New York: Viking, (1983) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American writer's first book, a comic novel about a baseball player, an elephant he wins, and a 9 year old runaway who adopts them both. The three friends hole up in a cabin and outfox all intruders, including the local sheriff, a drug smuggler, and a taxidermist with his eye on Renoir, the elephant. Although Everett has received many awards - including an award for lifetime achievement by the National Book Critics Circle - and the Washington Post described him as one of the most adventurously experimental of modern American novelists. he remains not nearly as well-known or read as he should be - although the award-winning film "American Fiction" based on his novel "Erasure" has finally begun to change that, as has the acclaim (and awards) given to his 2024 novel "James." SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. 171 pp. ISBN: 0-670-681105.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by this Black author (best known for his novel 'Erasure' the basis of the film 'American Fiction' and his highly praised 2024 novel 'James') His first novel was acclaimed as one of comic genius, but by contrast this novel, the story of David, a (white) returning Vietnam vet from Georgia who finds a home in on a remote ranch in Wyoming, is a quiet and satisfying story (although punctuated by an episode of extreme violence) "of the American Western landscape as it is today, clinging to a mythical heritage and a frontier code that may be seriously skewed in a world passing it by." SIGNED on the title page. Although Everett has received many awards - including an award for lifetime achievement by the National Book Critics Circle - and the Washington Post described him as one of the most adventurously experimental of modern American novelists. he still remains not nearly as well-known or read as he should be. That situation is finally changing with his award winning 2024 novel "James." Uncommon in the first edition and especially so signed and in this condition. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-899193218.

Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fascinating novel about a confrontation with the FBI on a reservation somewhere north of Denver. A mystery featuring an African American hydrologist who becomes involved because he gave a ride to Louise Yellow Calf, who was hitching on a deserted, snowy road. Interspersed with the story are quotes from old treaties and documents which vividly portray this country's racial history. A very different novel by this African American writer, who is not as widely read as he should be, although with the release of the film 'American Fiction' based on his novel, 'Erasure' and his highly praised new novel, 'James' that is finally beginning to change. All of his early books are hard to find in the original edition. SIGNED on the title page. 200 pp. ISBN: 1-55597-2373.

Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fascinating novel about a confrontation with the FBI on a reservation somewhere north of Denver. A mystery featuring an African American hydrologist who becomes involved because he gave a ride to Louise Yellow Calf, who was hitching on a deserted, snowy road. Interspersed with the story are quotes from old treaties and documents which vividly portray this country's racial history. Dj blurbs from Rick Bass and Madison Smartt Bell. A very different novel by this African American writer, who is not as widely read as he should be, although with the release of the film 'American Fiction' based on his novel, 'Erasure' and his highly praised new novel, 'James' that is finally beginning to change. All of his early books are hard to find in the original edition. 200 pp. ISBN: 1-55597-2373.