New York: Viking, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A story of the detonation of a marriage and the finding of love again, by this Canadian writer, who won the Edgar for her novel of suspense, 'The Suspect.' 280 pp. ISBN: 0-670-811734.

New York: Ace Books, 1965. First edition - The year nature went beserk - and only Mars could save earth.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. dj. Hardcover - His classic novel, one of the most important African American literary works of the 20th century. Title page in red and black, first edition stated on copyright page, but not a first. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. xii, 359 pp.

New York: Harper & Row, (1983.). Originally written in the 1940's and intended as part of Wright's great autobiography "Black Boy" this portion (which tells of his struggles in Chicago, his early days in the Communist party, and his break from them) was severed from the main autobiography before publication. Portions of this section appeared in periodicals, but this posthumous publication in the first printing of the entire book. Includes an afterword by Michael Fabre. 146 pp plus a 1 pp illustration of a page of the original manuscript. ISBN: 0-06-0909919.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Hardcover - An early printing, possibly a Book of the Month club edition, of this classic novel.

New York: Harper & Row, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Originally written in the 1940's and intended as part of Wright's great autobiography "Black Boy" this portion (which tells of his struggles in Chicago, his early days in the Communist party, and his break from them) was severed from the main autobiography before publication. Portions of this section appeared in periodicals, but this posthumous publication in the first printing of the entire book. Includes an afterword by Michael Fabre. 146 pp plus a 1 pp illustration of a page of the original manuscript. ISBN: 0-06-1047687.

New York: Amistad / Harper Collins, (1993). SIGNED first edition - Includes 20 reviews of Wright's novels and other books and 22 critical essays on his works; the reviewers include Joyce Cary, Max Eastman, Clifton Fadiman, Zora Neale Hurston, Sinclair Lewis, Ralph Ellison, Horace A. Porter, Lionel Trilling, David Bradley and others. Essays by Dan McCall, Claudia C. Tate, Robert Stepto, Herbert Leibowitz, Houston A Baker and more. Preface by Gates. SIGNED by K. A. Appiah on the title page. One of the first six volumes of literary criticism launching the Amistad Literary series, which is devoted to literary fiction and criticism by and about African Americans. Chronology, bibliography and index. xvi, 476 pp. ISBN: 1-567430279.

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, one which "sees our hero (seduced at 15 by his amorous guardian) fleeing rural Canada to set forth on a lifelong journey of adventure - a search which takes him to the bustling, immigrant-filled New York City of the 1890s; to the Klondike Gold Rush; to Europe, where he runs into the "war to end all wars"; and to the rail yards and hobo jungles of the Great Depression. . . a picaresque tale that is a triumph of the comic imagination." SIGNED on the title page. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-7705-14332.

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1991). A new look at the work of Richard Wright - and especially 'Native Son' - as literary works and not just social polemics. Works cited, index. xvii, 129 pp. ISBN: 0-877453209.

New York: Warner/ Grand Central. (1988) dj. Hardcover - A portrait of this important African American novelist by a friend and fellow writer, one which discusses his political beliefs, and looks at his major works. The first biography of Wright by one of his contemporaries and the first critical biography by another Black scholar and author. Photographs, bibliographical essay, index. xix, 428 pp. ISBN: 0-446710016.

New York: Warner/ Grand Central. (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A portrait of this important African American novelist by a friend and fellow writer, one which discusses his political beliefs, and looks at his major works. The first biography of Wright by one of his contemporaries and the first critical biography by another Black scholar and author. INSCRIBED and dated by Walker on the title page. Photographs, bibliographical essay, index. xix, 428 pp. ISBN: 0-446710016.

Detroit: Visible Ink Press, (1996.). First edition - Foreword by Michael L. Blakey, preface by W. W. Law. Describes 300 cemeteries in the U.S. and Canada, ranging from the early slave cemeteries to the Sea Islands of South Carolina, Atlanta, Nicodemus, Kansas and Toronto and Los Angeles. Includes a description of the burial practices and stories of the people who founded the cemeteries, as well as a section on genealogy for beginners. An oversized trade paperback, illustrated with many photographs, bibliography, index. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-7876-06510.

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation (Grosset and Dunlap), 1928. Hardcover - Novel set in the near future, where a geologic catastrophe has caused most of the land in Europe and elsewhere to be flooded - however, a small section of the Cotswalds was uplifted and those living there face a fight for survival in a world they are totally unprepared for. A classic, and with today's global warming, one that might be even more relevant now than when it was written. 395 pp. Stylized art deco design on the endpapers. Shows Cosmopolitan on title page, and states first edition, but Grosset and Dunlap on the spine.

New York: World Editions, (1951). First edition - The complete book, unabridged. Novel set in earth's far distant future. Digest magazine format. Cover art by Paul Calle. Original price 25c. 126 pp.

New York: World Editions, (1951). First edition - The complete book, unabridged. Sequel to "The Amphibians" and like that novel set in earth's far distant future. Digest magazine format. Cover art by Paul Calle. Original price 25c. 126 pp.

New York: World Editions, (1951). First edition - Two complete books, unabridged. - "The Amphibians" and its sequel, "The World Below" - set in earth's far distant future. Digest magazine format. Cover art by Paul Calle. Original price 25c. 126 pp. each

New York: World Editions, (1951). First edition - "A gripping novel of discovery and conquest in interstellar space - a complete original book, unabridged." 500,000 years after the extinction of intelligent life on Mars, a hibernating Martian is found in a cube - with instructions on how to bring it back to life. 160 pp. Digest magazine format. Attractive cover art. Original price 35c. 126 pp.

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the near future, where a geologic catastrophe has caused most of the land in Europe and elsewhere to be flooded - sequel to his classic novel, 'Deluge,' a story of the survivor's struggle to create a new society. With today's global warming, these books might be even more relevant now than when they were written. 349 pp. Stylized art deco design on the endpapers.

New York: Delacorte, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - Powerful first novel by this African American writer. Set in a fishing village on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the early 1930s, this novel tells the story of Mariah Upshur, the wife of a poor oysterman, and her struggles to keep her land and family together amidst the harsh realities of rural life. ISBN: 0-935312-676.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2019). SIGNED first edition - Southern author's second novel. "Moving from Mississippi to Paris to New York and back again, a saga of family, ambition, passion, and tragedy that brings to life one unforgettable Southern dynasty - the Forsters, founders of the worlds first major soft-drink company - against the backdrop of more than a century of American cultural history." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2018, that is, before publication. 384 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, a Civil War novel which ranges from the underground railroad near the Erie Canal to the Bahamas, bleeding Kansas and the fields of battle. Thomas Pychon called this 'a dark and lyrical tale of madness and prophecy' and says that Wright now 'honorably takes his place' among our finest storytellers. SIGNED on the title page. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-679-45117X.

New York: Delta, (1995.). Advance issue for the trade paperback edition of his third novel, a story of the darkness that is at the heart of the American dream. This novel was praised by Toni Morrison (who called it 'astonishing-brilliantly executed') and by Don DeLillo who said Wright is 'a demon novelist who has written an ambitious American tale of the highway, the motel, and the floating identity. Going Native is strange, dark and funny, a slasher classic.' 305 pp.

New York: Farrar Straus, (1994.). Author's third novel about the darkness that is at the heart of the American dream. Praise from Toni Morrison (who called it 'astonishing-brilliantly executed') and from Don DeLillo who said Wright is 'a demon novelist who has written an ambitious American tale of the highway, the motel, and the floating identity. Going Native is strange, dark and funny, a slasher classic.' 305 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, a Civil War novel which ranges from the underground railroad near the Erie Canal to the Bahamas, bleeding Kansas and the fields of battle. Thomas Pychon called this 'a dark and lyrical tale of madness and prophecy' and says that Wright now 'honorably takes his place' among our finest storytellers. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-679-45117X.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993. First edition -

New York: Harmony, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, a "funny, bizarre, and compelling story about family and religion in modern guise " featuring husband and wife Dot and Dash, who star on the UFO circuit as self-proclaimed descendants of aliens from the galaxy M31. Dustjacket praise from Russell Banks (who called this a 'wicked book, as if Thomas Pynchon had collaborated with J. D. Salinger'), Lucius Shepard, Joyce Carol Oates and others. ISBN: 0-517-568691.

New York: Everest House, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A contemporary novel of unutterable terror." The author's first novel - dust jacket praise from Stephen King who called it "a hypnotic journey into darkness. You'll be a long time forgetting this book - if you ever do." The story of a young couple who move to a small farm in upstate New York. (Barron, Horror Literature 4-337, Reginald 37369. etc.) 272 pp. ISBN: 0-89696-0218.

New York: Everest House, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A contemporary novel of unutterable terror." The author's first novel - dust jacket praise from Stephen King who called it "a hypnotic journey into darkness. You'll be a long time forgetting this book - if you ever do." The story of a young couple who move to a small farm in upstate New York. (Barron, Horror Literature 4-337, Reginald 37369. etc.) 272 pp. ISBN: 0-89696-0218.

Milwaukee, WI: Gardenia Press, (2001.). SIGNED first edition - A nuclear physicist is conducting dangerous experiments - and some will stop at nothing to learn his secrets. Non-stop action, INSCRIBED on the first page by the author "To ... Best of luck with Silicon Secrets. Enjoy this adventure" and dated in 2002. 390pp. ISBN: 0-967889545.