGNED on the front pastedown and INSCRIBED by Houston on the front free endpaper. Large format. 21 pp.

New York: Pantheon, (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A look at the development of the American West in terms of control of water by the wealthy and technological elites, from the railroad barons to the wealthy growers of the Central Valley. Wallace Stegner called this an "important book, sure to be furiously debated, is a history of the West in terms of its most essential resource, water....It examines how manipulation of water has combined with frontier myths, expectations, and illusions, some of them carefully cultivated by interested parties, to create the ambiguous modern West.." SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. Worster received the Bancroft Prize in American history in 1980.Map, notes, index. x, 402 pp. ISBN: 0-39451680x.

New York: Bloomsbury, (2015). SIGNED first edition - A portrait of Vladimir Nabokov told through the lens of the years he spent in America - where he and Vera arrived in 1943, fleeing the Nazis. Roper discusses Nabokov's friendship with Edmund Wilson, his time at Cornell, but focuses on the journeys - 200,000 miles of them - which he took in the West, with his wife, Vera, and son Dmitri, in search of butterflies - on the two-lane highways and the roadside motels that he brings to life in Lolita. SIGNED on the title page. Photographs/ Bibliography, notes. 333 pp.

Troutdale, OR: Triple-A-Press, (1950). SIGNED first edition - Uncommon first edition of this now classic, easy-to-read booklet, which offers tips to beginning rockhounds for locating and identifying agate in its various forms - beach agate, thunder eggs, petrified wood, etc.. SIGNED by both authors on the title page. Illustrated with photographs. 94 pp plus 2 pp ad.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1994). First edition - The first novel (preceded by books of short stories) by this award-winning Russian fabulist, the story of a young man who has dreamed of space flight since he was a boy, who enrolls as a cosmonaut, a devasting satire of the Soviet space program. George Saunders comments that "Pelevin is a brilliant satirist of things Soviet, but also of things human, our petty squabbles, haff-assed inventions and, above all, our corruptible dreams." Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield. 139 pp.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Southern gothic novel by this award-winning writer - "Set in a lake community in the vicinity of Vicksburg, Miss., the story revolves around a fellow named Man Mortimer, a thief, pimp and murderer. . On his trail are Byron Egan, a somewhat reformed biker-turned-preacher and prophet, and Max Raymond, a former doctor who plays saxophone in a bar band . . .The plot is kaleidoscopic, with flashes and slashes of wonder, humor and the macabre expertly mixed." (PW) SIGNED on the title page. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-871138115.

Ann Arbor, MI: Street Fiction Press, (1977). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, second book. We've all read author biographies which talk about the many varied jobs the author filled as they struggled to succeed as a writer: here is a novel which brings those biographies to life - substitute teacher, waiter, bartender, etc - a book which points out that "everyone and everything is now disposable." SIGNED on the title page. An uncommon paperback original, especially so signed. 189 pp. ISBN: 0-914908308.

Portola Valley, CA: No Dead Lines, 1979. SIGNED first edition - Chapbook with poems by Lewis, illustrated with drawings by Daniel M. Mandelowitz. SIGNED by Lewis on the first page. One of only 300 copies. Oblong format, unpaginated.

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1995. SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems spanning the previous decade by this author, born in Missouri who lived for many years in Canada and who was the first American to win Canada's Governor General award for poetry. Included are selections from Song of the Rising Sun, the Jesse James Poems, her award winning Celestial Navigation and more. SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with info stamped inside front cover. 92 pp. ISBN: 0-195410971.

London: Oxford University Press, 1942. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes brief biographies of each of the R.A.F. members pictured. Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece of Kennington and 52 portraits, 4 of which are in full color and tipped-in. Introduction by by Sir Ronald Storrs, foreword by Air Chief Marshall Sir Charles Portal. INSCRIBED by Kennington on the title page and dated "New Year 1944" 143 pp.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive book on African textiles and personal adornments, with examples selected from over 2400 items in 77 private and public collections. Pprepared for 1973 exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Includes textiles, clothing and headresses, as well as decorative arts including jewelry, body tattoos and scarification patterns. Illustrated with 244 photographs, 40 in full color. Map. Notes, bibliography. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-870702289.

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at Welty's fiction written over a period of five decades and how it creates a picture of Mississippi life from its early history through its contemporary racial turmoil, Notes at the end of each chapter, index. xvi, 223 pp. ISBN: 0-878051767.

London: Gollancz, 1955. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Uncommon first English edition of this early Sarton novel, described as a vivid dramatization of the plight of the embattled American liberal during the McCarthy era. Set in the world of Harvard and Cambridge. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "For Louis and Phyl w love from the old reccom (?)" and dated March 1969. 239 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [1939]. Hardcover first edition - Her very uncommon third book - Peter's biography of Sarton quotes her as saying that she bought 50 copies for friends, and she thinks that was all that sold.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by the author of 'Less Than Zero.' Set at a small liberal arts college in New England this is an "amusing but rueful look at three students entangled in a curious romantic triangle." Basis for the film of the same name. 283 pp. ISBN: 0-671-62234X.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1927. First edition - A monograph by this noted and early anthropologist, of interest because of the information it includes on the pull used by the Yahi of Northern California, information learned from Ishi, the last of his tribe, who spent the last 5 years of his life living at the Museum of Anthropology at UC San Francisco. Pages 283-296

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Contributors includeT. C. Boyle, Karen Bender, Ha Jin, Robert Stone, Jonathan Franzen, Junot Diaz, Jeffrey Eugenides and more. SIGNED by T. C. Boyle at "Killing Babies." Included are notes on each contributor and a brief commentary by each one on the genesis of that particular short story. 381 pp. ISBN: 0-395-798663.

New York: Random House, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The True Facts Concerning History's Barest Family reissued by Multitudinous Demand." Commemorative Edition of a book originally published in 1939. Needless to say, this is not a children's book, although it has Seuss's trademark tongue-in-cheek humor and delightful illustrations. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-394562690.

Ardmore, Waterford, Ireland: Ardmore Pottery Shop, (2000). SIGNED first edition - A combination of local history, traditions with a dash of humor, by a woman born in Ardmore in 1919 and who lived there all her life. Ardmore is a small seaside village o the south coast of Ireland, with a history going back to at least the 5th century. SIGNED on the title page. Foreword by Fergal Keane. Illustrated with photographs, some in full color. Double page hand-drawn map. 285 pp. ISBN: 0-953890309.

New York: George H. Richmond & Co 1897. Hardcover first edition - A novel which follows the adventures of prospectors Bud and Zeb in the California gold fields. Years later, Catlin was involved with the Croesus Mine in Eureka, Nevada -and while this venture might have failed because of crashing silver prices after World War I, his "concept was bold and envisioned a level of automation never before seen in Nevada mining. A two-mile aerial tram to a modern smelter eliminated ore teams and reduced ores on location for direct transport by rail to the main east-west line." iv, 214 pp. Top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed.

New York: Grove Press, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - An early collection of poems by this former US poet laureate. 84 pp. ISBN: 0-802115861.

New York: Samuel Colman, 1842. Hardcover first edition - Posthumous collection of poems by Lucy Hooper, with a memoir by John Keese and several tributes to her memory by John Greenleaf Whittier and others. The poem by Whittier begins "They tell me, Lucy, thou art dead, / That all of thee we loved and cherished / Has with thy summer roses perished;" Hooper, who died at just 25, is best known for the "Lady's Book of Flowers and Poetry" which she edited, and partially wrote. Drawing upon her passions for both botany and poetry, this is still considered one of the best early examples of that type of book. This, the first of two posthumous books of her poetry, is very scarce. 291 pp.

New York: Grove Press, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first book after her surprise appointment as US Poet Laureate, winner of the Pulitzer Prize (which described this as "a body of work spanning 45 years, witty, rebellious and yet tender, a treasure trove of an iconoclastic and joyful mind") and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. Index. 270 pp. ISBN: 978-0802119148.

Normal, Illinois: Dalkey Archive, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Gathers the poems written over several decades, by this writer who describes himself as a novelist first. Introduction by Theroux. Dust jacket design by fellow Cape Cod resident Edward Gorey (the illustration is repeated on the colophon page.) The hardcover edition was reportedly limited to 340 copies of which 100 were to be signed and numbered - this copy includes the colophon with the space for numbering, but is not signed on that page. Instead it is SIGNED by Theroux on the dedication page. Index of first lines. xviii, 171 pp. ISBN: 1564780074.

El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, (1997). SIGNED first edition - Award-winning writer's second collection of poems - he "has captured the grief of a parent's passage in death, multiplied ten-fold by violence" (Denise Chavez) SIGNED on the title page. Includes a translation of the poems which are in Spanish. 95 pp. ISBN: 0-938317-30X.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1963) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third collection by this award-winning poet, many set in his native mid-West. 59 pp.

Lowestoft, Suffolk: Scorpion Press, (1962.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first appearance in English of these poems, which were only discovered after Klee's death. Translated with a brief introduction by Anselm Hollo. 35 pp.

New York: Norton, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A wonderful collection - Sarton in her preface writes "here I am, writing poems in my seventy-ninth and eightieth years, and the reason is partly because I am a foreigner in the land of old age and have tried to learn its language." Warmly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper in Sarton's miniscule handwriting, but less legible than usual. Laid in the program for the Service in Celebration of the Life of May Sarton, Nelson, New Hampshire, Sat Oct 7, 1995. 80 pp plus 16 pp program in stiff stapled wrappers. ISBN: 0-393-036898.

St Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (1986.). SIGNED first edition - A moving 18 month exchange of letters between two very different writers who only met twice: once at a writer's conference in 1975 and for a second time in the hospital room where the Pulitzer Prize winning poet James Wright lay dying of cancer. SIGNED on the title page by Silko. Edited and with an introduction by Anne Wright. Uncommon first issue with the $8.00 price on the rear cover. 106 pp. ISBN: 0-915308-746.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, (1971.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Winner of the 1970 US award at the International Poetry forum. A collection of 47 poems, most set in the desert-mountains of Southern Arizona. INSCRIBED and dated on the page opposite the title page. "For -- an old book from an old writer." 73 pp. ISBN: 0-8229-32121.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1910. Hardcover first edition - The second book in this series set during the American Revolution featuring a group of four young boys and written "for boys from 12 to 17." Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and six internal glossy plates by Ralph L. Boyer. Introduction by the author. McIntyre is also known for his crime fiction, his realistic novels of the underside of Philadelphia (he grew up in the tough slum of Northern Liberties) and for his historical novels. 347 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, (1937). Hardcover first edition - The final book in this series focusing on girls on the frontier, by the author best known for the Little Maid series. Set in 1690, this is the story of fourteen year old Constance who is excited to move from Philadephia to the frontier 100 miles west, where her father has been given a large land grant. Illustrated by Hattie Longstreet with a glossy frontispiece and two internal glossy plates. Only lists the first 4 titles in this series at the front of the book. 277 pp. Green and white illustrated endpapers.

Cambridge: By the Hakluyt Society at the University Press. 1966. Hardcover first edition - A work translated and edited by Celsus Kelly O.F.M. with ethnological introduction, appendix, and other contributions by G.S. Parsonson. 2 volumes. Folded frontispiece map in Volume 1, a total of 11 plates, 4 maps & 3 tables in both volumes. The Hakluyt Society Second Series No CXXVI & CXXVII. Bibliography and index in Volume 2. Volume 1 - xvii, 270 pp; Volume 2 - xv, 272-446 pp

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2015). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, the story of events surrounding the discovery of the body of an infant in the river - told from the viewpoint of three women in the town. SIGNED on the title page. 324 pp.

Nowy Jork / New York: Perspectives in Culture, 1964. SIGNED first edition - Journal which publishes works of American authors in Polish - this issue includes works from Nathaniel Hawthorne and Mark Twain to Saul Bellow and Eleanor Clark. SIGNED by Louise Bogan at her contribution "Rozmowki" with the notation "My first appearance in Polish!" Text in Polish throughout. 192 pp.

Wescosville, PA: RodCrafter Press. (1982) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes over 100 patterns and explains the techniques used for this art. Illustrated with numerous drawings, black-and-white photographs and a selection of full-color photographs. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page. 221 pp. ISBN: .

New York: Winchester Press. (1978) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A guide to "how the average angler can design, build and embelish a rod that will reflect his desires and needs." Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs, drawings and charts. Includes chapters on glues, reel seats, grips, wraps, finishes and tools. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page. Index. xiii, 354 pp. ISBN: 0-876912587.

New York: Arbor House, (1983) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel by this award-winning author, the story of Jerome "who unlocks the true erotic soul of Pinocchio . .. As Jerome travels from Manhattan to Paris to Rome to Texas, as well as back and forth in time, he meets a host of brillantly created characters" Briefly INSCRIBED on the half title page to the late noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens with a small drawing of Pinocchio on the title page. 384 pp. ISBN: 0-877954380.

Longmont, Colorado: Growing Fields Books, (2007). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A beautiful book with photographs and letters of some of the children involved in a project to send books and letters to survivors of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf States, and with their replies about what it was like living through that disaster. It began in one elementary classroom in Colorado and eventually included schools, classrooms and students from California to Virginia. "In searching their heart and mind for meaningful words to write...the children found their own voice of value and a way to make their own special contribution." Full color photographs on every page by Kim Lemaire. SIGNED on the title page by Mark Hoog. Large oblong format. 96 pp. ISBN: 978-0977039197.

London: Picador, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel which "alloys mystery, fable, and ghost story with poignant psychological acuity to forge the riveting story of a man wary of the future, plagued by the past, and so uncertain in the present that he cannot discern the spectral from the real." SIGNED on the title page. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-330339338.

Atlanta: Turner Publishing, Inc., (1994). SIGNED - History of the 1960s space race, and especially the race to the moon. Introduction by Neil Armstrong. SIGNED by Alan Shepard on the title page. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Index. 383 pp. ISBN: 1-570361673.

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Translations of poems by TuFu, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Bogomil Gjuzel, Rachel Korn and others. Included is a bilingual version of Edward J. Mananick's "Seven Sides and Seven Syllables, Kizer's Parkistan Journal and a few poems by her which are not translations. SIGNED on the title page by the author. ISBN: 1-55659-0172.

London: Harper Collins, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel in the Grail Quest series - a novel of the age of King Edward III and the battle of Agincourt. Harlequin - or hellequin - is what the French called the Englis archers who came across the channel and laid waste to the French countryside. SIGNED on the title page. 372 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-002259656.

New York: Harper Collins, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Arch-swindler Moist van Lipwig is given a choice between death and getting the moribund postal service going again - and for once in his life he is determined to do something right. SIGNED by Pratchett on a blank preliminary page. 377 pp. ISBN: 0-060013133.

New York: St Martin's, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The ninth Montana mystery featuring Gabriel duPre, a Metis Indian rancher and cattle brand inspector, fiddler and reluctant sleuth. In this, wild fires are raging through the Wolf Mountains. SIGNED on the half title page. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-312-288506.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The deluxe hardcover edition. Includes over 60 previously uncollected pieces of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and autobiography, many are published here for the first time. Edited by Paul Spiteri, and with illustrations by Charles Berlin, Keith Howell, Jason Robert Bell, and Mario Zecca. Includes information about the artists and the artwork. a 769 pp plus a double page photo montage. ISBN: 1-59606059X.

Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co Inc, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - Starting with the landing of the first blacks at Jamestown in 1619, this looks not just at the first black inhabitants of the colonies but also at the custom of white servitude which preceded the slave trade. It is divided into two sections - foundations and directions - and it highlights alternatives which could have been taken, but were not. Illustrated with sepia-toned full page drawings by Charles White. Bibliography, index.
Large square format. 356 pp. ISBN: 0-874850711.

New York: The Viking Press, 1951. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A unsentimental and detailed story of a baby fawn that is found in a field, who is brought back to the barn to live - and then the farmer and his children have to help him to learn how to eat and run and live as a deer until he is old enough to explore on his own. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To --- who I hear is as crazy about animals as I. With all good wishes" and dated September 17, 1951, in the year of publication. Illustrated with soft bronze tone drawings by Kurt Wiese. 80 pp.

Santa Rosa, CA: Calliopea Press, 1983. SIGNED first edition - A slim collection of poems, one of only 500 copies designed and printed at the Calliopea Press. INSCRIBED by Herron on the dedication page and dated in 1984. 54 pp. ISBN: 0-933888147.

New York: Tom Doherty Associates, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A title in one of the most extraordinary American fantasy series: The NY Times Review of Jordan's books says that 'Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal.' SIGNED by Jordan on the title page. Full-color map endpapers. Glossary. 700 pp. Wraparound dustjacket art by Darrell K. Sweet. ISBN: 0-312-864590.

New York: Specific Fiction Corp, 1954. First edition - The second and final issue in this very short lived digest magazine. While most of the stories published in these issues - including two by Robert Sheckley - several of the articles (which leaned towards the occult) were first published here, including My Experience with the Supernatural by Eartha Kitt and Has Hollywood Gone Science Fiction Mad? By George Pal. Color illustration from Creature of the Black Lagoon illustration on front cover, several small black and white photographs from the film inside the cover. Illustrated. This second issue seems to be harder to find than the first issue. 160 pp.

New York: Basic Books, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A distinguished legal scholar and civil rights activist employs a series of dramatic fables and dialogues to probe the foundations of America's racial attitudes and raise disturbing questions about the nature of our society." An association copy INSCRIBED by Bell on the half title page to J. Clay Lincoln (1942-2018) "Best wishes to a fellow teacher of the word!" and dated in 1996. Lincoln was not only a law professor at Howard,he was also a noted author of legal historiography and anactivist who served as interim director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and more.. Notes, index. xii, 288 pp. ISBN: 0-465003281.

San Francisco: Five Fingers Review. 1987. SIGNED first edition - A journal of poetry and prose, SIGNED by TWO poets at their contributions - Dorianne Laux and Juan Felipe Herrerra. Other contributors include Clark Coolidge, Stan Rice, Jack Marshall, Cole Swenson, Carol Dorf, Sara Vogan and more. Notes on contributors. 138 pp plus ads. Cover by Chris Biddle.

London: Kegan Paul International, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A former minister in the Sudanese government attributes the country's current political crisis to the monopoly of power by a small group since independence three decades ago. He traces the evolution of politics, the first multi-party government, and the period of military rule, and analyzes the era of revolution and its effect on domestic and foreign policy." Although this books ends on a hopeful note - the way ahead - Sudan now, 30 years later, is more deeply mired in corruption, violence and revolution than ever. Notes at the end of each chapter. Several appendices, bibliography, index. viii, 480 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-710303270.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1911. Hardcover first edition - The fourth book in this series which follows the adventures of two young officers in the United States Navy. Interestingly, this series was written at a time when Stirling was serving as a Lieutenant Commander (he later went on to become a Rear Admiral, like his father before him.) Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece with a tissue guard and five glossy internal plates by Ralph L. Boyer. Uncommon in the first edition. 396 pp.

New York & London: Verso, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A brief, but striking commentary on this gathering of the world's richest and supposedly most influential people. When Lapham was invited to attend the 1998 annual meeting, he didn't see how he could refuse - among the 1998 notables were Bill Gates, George Soros, Newt Gingrich, and Helmut Kohl, Nobel prize winning physicists, the chairman of Toyota and the Vice Premier of China. "After five days at Davos, he understood that the masters of markets and captains of commercial empire knew as little about the likely movements of the global economy as the waiters plying them with plum brandy and cheese fondue." SIGNED on the title page. Glossary, partial list of attendants. 84 pp. ISBN: 1-859847102.

Paris: Editions Dargaud, (1984). Hardcover first edition - Superbes illustrations noir et blanc et couleurs de Hugo Pratt. Textes de Claude Moliterni, Hugo Pratt, Joan Benavent, Alberto Ongaro, etc. Photos de Hugo Pratt. En Francais / in French - but the pictures speak for themselves. Bibliography. Large format. 98 pp. ISBN: 2-205028100.

New York: Mayflower Books, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes chapters on images of the Floating World, rivals of Utamaro; the Utagawa school and much more. The text is by Roni Neuer and Herbert Libertson with an introduction and biographical passages by Susugu Yoshida. Illustrated with 377 full color plate, most full-page, as well as some black and white reproductions. Glossary, index of names and works, bibliography.Folio size in original black boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 390 pp. ISBN: 0-831790415.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc., 1915. Hardcover first edition - A tender love story set in the northern Canadian wilderness. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and 8 internal glossy plates by William Oberhardt and Norman Borchardt (the final plate is a double spread.) Basis for the 1937 Warner Brothers film - their first feature-length movie made in technicolor. 347 pp.

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, (1907). Hardcover - A collection of adventure stories for younger readers by several authors. The first section - in the Arctic - features three stories by Commander Peary. The second section focuses on the men - Yarns Below - and the third section on Strange Events, including The First American Boys in Japan by William Drysdale, Tale of an Earthquake and more. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and 7 internal glossy plates. Lists 4 titles in this series at the beginning of the book. xi, 232 pp. Uncommon.

Boston: Little Brown, 1912. Hardcover first edition - The first of two books in this series by an author who spent most of his life in the newspaper business (his memoir is called " Free-Lancing for Forty Magazines." Although Donald Kirk has been denied the education he desired, he is determined to learn and progress in his career. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece with a tissue guard and three internal glossy plates by George Varian. 273 pp. plus 4 pp publisher's ads. Cover by the Decorative Designers with their DD monogram.

New York: The Viking Press, 1946. dj. Hardcover first edition - The saga of Yoknapatawpha County, 1820-1945 - the first chronological picture selected from his novels and stories to create what is "in effect a new work." Includes some original material by Faulkner written especially for his volume. Edited, with an Introduction by Malcolm Cowley. Viking Portable Library #18. 756 pp. Small format. Maps on pastedowns.

New York: St Martin's, (1972). Hardcover first edition - The first American edition is a compilation of Herriot's first two semi-autobiographical books, originally published in the U.K. as "If Only They Could Talk" and "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet." Although Herriot referred to his books as "little cat-and-dog stories" the theme is really country life in Yorkshire and it is his shrewd observations of the people around him (most, of course, animal owners) which make his books worthwhile. Made into a television movie featuring Simon Ward, Lisa Harrow and Anthony Hopkins, and later into a popular and long-running BBC series. Reprinted many times, the first edition is very uncommon. 442 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Don Stivers.

New York: William H. Morrow, 1959. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this North Carolina writer, set on an island in the Outer Banks. 281 pp. Dust jacket by Harvey Kidder.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1960) dj. Hardcover - An off-beat and rather charming work of aliens in medieval England. In the far-off days when people thought the earth was flat, the good folk of a small village were startled out of their peaceful life is invaded by a fantastic spaceship - Sir Roger had been about to leave for the Crusades, but when the aliens begin attacking the town, he conquers them instead. Nominated for the Hugo. Code of C42 on the last page, indicating a 1961 printing. 192 pp. Dust jacket art by by Harry Schaare.

Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - First English language edition of this brief work, originally published by Editions du Verseau, Paris, 1929. Translated from the French by Margaret Kidder Ewing. A Bilingual edition with the 45 page English translation, followed by the text in French. Alta No 2: Gregory Rabassa Prize for Prose. Translator's preface. Select bibliography. xii, 92 pp. ISBN: 0-82620466X.

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1961) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel. A rather greedy and selfish young man is told that he has inherited a good deal of money from his uncle, but finds himself behind the Iron Curtain, in Prague, running for his life. 211 pp.