New York & London: Phaidon Press, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Edited and with a Preface by Alex Van Gelder. Introduction by Thomas Seelig. Essay on "Life and afterlife in Benin" by Okwui Enwezor. Black and white photographs by nine Benin photographers - Benoit Adjovi, Jean Agbetagbo, Joseph Moise Agbodjelou, Bouraima Akodji, LŽon Ayekoni, Christophe Mahoukpe, SŽbastien Mehinto and others - most from the 1960s and 1970s. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland. Large format. 132 pp plus final photograph and biographies. . ISBN: 0-7148-45132.

New York: Harper Collins, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover - "When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at a county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from a drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security, in the sport they love and in each other. But when the dark beast that is David's addiction emerges once again, almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened. . . an unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive." SIGNED on the title page. 345 pp. ISBN: 0-060174056.

Salem, Oregon: Deep Well Publishing. 1992. First edition - A biography of Frances Fuller Victor who at age 25 in 1851 began her work as a magazine editor. Born in Rome, New York, this is an account of how she came West, her life on the frontier and her personal struggles - but despite these struggles, she wrote eleven books about the life and history of the Pacific Northwest. Illustrated with 25 pages of historical photographs. Notes, sources, bibliography, xiii, 277 pp. ISBN: 0-9632066-05.

New York: Arbor House, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - Both the author - and the protagonist - are described as an international television and news personalities and a best -selling novelist - leaving one with the impression that under their different pseudonyms, these are one and the same person. A story of increasing sexual obsession. ISBN: 0-87795-190x.

New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, (1970) dj. Hardcover - One of the first biographies of Rasputin, first published in 1917 shortly after Rasputin's assassination. Includes a new foreword by Leslie Shepard. Translated from the Danish by William Frederick Harvey. Index. xvi, 143 pp. Dust jacket design by Nick Frank.

New York: Arcade Publishing, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - Published in association with The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. on the fiftieth anniversary of his mysterious disappearance of Wallenberg, this contains the letters and dispatches of this young Swede who was sent to oversee a rescue operation of Hungarian Jews being deported to the death camps by Adolf Eichmann. By the time of his arrest by the Soviet army in 1945, he had helped to save the lives of over 100,000 people. Translated by Kjersti Board. Edited by Timothy Bent. 16 pages of plates, viii, 286 p., [16] p. of plates. ISBN: 1-559702753.

Evanston: Northwestern University Press, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - 'Focuses on the conflicting interpretations by Egyptian, Sudanese, and European writers of the history of the Nile Valley during four periods: Egypt's rule in the Sudan 1821-85, the Mahdist state 1885-98, the struggle for independence 1952-55, and finally the Sudan's civil war between the dominant Muslin North and the non-Muslin South since 1955. The sources are primarily Egyptian and Sudanese.' A title in the 'Series in Islam and Society in Africa'; photographs, maps, bibliography, index. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-810110571.

New York: Random House, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of Frederick Townsend Ward, a young American mercenary born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1831, who became one of the most acclaimed military leaders in the Chinese empire. In 1859, in the midst of the Taiping Rebellion, Ward created the 'Ever Victorious Army' - otherwise known as the 'Devil Soldiers' in response to the powerful rebel threat - by training Chinese soldiers in Western methods. By the time he fell mortally wounded in battle in September 1862, his place in Chinese military history was assured. Illustrated photographs, map. List of cast of characters, notes, index. xiv, 366 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-679411143.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. dj. Hardcover - A young woman from Iowa, a sculptor and wood-carver, accompanies her husband to Liberia during World War II, where he was to manage a rubber plantation. sometimes humorous account of her learning the ways of the tribes people among whom she was living. Illustrated with sketches and decorations by Liberian artist Jo Dendel. 302 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. Hardcover - A young woman from Iowa, a sculptor and wood-carver, accompanies her husband to Liberia during World War II, where he was to manage a rubber plantation. sometimes humorous account of her learning the ways of the tribes people among whom she was living. Illustrated with sketches and decorations by Liberian artist Jo Dendel. 302 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. dj. Hardcover first edition - An excellent biography of Washington, as a young man, general, and president, one which 'eloquently conveys the magnitude of Washington's accomplishments.' (NY Times). Photographs, notes, index. xiv, 320 pp. ISBN: 1-400040310.

New York: Random House, (1994). Hardcover first edition - "A boarding school memoir" - The first nonfiction book by this acclaimed novelist, born in the United States, but who was abruptly dropped off at the Dragon School in Oxford, followed by a stay at Eton, and found himself having to adjust to world very different than he expected. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-679420568.

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970. Illustrated with many photographs, maps and other illustrations. 333 pp.

Garden City, New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - The reflections of Paul West on his quest to learn how to swim. 153 pgs. ISBN: 0-385-180837.

Cassville, Missouri: By the author, (1994). First edition - Memoirs of a retired educator, from his own college days to his years of teaching in Oregon and California, as District Superintendent of Amador County and in the Mojave. Photographs. 209 pp plus an 8 pp epilogue. Laid in is a preface to the preface.

New York: Newmarket Press, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Published in the UK under the title 'Wrongful Death' this is the first nonfiction book by this award-winning novelist and artist. Wharton's daughter, her husband and two infant daughters were killed in a highway accident caused by poor visibility due to smoke from field burning - this is an account of how he dealt with his grief and of his fight to get the practice of burning outlawed. INSCRIBED on the dedication page. 246 pp. ISBN: 1557042233.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - For more than three decades Tennessee Williams wrote letters to his dear friend Maria St. Just, the inspiration for Maggie in "Cat on the Hot Tin Roof." Letters that touched on all aspects of his life and work, his loves, his fears, his travels, his family, his addictions and his depression. Includes commentary by Maria St. Just and a preface by Elai Kazan, Illustrated with black and white photographs. Index, xix, 407 pp. ISBN: 0-394-564278.

Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An acccount of the author's family and of her six children, two whom were lost to hang gliding. Her oldest son Bobby was not only a champion, he was a legend in the sport and Chris, who co-wrote this with his mother was the hang-gliding champion of 1973 before he became an orthopedic surgeon. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED by Maralys Wills on the front endpaper. 362 pp. ISBN: 1-563520257.

New York: Harper & Row, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - A history of Liberia and a study of its possible significance: Although much of its past was stormy, Liberia is unique in Africa both in its founding and its history (by black people) and, at the time this book was written, in its role as a peace-keeper in Africa. Bibliography, photographs, index. 249 pp.

Washington, DC / Covelo, CA: Island Press / Shearwater Books, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of this Pulitzer Prize winning scientist, a "champion of biodiversity, arguably one of the most important thinkers of the Twentieth century. [He] describes for the first time both his growth as a scientist and the evolution of the science he has helped define." Alan Lightman called it "One of the greatest scientific autobiographies ever written." Illustrated with drawings by Laura Simonds Southworth. Index. xii, 380 pp. ISBN: 1-559632887.

New York: Pantheon, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Winik's frank and unsentimental account of her love affair and marriage with an openly gay man, of their drug use, the brief happiness of the birth of their two children, and the gradual deterioration of his health as his AIDS progressed. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-679-445722.

New York: Pantheon, (1996.). First edition - Winik's frank and unsentimental account of her love affair and marriage with an openly gay man, of their drug use, the brief happiness of the birth of their two children, and the gradual deterioration of his health as his AIDS progressed. 271 pp.

New York: Praeger, (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - Published for the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University, California. Illustrated with a section including 20 plates. Selected bibliography, index. x, 180 pp.

New York: Putnam, (1964.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Stories of nine men who were important in the exploration and history of Africa, from the slave Cinque who led a shipboard uprising, to Howard Carter, the archeologist who discovered the tomb of Tuthankhamen and empire builder Cecil Rhodes. Illustrated by Steele Savage. Written for older children. Index. 155 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second volume of his memoirs, an account of his coming of age, and of his family - the title piece is a hilarious account of a misbegotten a Caribbean holiday in which he was struck down by a heart attack and the book concludes with a long piece 'Waterway' about a perilous trip at sea. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-679-403337.

London: The Field Press Ltd., n.d. [1922]. Hardcover first edition - Contains 25 stories - organized in 3 categories: The Mind of the Native, Man and Beast , and White Men and Black - based on his experiences in Africa. Worthington first arrived in Africa as the personal secretary of Thorne Coryndon, the representative of the British South Africa Company, who was sent there to prepare for the British takeover of the Lozi kingdom, and when Coryndon was named Administrator of Northwest Rhodesia, Worthington continued to assist him and went on to become the first Secretary for Native Affairs there. The final legacy of his tenure was a commitment to land segregation and the development of native reserves. 235 pp.