New York: Random House, nd. (c 1961.). Hardcover - One of several books in this beloved series - "in the books, Edith (Wright's actual childhood doll, remade to look more glamorous) finds a playmate in Little Bear (a Seiff teddy) and they have many adventures that generally end with the two getting into trouble with Mr. Bear, a stern but loving father figure. .. . What's remarkable about the books is the drama Wright was able to create in her black-and-white photographs, her expressive way of arranging and photographing her toy characters so that they appear to have body language and emotions." Large format, unpaginated, with black and white photographs throughout. ISBN: 0-394-813561.

Cleveland, OH: The Pilgrim Press, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - A beautiful combination of color photography - including vintage photographs - and excerpts from writings and speeches. INSCRIBED on the title page by the editor and dated in the year of publication. Slightly oversized square format, printed on heavy glossy stock, 114 pp. ISBN: 0-829812563.

New York: Putnam, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the late 1940s, in postwar Los Angeles, and introducing former B Western movie idol and now ex-convict John Ray Horn, who is making ends meet by collecting debts for a gambler when an old friend calls asking for help with his father's estate, where Horn finds an obscene photograph of his young stepdaughter. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Debut Dagger Award from the Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain (the first American author to win this award). 308 pp. ISBN: 0-399150471.

London: Orion, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The true first edition of the author's first novel, set in the late 1940s, in postwar Los Angeles, and introducing former B Western movie idol and now ex-convict John Ray Horn, who is making ends meet by collecting debts for a gambler when an old friend calls asking for help with his father's estate, where Horn finds an obscene photograph of his young stepdaughter. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Debut Dagger Award from the Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain (the first American author to win this award). 282 pp. ISBN: 0-752852892.

Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Co., (c. 1948.). Hardcover - A girl's mystery featuring the Faraday twins, students at Miss Langton's School for Young Ladies, who are invited to visit their guardian (whom they have never met), only to discover he has disappeared. Although apparently intended to be the first in a series, this seems to be the only title issues. A Falcon Book. Illustrated. 218 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second Lucy Trimble mystery by the author of the highly praised Charlie Salter series. ISBN: 0-312-205252.

New York: Worldwide, 1994. Mystery featuring Toronto police inspector Charlie Salter. ISBN: 0-373-261438.

New York: Scribner's, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fifth mystery featuring Toronto police inspector Charlie Salter, this one set on Prince Edward Island.. ISBN: 0-684-188732.

New York: Scribner's, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - 7th mystery featuring Toronto police inspector Charlie Salter. ISBN: 0-684-191326.

New York: Scribner's, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Toronto police inspector Charlie Salter. ISBN: 0-684-193000.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Toronto police inspector Charlie Salter. A college professor is murdered shortly after he is appointed Dean. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-684-196484.

Toronto: Collins Crime Club, (1983). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first Canadian edition (with no price on the dust jacket) of the first mystery featuring Inspector Charlie Salter of the Metropolitan Toronto Police. Wright was born in England, but lived in Canada for many years before becoming a writer. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel, Winner of the Crime Writers Association's John Creasey Memorial Dagger Award for Best First Mystery Novel, Winner of the City of Toronto Book Award. 181 pp. ISBN: 0-002226340.

Toronto: Collins Crime Club, (1987). Hardcover first edition - The first Canadian edition (with no price on the dust jacket) of the fifth book in this award-winning mystery series featuring Inspector Charlie Salter of the Metropolitan Toronto Police. Set on Prince Edward Island. 166 pp. ISBN: 0-002231816.

Toronto: Collins Crime Club, (1988). Hardcover first edition - The first Canadian edition (with no price on the dust jacket) of the sixth book in this award-winning mystery series featuring Inspector Charlie Salter of the Metropolitan Toronto Police. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-002232995.

Toronto: Collins, (1986). Hardcover first edition - The fourth Charlie Salter mystery. Printed in the U.K. for the Canadian market, with Toronto on the title page and and Canadian data on the copyright page, no price on the dust wrapper flap. 163 pp. ISBN: 0-002230534.

Toronto: Collins, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring Toronto cop Charlie Salter who is vacationing in England with his wife, Annie. After a minor road accident, they discover an inn which delights them so much they decide to stay a few days - but their stay is cut short when their landlord is found dead, stabbed in his office. Salter is allowed to observe the investigation, but he cannot help becoming more involved. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-002228475.

Toronto: Collins, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Toronto cop Charlie Salter who is investigating the death in an arson fire of a second-hand furniture dealer operating at the shady end of the antiques trade.186 pp. ISBN: 0-002228475.

Toronto: The Dundurn Group, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The last in the series featuring Inspector Charlie Salter of the Metropolitan Toronto Police, who is feeling useless as his time to retire gets closer - and then he is given one last homicide investigation. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-0888822391.

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Contains all of this award-winning Canadian writer's short stories, including a locked-room mystery, "An Irish Jig" and several set in the Hudson Bay area. Also included is the first short tale about Charlie Salter, a novella, "The Lady of Shalott," written especially for this book, a checklist of Eric Wright's works and a new introduction by Wright. Number 111 of 225 copies sewn in cloth and SIGNED and numbered by the author on a special preliminary page. Laid in is a separately printed pamphlet, "Lodgings for the Night" by Eric Wright. 211 pp plus colophon. Pamphet has 9 pp. ISBN: 1-885941870.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of a woman born in Scotland in 1795, who came to America in 1818 as a young woman because she believed in freedom - she wrote books, founded a commune, published a radical newspaper, spoke out against slavery, organized religion and for women's rights. A title in the Women in America Series. Illustrated with photographs. Index. xiix, 259 pp. ISBN: 0-690204019.

New York & Nashville, TN: Abingdon-Cokebury Press (1953) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography of this statesman, born in Virgina, moved to Tennessee (where he became governor in 1827, after serving under Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812) , but who was drawn to the open spaces of Texas and who served as Senator and Governor of Texas. This culminates with the 1861 Secession Convention, where Houston refused to take the oath of loyalty to the Confederacy, and so the Lieutenant Governor took his place. Although he was a slave owner, for him Texas came first. Written for children and illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by Robert Burns. 128 pp.

Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An appealing book with with delightful full-color paintings of puppies caught mid-play by Jim Lamb. Family counselor and pet enthusiast Norman Wright parallels raising a puppy and rearing a child - 'the keys to successful parenting remain the same - praise, discipline, communication, patience and love big enough to embrace the little one whose trusting eyes and wet kisses tug at your heartstrings.' Square format. 64 pp. ISBN: 0-736906495.

Chicago: The Book Supply Co., 1912. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with 4 color plates by F. Graham Cootes.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1981). Hardcover - Novel originally published in 1907, Wright's best-known and most beloved book, set in the Ozark hill country. 299 pp. ISBN: 0-448-010569.

Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, (1985). Contains 136 poems, translated from the Japanese by Wright and arranged in a thematic sequence. These represent just a small selection from the Manyoshu - compiled in the 8th century, it contains 4,516 poems, one of the world's great collections of poetry) Includes an introduction by the translator. Illustrated throughout with classic Japanese paintings and drawings. Notes on the poems and poets. 94 pp. ISBN: 0-879512407.

Cleveland, Ohio: World Syndicate Publishing Co., (1933). Hardcover - The third in this four book series, all published in 1933 - the author's name is probably a pseudonym. "Dick Lawrence, traveller, explorer and archeologist, leads the Scout Patrol Boys to adventure and excitement. At Circle-U Ranch they learn how to ride and rope before they go to Yucatan to unearth an ancient race. After that they have a pleasant vacation at Hunting Lodge, with fishing and hunting and in the Frozen South they rescue a famous company of explorers who are stranded on the ice. The books are "chock" full of hair-breath [sic] escapes and escapades that will give you many hours of pleasant reading." (World Syndicate advertisement) 118 pp.

Middletown, CT University Press of New England / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collects all of his poems from his first book, 'The Green Wall', to his final posthumously published collection, 'This Journey' as well as some of his translations and selected prose piecers. Includes an insightful introduction by Donald Hall, Wright's longtime friend and colleague. Index of titles and of first lines. xxxvii, 387 pp. ISBN: 0-374127492.

New York: American Tract Society, (1988). Hardcover first edition - A quite uncommon title by this prolific and popular author who wrote on historical, nature, theological, and biblical subjects for both children and adults - while all of her books were successful "The Complete Home" was the most successful. Wright was also active in the National Temperance Society. This book, published late in her career was written for young children. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and 4 glossy internal plates. 296 pp. Laid in is a silk ribbon for the Nostrand Avenue (Brooklyn, NE) M.E. Church Sabbath School.

New York: Viking, (1990). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel featuring Royal Canadian Mounted Police Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg, set in a remote village on the British Columbia Sunshine Coast (the first in the series won the Edgar award). INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-670831298.

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.