Boston: Bruce Humphries, (1964.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes a long dramatic monologue, 'Black Boat,' on the death of 200 African American seamen in the Port Chicago disaster during World War II. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper - "For a long-standing much admired friend, Fred Carpenter, in the hope that he may be interested in the chiaroscura of the last poem in this book." 150 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). 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.). 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.

Boston: L. C. Page (1908). Hardcover - A title in the "Our Little Cousins" series. Includes the story of the Rough Riders and the Cuban fight for freedom. Also included is a visit to the quarters on the plantation, and although the black workers are shown as happy, as they celebrate with music and food, there is, at least, an account of the slave ships and the death toll of those ships. Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman with a glossy frontispiece and 5 internal glossy plates. vii, 106 pp plus 18 pp publisher's ads.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which "clarifies the economic, political, social and environmental issues and gives the reader a realistic picture of this unifyiing source of life in the West." Fradkin explored most of the 1700 miles of the Colorado River by foot, boat and by car from its headwaters in the Wind River range of Wyoming, through the Grand Canyon to the Mexican desert which was once its outlet to the sea. Illustrated with maps and 45 black and white photographs by the author. SIGNED on the front free endpaper. Bibliography, index. xviii, 360 pp. ISBN: 0-394415795.

New York: Corinth Books, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - An early collection of poetry by this African-American writer, one of 1000 copies issued in hardcover. Designed by Joan Wilentz and printed by the Profile Press of New York. 76 pp. plus colophon and 1 p publisher's ad.

London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's sixteenth mystery novel featuring the quiet, but perceptive Inspector Peter Finch - a woman is found murdered at the museum she had established in honor of her brother, a now almost forgotten writer. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2001. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-09469530x.

New York: Pageant Press, (1952). Hardcover first edition - A novel loosely based on the author's experiences in Germany after the first World War and his immigration to America in 1925. Partially written to show the circumstances in Germany which helped to lead to the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. Review copy stamped on front endpaper with "publication date Feb 4, 1953" Uncommon. 207 pp.

Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - An epic poem by this Nicaraguan author, written over a thirty year period - a narrative poem, a mythic song, an epic, which "explores Latin American history by relating the evolution of the Universe to the development of human understanding." Translated by by John Lyons. Bibliography, 490 pp. ISBN: 1-880684071.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, (c 1939) dj. Hardcover - A very attractive and early copy of this book containing 14 poems about cats - from the first poem on the importance of naming cats to Gus, the theater cat, and Shimbleshanks, the railway cat. Basis of the much later musical "Cats." 45 pp. Orange title page and verso repeat the illustrations found on the dustjacket. Designed by Robert Josephy.

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1935. Hardcover first edition - "As told by Al G Barnes," an account of his success in developing the greatest circus of all times with the largest collection of wild animals (and the biggest examples he could find) trained to perform for the public. Dedicated to John Ringling and S. L. Cronin, "into whose hands my circus has passed." Includes an extensive list of those associated with the circus over the years. 460 pages plus a section of almost 100 black and white photographs.

London: Gollancz, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Things are looking suspiciously good for Charles Paris - he has moved back in with his ex-wife and he has a proper part in a proper play - a touring production of "Twelfth Night." SIGNED on the title page. 195 pp. ISBN: 0-575059273.

London: Gollancz, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Can an actor go any lower than appearing on a television panel give-away show? All it takes is murder to make it worse. SIGNED on the title page. 176 pp. ISBN: 0-575037199.

New York: Simon Pulse/ Simon & Schuster, (2018). SIGNED first edition - The second novel in The Mortal Coil young adult trilogy about gene-hacking, One review called it "a necessary read for critical readers of speculative, dystopian, and apocalyptic literature. . . Suvada has created a fascinating, complex world where DNA can be easily manipulated (and where race isnt easily defined) and technology can open the mind to endless possibilities. She offers plenty of food for thought about how far technology can take humanity and how far we should let it." SIGNED on the title page. 392 pp.

New York: Clifford & Lawton, Inc., 1926. Hardcover - A significantly enlarged edition of this classic work originally published in 1905 (the 1905 edition had only 250 illustrations and 82 pages versus 500 illustrations and 206 pages in this.) Includes sections on French festoon drapery and irregular festoons, lambrequins, pelmets, draped valances, an bed canopies, draperies, and beds, flags, draped furnishings, awnings, lampshades, festival decorations and much more. Glossary of drapery terms. Large format. 206 pp.

Gladestry, UK: Scorpion Press, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes a tribute by Boris Akunin and Michael Johnson, an introduction and a brief history of the Detection Club by Brett, as well as 11 short stories, issued to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Detection Club. #35 out of 100 copies signed by the editor and all of the authors: Clare Francis, Robert Goddard, John Harvey, Reginald Hill, P. D. James, H. R. F. Keating, Michael Ridpath, Margaret Yorke, Robert Barnard, Lindsey Davis, and Colin Dexter. vi, 195 pp. Quarter bound in black leather with marbled boards

Boston: W. A. Wilde Co.. (1938). Hardcover first edition - Ginger, a senior pilot with PanAm, is given a secret mission involving flying over the Pacific - partially because of Japanese attacks on US freighters, in these years leading up to World War II. Theiss is known both for his aviation adventure stories and for his careful research and this was written in consultation with officials from Pan-American Airways and illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted glossy plates with photographs from PanAm. 304 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (1999). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery and the first in a new series featuring Torrey Tunet, who was involved in a theft at age 14, but is now working as a high-powered translator. SIGNED on the title page. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-31220552X.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2016). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young adult novel - "Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager created to protect a galactic senators daughter, Sidonia. The two have grown up side by side, but are in no way sisters. Nemesis is expected to give her life for Sidonia, and she would do so gladly. She would also take as many lives as necessary to keep Sidonia safe." SIGNED on the title page and dated 10/27 in the year of publication. Promotional materials laid in. 403 pp. ISBN: 978-1481472678.

New York: Delacorte, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in the Bow Street Runner series. "June 1815. Regency-era London comes vividly to life in this darkly atmospheric mystery. Against this enthralling backdrop - when Napoleon, Wellington, and Lord Byron ruled the world stage - and featuring a lively cast of rabble-rousers and miscreants, constables and aristocrats, it weaves an unforgettable tale of jealousy, revenge, and inconsolable love." SIGNED on the title page. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-385335717.

New York: William H. Morrow, (2019). SIGNED first edition - An historical novel set in Ohio in the decades before the Civil War - "Cheated out of their family estate in Northern Ireland, the Givens family arrives in America in 1819. But in coming to this new land, they have lost nearly everything. Making their way west they settle in Cincinnati, a burgeoning town on the banks of the mighty Ohio River whose rise, like the GivensesÕ own, will be fashioned by the colliding forces of Jacksonian populism, religious evangelism, industrial capitalism, and the struggle for emancipation." SIGNED on the title page and dated in October 2018. 310 pp.

Sussex, England: Post Mortem Books, Ralph Spurrier Publisher, 1999. SIGNED hardcover first edition - #127 of 350 numbered copies only, with a foreword signed by publisher Ralph Spurrier, in which he describes how he came across these books - which had never appeared in any Pargeter bibliography - at her home. Originally published in 1938, this is the first of the four novels written under the Jolyon Carr pseudonym. 311 pp.

New York: Hendricks House, 1960. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A collection of stories, excepts from novels and poems by new and unknown American writers" - talented writers from the workshops of the New School in New York City who aspire to professional recognition. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To the Holtzman family library with all good wishes" by contributor and playwright and director Edward Devany. Among the other contributors are Vincent Patrick, Selma Robinson, Octavia Waldo and others. Biographical notes. xxii, 360 pp.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (c1944) dj. Hardcover - A complete unabridged version of the original text with new illustrations by Evelyn Copelman adapted from the pictures by W. W. Denslow. Includes 8 full color plates, many full page black and white plates and small en texte drawings. Slightly oversized format, 209 pp.

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - #231 of 250 copies bound in cloth and SIGNED and NUMBERED by Cody on special limitation page. Collects seventeen stories, including one written especially for this volume. The title story was an Anthony Award winner. Photographic frontispiece. Introduction by Cody and a checklist of her writings. Accompanying each copy is a separately printed 8 page pamphlet in stiff stapled purple wrappers: "White Knights and Giggling Bimbos" on which writers had influenced her the most at the beginning of her career (Hammett, Chandler & Ross Macdonald). 182 pp plus colophon and 4 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 1-932009086.

Atlanta: Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc., (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes several new pieces published here for the first time, and other works from 1977 to 1985. Illustrated throughout by Hodgell, with additional selections of her maps and art at the end of the book. SIGNED on the title page and uncommon thus. ISBN: 1-89206572X.

Portland, OR: McCormack Publications, 2010. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by TWO contributors at their poems: Mary Jo Bang and David Shields. Also includes fiction by Jennifer Egan, Ron Carlson and more; poetry by D, A. Powell, and others; essays by David Mamet, Tom Bissell, Karen Russell and more. Illustrated. Notes on contributors, 252 pp. plus ads

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (1982). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Poems and photographs which celebrate aging. "Drawing on both his own family history and the immigrant history of New York's Jewish community, Kaminsky gives voice to the protest and despair, endurance and dignity, courage and creativity of those who struggled toward survival and reconciliation near the borders of death." Foreword by Robert N. Butler. Black and white photographs by Leon Supraner. INSCRIBED by Kaminsky on the front endpaper and dated in 1985. Glossary. Large square format. 149 pp plus final photograph. ISBN: 0-252010000.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1958) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's first book for children - a charming story which has become a classic. "When eight-year-old Tistou is sent home from school, his parents decide that he wall learn from real life instead, and where better to start than gardening? With Moustache the dreamy gardener, Tistou discovers a remarkable giftthat he has green thumbs! Everything he touches sprouts beautiful plants. Now Tistou has lots to do. With the power of flowers, he can change everything - prisons, slums, hospitals...even war." Translated by Humphrey Hare. Illustrated with drawings by Jacqueline Duheme. 178 pp plus final drawing.

Hornsea, England: PS Publishing, 2004. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A fantasy novella - "a beast epic, a talking animal story in the vein of The Jungle Books and The Wind In The Willows; but this is no ordinary fable. The protagonist, Belius, is a minotaur, a wanderer in strange labryrinths of the mind and body, and his story features sex, drugs and a healthy dose of pyrotechnic metaphysical profundity. There's murder too, an instance of bestiality, and quite a few references to Dante's Inferno . . " One of only 300 hardcover copies SIGNED on a special limitation page by both Ford and Jeff VanderMeer, who wrote the introduction. #23/300. vii, 173 pp. ISBN: 1-904619835.

New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1964). Hardcover first edition - Folklore inspired tale - "There were once three brothers who lived way back among the high hills of Tennessee... The youngest had no name at all, but he did have a farm on top of the highest mountain in Tennessee." Illustrated throughout with drawings by Jack Davis. 80 pp.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon hardcover edition of her second collection of poems, third book. This is a 60 poem sequence, inspired by the migration of the monarch butterfly, which "embodies both the strength and the fragility of the natural world." 74 pp. ISBN: 0-807122300.

New York: The Viking Press, 1931. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third book of poetry by the author of "Lolly Willows" (and many other books) - a single long poem which is, despite the rather heroic title, about an unsociable woman, named Rebecca Random, "who lives in an idyllic cottage, lives on bread and lives for gin, and has an almost uncanny ability to grow flowers." It is about the darker side of village life - although they are willing to buy her flowers, they do not accept her - and the struggles of women in the period between the two world wars. Bound in green paper covered boards with a black cloth spine, lettered in gilt with decorative design on front cover. 66 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - Conroy's fourth book, third novel and one of his best novels - set in a military school in Charleston in 1966 (based on The Citadel, of course, which Conroy attended.) The first black cadet has just been admitted. 499 pp. Long blurb from James Dickey on the back cover of the first state dustjacket. ISBN: 0-395-294622.

New York: Hyperion, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A young reference librarian is hired by an eccentric bibliophile to do some after-hours research. SIGNED on the title page and dated 2001, in the year of publication. A New York Times Notable book. 360 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-66039.

New York: Warner, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A massive epic fantasy. INSCRIBED on the title page "I hope you enjoy this book" and SIGNED as Julie V. Jones, dated in the year of publication. 736 pages. ISBN: 0-446-52414x.

New York: Bantam, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Sixth mystery featuring child psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD dectective Milo Sturgis. 468 pp. Synopsis taped to back cover, with publication information handwriten in black,

New York: Free Press, (2002). Hardcover first edition - First collection of short stories by this highly praised Tennessee writer (preceded by two novels). Contains thirteen stories in which he "sets these conflicted people who make bad choices in life and love against a lush back-country setting, and somehow manages to defy moral logic as we grow to love his characters for the weight of their human errors." 305 pp. ISBN: 0-74324088X.

New York: The Viking Press, 1956. Hardcover first edition - A flawed, but inexpensively priced copy of this landmark book by Willy and Werner von Braun, which features 16 paintings in color and five in black and white by Chesley Bonestell. Numerous other illustrations in black and white. Missing the frontispiece and 4 pages of plates. Tables, bibliography. Large format. x, 176 pp.

Chicago: Lyon & Healy, 1904. Hardcover first edition - Introduction by Theodore Thomas. Includes 37 tissue guarded illustrations of classic violins (the Healy and the Earl by Stradivari and others) with front, back and side views - 24 are tipped in Chromoithographs in color and 13 black and white plates. Diagrams. #743 from a printing limited to 2000 numbered copies. Large format. 105 pp.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1956) dj. Hardcover - The classic novel of a young Belgian girl who enters an order of nursing nuns, her years in the Belgian Congo, and then in Belgium during World War II. 339 pp.

New York: McGraw-Hill, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author of classic stock market books, THE WALL STREET JUNGLE and THE WALL STREET GANG, reveals his own investment system, a system based on minimum risk and maximum growth - concepts which are still relevant today. Many charts and long appendices. xii, 557 pp. ISBN: 0-07046460X.

New York: Random House, (1976). Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, originally published over five years as stories in The New Yorker, and praised by Updike, Barthelme, and Brodkey, among others. 178 pp. ISBN: 0-394488768.

Providence, Rhode Island: Buffalo Book Company, (1946). Hardcover first edition - The first book appearance of this influential novel (it originally appeared as a serial in 1928) published by the Buffalo Book Company (Currey 451) and printed by the Southgate Press of Cranston. Frontispiece by Schneeman. 303 pp.

New York: Grove Press, (1965.) dj. Hardcover - Classic autobiography of this revolutionary black leader. Photographs. 455 pp.

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. Hardcover first edition - Nigerian-born author's second novel, set in war-torn1960s Nigeria . Winner of the Orange Prize and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2010, Adichi was chosen by the New Yorker as one of the 20 best writers in the US under the age of 40. Author's note. 435 pp. ISBN: 0-676978126.

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1954). Hardcover first edition - His 13th original book of verse, published when he was 80 years old (which I guess qualified him for "old codger"). 90 pp.

London: Sceptre / Hodder & Stoughton, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel by this award-winning writer - Shortlisted for both the Man Booker and Whitbread prizes. SIGNED on the title page. 323 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-34082512x.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An anthology in which 32 Asian American writers from the 19th century to the 1990s write in fiction and essays about childhood. Authors include Cynthia Kadohata, Gus Lee, Zia Jaffrey, Amy Tan, Kim Ronyoung, Garrett Hongo, Gish Jen, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sigrid Nunez and others. SIGNED by David Mura at his contribution, an excerpt from "Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei." Edited and with an introduction by Maria Hong. Includes brief introduction to each selection. Afterword by Stephen H. Sumida. Suggested further readings. 416 pp. ISBN: 0-688112668.

New York: Collier Books, (1982). SIGNED first edition - Collects recent short stories, poetry, and critical essays by women, such as Adrienne Rich, Marge Piercy, Margaret Atwood, Carolyn Forche, Linda Pastan, Sharon Olds, Nellie Wong, Tillie Olsen and many others. SIGNED by TWO authors at their poems: Sandra Gilbert at "The Love Sequence" and Carol Muske at "Fairy Tale." Notes on contributors. xvi, 381 pp. ISBN: 0-020496907.

New York: Ballantine, (2013.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A thriller featuring psychologist sleuth Alex Delaware and his partner, veteran Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective Milo Sturgis. SIGNED on the title page. 352 pp. ISBN: 0-679-459618.

Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2008. SIGNED first edition - " A Mystery of Colonial America" - the first book in a new series by this author best known for his series set in Tibet - but like that series, this also involves the need to understand different cultures and spirits. "Aboard a British convict ship bound for the New World, protagonist Duncan McCallum witnesses a series of murders and apparent suicides among his fellow Scottish prisoners. [He] is thrust into the bloody maw of the French and Indian War and finds himself exploring a frontier world shrouded in danger and defying death in a wilderness populated by European settlers, Indian shamans, and mysterious scalping parties." SIGNED on the title page. 456 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel featuring Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher, who is assigned to investigate the alleged shooting of a burglar in the home of a high-profile district judge in Savannah, Georgia. SIGNED on the title page. 585 pp. ISBN: 97-0743289337.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Posthumously published collection of poems from the 1983 Kingfisher through A Silence Opens in 1994. Foreword by Mary Jo Salter. Notes, index of first lines and of titles. xxvi, 471 pp. ISBN: 0-375400087.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive study of ohn Charles Fremont and the Western migration to California, by an author who was himself also an explorer (he accompanied Powell on his second voyage down the Colorado River) and artist. Includes information on Fremont's Mariposa estate, the grant he purchased before the discovery of gold. With fifty illustrations (including a full-color frontispiece from a painting by the author) and eight folding maps. Bibliography, index. xxiii, 547 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads.

Washington, D.C.: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2003. First edition - A powerful single poem by Berry - a call to action against the Lords of War whose joy lies in the destruction of the earth - printed on a single sheet, 16 1/2 inches tall by 11 inches wide, illustrated with a red and white graphic, printed in black on cream paper. Issued to "mark the first year of Shoemaker & Hoard and their publication of Berry's Citizenship Papers.' No limitation stated, but uncommon.

New York: Doubleday, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A legal thriller, basis for the Tom Cruise movie of the same name. Grisham's second novel, but the first issued by a major publisher, and the book which catapulted him to fame and best-seller status. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-385-416342.

London: Pavillion, (1994). Hardcover first edition - The first book by this Welsh journalist and documentary filmmaker. "This is a travel book with a difference. A terrifying , funny, breathtaking journey where Ronson lies and cheats his way around the world, sampling the jet set life that we all deserve but few get to experience" -from South Africa to Las Vegas to the Queen Elizabeth 2. In 2017 on Twitter, Ronson referred to this book as "the child I keep in the attic because I'm so ashamed." 142 pp.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1964) dj. Hardcover - A book which collects in one volume the eight robot stories which were not included in 'I, Robot,' as well as the two robot novels 'The Caves of Steel' and 'The Naked Sun.' New introduction by Asimov. . xiii, 556 pp.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "The Return to Vampire Junction." SIGNED on the half title page. Dust jacket art by Joe DiVito, 373 pp. ISBN: 0-312851456.

New York: Putnam, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 4th novel featuring Jack Reacher, ex-military cop, and the ultimate loner. 360 pp. ISBN: 0-399-146237.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Her first book in nine years. Lark & Termite is set during the 1950s in West Virginia and Korea. It is the story of the power of loss and love, the echoing ramifications of war, family secrets, dreams and ghosts, and the unseen, almost magical bonds that unite and sustain us." SIGNED on the title page and dated 1-15-09. Dust jacket praise from Alice Munro, Tim O'Brien and Junot Diaz (who calls it "extraordinary . . . luminous . . . it is the best novel I've read all year.) Frontispiece. 254 pp. ISBN: 978-0375401954.

New York: Warner, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to her Hugo winning novel, "The Snow Queen," and a Hugo finalist itself. A massive novel at 671 pp. Striking dust jacket art by Michael Whelan. ISBN: 0-446-513970.

London & Boston: W. Pickering / Hilliard, Gray & Co, 1835. Hardcover - Joint imprint of Pickering in London and Hilliard, Gray in Boston. J. D. Freeman, Printer. Volume 2 begins with "The Ancient Mariner", Volume 3 contains two long dramatic pieces (Volume 1 is missing). The 1835 reprint of the 1834 Pickering edition, which was the seventh and last edition prepared during the poet's lifetime. 374, 316 pp. respectively. The title pages (and the spines of the books) are illustrated with Pickering's adaptation of the Aldine anchor.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (1952) dj. Hardcover first edition - A speculative look at exploring the last frontier on earth- the depths of the ocean - and the "terrors of life seven miles under the sea faced by men who fought to save the North American continent from disaster." A title in the classic Winston series of juvenile science fiction, written by some of those who would go on to be among the most respected writers in the genre, and by those with a knowledge of and background in science. Endpaper design by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat and Carl Carmer, series editors. Dust jacket by Paul Orban. Manufacturing Division's file copy with a bookplate on front endpaper.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1958. Hardcover first edition - Collects fifteen stories by this Nobel Laureate, all out of print in England.
The first book in a projected 3 volume collection of Faulkner's short stories. 320 pp.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co, 1938. Hardcover first edition - An ethnological and psychiatrical of the Southeastern Cape Bantu, and especially of the Tembu. The author was a psychiatrist on the staff of the Queenstown Mental Hospital in charge of the native wards. Includes chapters on folklore, burial and wedding customs, male and female initiation ceremonies (which do not include genital mutilation), witchcraft and medicine doctors and more. Illustrated with 17 glossy plates. Index. xv, 347 pp.

Paris, France: Editions Saint Germain des Pres (1981). First edition - Uncommon collection of poetry by this Dutch anthropologist and Africanist, who specialized in liberation movements, especially in Chad and Kenya. In French / texte en francais. 67 pp. ISBN: 2-24301663X.

San Francisco: McSweeney's, (2007). Hardcover first edition - A double-sided issue,bound dos-a-dos -or with a "Z" binding. The first side - "Trouble" - features short stories by Christopher R. Howard, Joe Meno, Jonathan Ames, Aaron Gwyn, Philippe Soupault and Eric Hanson. The other side is titled "Come Back, Donald Barthelme: A Symposium" with many authors commenting on his work - including Ann Beattie, David Gates, George Saunders, Lawrence Weschler, and more. It also includes two of Barthelme's uncollected stories out of print for more than three decades -'The Bed,' and 'Pages From The Annual Report.' In addition, a tipped-in pamphlet excerpt from Millard Kaufman's 'Bowl of Cherries.' is tipped in at the first side. 125, 79 pp. ISBN: 978-1932416770.

London: Macmillan, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Inspector Morse novel, set in Oxford. SIGNED on the title page. Ribbon marker bound in. 295 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-333-630041.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Pirx is an astronaut, but a bumbling, if sometimes inspired one - in a world where space travel has become routine, things still sometimes go strangely wrong, and Pirx is assigned to find out why. Five interconnected stories in which robots develop some highly alarming human characteristics. Translated by Louis Iribarne and Michael Kandel. 220 pp. Dust jacket by Jean-Marie Troillard. ISBN: 0-15-1621381.

Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press/ University Press of New England, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A short novel and two long short stories which explore "the intricate interdependencies of memory, experience, and self." SIGNED and dated on the title page. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-819552836.