New York: William H. Morrow, (1962.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "An unforgettable report on South Africa from Kraal to apartheid. Talks about the "whole great fraud perpertrated on the black people of South Africa. We came to them one hundred and more years ago with a bible in one hand and a set of chains in the other." Nevertheless, in gathering the information for this book, she still used the missionaries to make contact, to bypass the rules and to mix with Africans of every social level. Illustrated with photographs. 205 pp.

Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a memoir by a woman whose mother left her and her brother one day, with no explanation. 35 years later, a mother herself, she reunites with her mother who is dying and discovers a cache of letters her mother wrote but never sent. SIGNED on the title page. Includes a reading group guide. 308 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 978-1492615385.

New York: Random House, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - An in-depth biography of the former First Lady, New York Senator and now presidential candidate that attempts to answer the question "why does she stay with him." Lynn Sher commented "With firsthand knowledge and first-rate reporting, Gail Sheehy meticulously peels back the layers of this woman we have so barely understood: revered and reviled First Lady, vunerable First Victim, flawed tactician, inspired candidate. You cannot know Hillary Rodham Clinton without reading this book." Photographs, notes, index. xv, 389 pp. ISBN: 0-375-503447.

New York: Doubleday / Anchor, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 1974, the author was a Peace Corps worker in Nepal and he was befriended by an elderly widow, Vishnu Maya, called Aama (Mother) by everyone in her tiny village, befriended the author when he was a Peace Corps worker in 1974. In 1988, she came to visit him in the United States, and together they traveled coast-to-coast, a voyage of rediscovery and an exploration of the beliefs and values that lie beneath the surface of America. Photographs. xii, 299 pp plus a final photograph and a note on the author's previous book. ISBN: 0-385-474180.

New York: Doubleday / Anchor, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - In 1974, the author was a Peace Corps worker in Nepal and he was befriended by an elderly widow, Vishnu Maya, called Aama (Mother) by everyone in her tiny village, befriended the author when he was a Peace Corps worker in 1974. In 1988, she came to visit him in the United States, and together they traveled coast-to-coast, a voyage of rediscovery and an exploration of the beliefs and values that lie beneath the surface of America. SIGNED on the title page. Photographs. xii, 299 pp plus a final photograph and a note on the author's previous book. ISBN: 0-385-474180.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Described by the author as the 'partial record of a walk I made up Broadway, starting at the Battery and aiming for the Bronx...it is the world within itself.'. ISBN: 0-7011-37673.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A very personal story drawn from letters, documents, and extensive interviews about the man whose irrepressible spirit would inspire so many. Frank was a physicist who worked on the atomic bomb like his more famous brother Robert, and they both had their careers destroyed by the Red Scare. Unlike Robert, who died a ruined man, he went on to create the Exploritorium in San Francisco - a place where something wonderful does indeed happen. SIGNED by the author, K. C. Cole on the title page. Foreword by Murray Gell-Mann. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. xiv, 396 pp. ISBN: 9780151008223.

Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, (1964). The life story - "frank, informal and often humorous" - of this important scholar in the field of labor history and economics. Originally published in 1934. Photographs, 201 pp.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Young Readers, 2018. First edition - Written for older children, this is the story of how story of how two brilliant female physicistsÕ groundbreaking discoveries in the 1930s led to the creation of the atomic bomb, although neither got the recognition they deserved. Photographs. Glossary, who's who, notes, bibliography. 213 pp.

New York: Doubleday, (2013). First edition - The second book focused on Conroy's relationship with his father. The first - The Great Santini - brought Conroy acclaim, but also caused a rift in his family. "As the oldest of seven children who were dragged from military base to military base across the South, Pat bore witness to the often cruel and violent behavior of his father, Marine Corps fighter pilot Donald Patrick Conroy." But this memoir shows how "even the oldest of wounds can heal. In the final years of Don Conroys life, the Santini unexpectedly refocused his ire to defend his sons honor." 336 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - A continuation of her autobiography which began with 'The Road from Coorain.' - in this book, she arrives at Harvard as a graduate student, meets her husband, historian John Conway - the 'true north' of her life - and moves to Canada. This volume ends with her accepting the presidency of Smith College in Massachusetts. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-679-420991.

New York: Vintage Books, 1990. A beautifully written narrative of Conway's journey from a girlhood on an isolated sheep-farm in the grasslands of Australia to her departure for America.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. dj. Hardcover - A beautifully written narrative of Conway's journey from a girlhood on an isolated sheep-farm in the grasslands of Australia to her departure for America. 238 pp. ISBN: 0-394-574567.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2008) dj. Hardcover - The author grew to early adolescence in the priviledged strata of Liberian society, but after the 1980 bloody coup, she and her family fled to America. More than twenty years later she returned to try and find the foster sister left behind, and to find the home of her childhood. Map, photographs, family tree. 354 pp. ISBN: 9780743266246.

New York: Hyperion / Voice , (2008.). Hardcover first edition - A coming of age story about a woman who loved being a girl and the things that made her finally grow up - debut memoirist Kelly Corrigan brilliantly captures her larger-than-life, Irish-American father and describes how they each - - successfully for now - battled with cancer. 262 pp. plus a final photograph. ISBN: 978-1401303365.

New York: Ballantine, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - "When Kelly Corrigan was in high school, her mother neatly summarized the family dynamic as ÒYour fatherÕs the glitter but IÕm the glue.Ó . . . a book about the difference between travel and life experience, stepping out and stepping up, fathers and mothers. But mostly itÕs about who you admire and why, and how that changes over time." 224 pp. ISBN: 978-0345532831.

New York: Hyperion / Voice , (2008.). SIGNED first edition - A coming of age story about a woman who loved being a girl and the things that made her finally grow up - debut memoirist Kelly Corrigan brilliantly captures her larger-than-life, Irish-American father and describes how they each - - successfully for now - battled with cancer. SIGNED on the title page. 264 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First edition - An account of her record-breaking swims - across the English channel at ages 15 and 16, through the Straits of Magellan, around the Cape of Good Hope and more. A rather uncommon advance issue., 321 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of her record-breaking swims - across the English channel at ages 15 and 16, through the Straits of Magellan, around the Cape of Good Hope and more.323 pp. ISBN: 0-375-415076.

Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - A reflective memoir in which Coyote describes the mentors who shaped him - a violent, intimidating father, a be-bop Bass player, an ex game-warden who initates him into the laws of nature, a gay dancer in Martha Grahams company who introduces him to Mexico and marijuanas, beat poet Gary Snyder, who introduces him to Zen practice, and others. His initial flirtation with Zen deepens into a life-long avocation, and his ordination as a priest. "Through Zen, Coyote discovers a third option that offers an alternative to both the worlds of Love and Powers correlatives of status seeking and material wealth." Photographs, notes. 272 pp. ISBN: 978-1619024960.

San Rafael, CA: Presido Press, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Biography of this influential - and decent - senator by his sister. INSCRIBED by Cranston on the front endpaper to Janet and Sonny Salter (former mayor of Beverly Hills, CA and co-founder of Happy Trails Camps for children with cancer) and also SIGNED by the author and dated in the year of publication. Foreword by Wallace Stegner. Photographs. Index .xi, 282 pp. ISBN: 0-891411046.

London: John Murray, 1831. Although this is volume IV of 6 volumes on British painters, sculptors and architects (and volume XIX of the Family Library published by Murray), each volume was sold separately and is complete in itself. Included are William of Wykeham, Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren and more. Illustrated by plates of each architect. Bound in the original tan cloth, somewhat bumped at the edges, and with the complete listing of all volumes available to date on the rear cover (thru No. 67.) - an early 19th century precursor of the Modern Library. Title page still bears the 1831 date, but the date on the front cover is 1839.

San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Co., (1961.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Autobiography of an early 20th century medical doctor, born in Ohio, and who, after serving overseas during World War I, went to medical school and practiced medicine both in Columbus, Ohio and then in Modesto, California. He was also very active in the community - especially with the Boy Scouts. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper "To some very wonderful people, wholesome and patient and thoughtful" (not personalized.) Fronstispiece. 327 pp.

New York: Morrow, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - 35 selections, most autobiographical, in which black Africans recount their childhoods in tribal, colonial and independent Africa. Contributors include Senghor, Nkrumah, Camara Laye, James Ngugi, Peter Abrahams, David Diop and many more. Foreword by Edris Makward. Map endpapers. Brief bibliography. 287 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with photographs. Includes notes and references, a select bibliography and index. 367 pgs.

New York: Little Brown & Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1955. dj. Hardcover first edition - A journey into the jungles of the Ivory Coast in search of a secret school of magicians and witch doctors. Illustrated with photographs by Ruth and Hassoldt Davis. 334 pp.

Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, (2006). SIGNED first edition - Autobiographical account of life on a small farm in Virginia during the Depression Years. The author mentions his fascination with planes even then - he went on to work in the manned space program for NASA. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED on the title page. 264 pp. ISBN: 1+41206290X.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1928. Hardcover first edition - By the author of 'Microbe Hunters.' The story of some of the men who have fought against hunger for mankind - whether with wheat, maize, meat, or an understanding of nutrition. Numerous woodcut illustrations by Zadig.

New York: New American Library - NAL, (1966.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive introduction to all types of tribal art from all of Black Africa - including wooden sculpture, initiation masks, ivories, and miniatures in gold and bronze - one which focuses on the meaning of the art. Illustrated with more than 90 plates, some in full color. Translated from the Italian by Peter Whigham. xx, 200 pp.