New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994). First edition - Share Our Strength (SOS)'s third collection of short fiction, edited and with an introduction by William H. Shore. Collects 22 short stories by Paul Auster, Rick Bass, Cynthia Baughman, Amy Bloom, Larry Brown, Richard Currey, Stephen Dixon, Clyde Edgerton, Milly Giles, Elizabeth Graver, A. M. Homes, Jim Humes, David Michael Kaplan, Randall Kenan, Barbara Kingsolver, David Kranes, John L'Heureux, Margot Livesey, Reynolds Price, Lee Smith, W.D. Wetherell, and Tobias Wolff. Notes on contributors. xiii, 230 pp. ISBN: 0-156001179.

New York: Pocket Books, 1980. First edition -. ISBN: 0-671-830856.

New York: Carroll & Graf, (1992.). First edition - Collects 18 classics of the genre from 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe to 'The Reach' by Stephen King. Other contributors include Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Charles L. Grant, Ramsey Campbell, Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert E. Howard, Henry Kuttner, M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood, Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, and others. Biographical notes. 416 pp. ISBN: 0-88184-8808.

New York: Harper & Row, (1974.) dj. Hardcover - Anthology of 13 stories, of which 4 are original stories written for this volume, by noted Jewish authors including Isaac Bashevis Singer, Robert Sheckley, Bernard Malamud, Pamela Sargent, George Alec Effinger, Harlan Ellison and others. Introduction by Isaac Asimov. Drawing on last page. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0109440.

New York: Bantam, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "hard" science fiction novel on world building in six parts by Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Brin, Nancy Kress and Frederik Pohl (all Nebula award winning writers), edited by Silverberg. . Notes on the authors. 292 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Stephen Youll. ISBN: 0-553-082299.

New York: Bantam, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "hard" science fiction novel on world building in six parts by Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Brin, Nancy Kress and Frederik Pohl (all Nebula award winning writers), edited by Silverberg. SIGNED by FOUR authors: by Silverberg on the title page, and by Gregory Benford, Nancy Kress and Greg Bear at their contributions. Notes on the authors. 292 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Stephen Youll. ISBN: 0-553-082299.

New York: Hawthorn Books, (1973.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Original short novels by three Hugo award winning writers. From the dustjacket: In 'Flash Crowd' Larry Niven describes some of the social perils that may follow instantaneous travel. In 'You'll Take the High Road' John Brunner's hero finds that man's technological accomplishments are steadily matched by his perfection of the snafu. 'Rumfuddle' is Jack Vance's eerie tale of historical coincidences. Foreword by Robert Silverberg. 193 pp.

Los Angeles: University of Southern California, (1986.). SIGNED first edition - A collection of prose, poetry and fine art published by USC's Master of Professional Writing Program. SIGNED by two contributors: Mona Simpson at her excerpt "Splinters" and by Carol Muske Dukes at her poem "Asbestos." Also includes contributions from Gina Nahai, Robert Bly, Marge Piercy, James Rechy, William Stafford, Diane Wakowski, Louise Shivers and more. Interviews with Bill C. Davis, Hubert Selby, Jr and George Plimpton. 137 pp. ISBN: 0-961510811.

Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc. (1998.). SIGNED first edition - Inspirational stories about their lives and their work by Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Williams, Keely Shaye Smith, Guru Singh, Be atrice Wood, Robert Townsend, Lord Robin Russell, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Leeza Gibbons, Sandy Gallin, Wyland, Chris Chandler, Tatjana Patitz, Arnold Palmer, Robert A. Johnson, Janet Yang, and Woody Harrelson. SIGNED by Sivertsen on the title page. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. 398 pp. ISBN: 1558745939.

Willimantic, CT: Mark V. Ziesing, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An anthology of sixteen original stories, from the most irreverent and visionary masters of the contemporary horror genre, written in homage to the classic zombie film "The Night of the Living Dead" of George Romero. Foreword by Romero and introduction by John Skipp and Craig Spector . Contributors include Stephen King, David Schow, Steve Rasnic Tem, Les Daniels, Richard Layman, Ed Bryant, Joe R. Lansdale, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, Douglas Winter, Steven R. Boyett and others. SIGNED by Lansdale at his story "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks." Illustrated by J.K. Potter with handlettering by Arnie Fenner. Illustrated endpapers. Slightly oversized format. xiv, 334 pp. ISBN: 0-929480082.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1984. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Contains 14 'original stories by the new stars of science fiction.' Lucius Shepard won first prize for his first published story 'The Etheric Transmitter' (although his first novel wound up being published before this anthology appeared.) Other prize winners included Gary Shockley and Rena Yount. SIGNED by Dean Wesley Smith at his story "Flawless Execution"and by Nina Kiriki Hoffman at her story 'Lost Lives.' Introduction by Knight. xii, 177 pp. ISBN: 0-385-183836.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Contains 14 'original stories by the new stars of science fiction.' Lucius Shepard won first prize for his first published story 'The Etheric Transmitter' (although his first novel wound up being published before this anthology appeared.) Other prize winners included Gary Shockley and Rena Yount. Introduction by Knight. xii, 177 pp. ISBN: 0-385-183836.

Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology containing 19 stories of betrayal, revenge, and treachery, ranging from Victorian England to the post-Cold War world. Contributors include Mark Twain, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stuart Kaminsky, John D. MacDonald and more. Authors' biographies. 415 pp. ISBN: 1581820402.

New York: Delacorte, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology for older children and young adults, compiled by Smith and illustrated with drawings by Jacques Hnizdovsky. "There are poems on many subjects and in many forms, all the way from simple rhymes to complex stanzaic patterns. Some are the work of the most famous poets of our time, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and W. H. Auden; others are by young poets published here for the first time." Among the other poets are Sylvia Plath, Lucille Clifton, Dylan Thomas, Gary Snyder, and more. Index of authors, translators and titles. xiii, 225 pp. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. ISBN: 0-440029201.

New York & Boston: Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin, 2015. SIGNED first edition - Collects 20 essays selected and introduced by Rebecca Solnit on a wide variety of topics by writers Alexander Chee, Masha Gessen, Michelle Alexander, Elizabeth Kolbert and more. SIGNED by Solnit on the title page. Robert Atwan, series editor. Notes on contributors. xxvii, 224 pp. ISBN: 978-1328465801.

New York: Scribner, 1986. Contributors include Kate Wheeler, David Leavitt, Mona Simpson, Lorrie Moore, Leigh Allison Wilson, Susan Minot, David Updike, Bret Lott, Ann Patchett and more. Preface by Spark. xii, 269 pp. ISBN: 0-684-186403.

New York: Scribner, 1986. SIGNED - SIGNED by Mona Simpson at her story 'Approximations.' Other contributors include Kate Wheeler, David Leavitt, Lorrie Moore, Leigh Allison Wilson, Susan Minot, David Updike, Bret Lott, Ann Patchett and more. Preface by Spark. xii, 269 pp. ISBN: 0-684-186403.

Munchen [Munich]: Kurt Wolff (1923.). Hardcover first edition - An uncommon anthology, selected and edited by Speyer as a small representative collection for the poets and poetry lovers of Germany - includes the works of most of the significant poets of the time - Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Stevens, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Edna St. Vincetn Millay, Conrad Aiken, Edgar Lee Masters, Amy Lowell, Carl Sandburg, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, Sara Teasdale, William Carlos Williams, Elinor Wylie - and others, such as Adelaide Crapsey and Lola Ridge, not so well remembered. Unusual in the number of women poets included. Introduction by Speyer. Bibliography. 133 pp. A lovely production, slightly oversized, three-quarters red leather binding with green and red marbelized boards, ribbon marker bound in.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. dj. Hardcover first edition - An uncommon collection - four authors, who have little in common except that they are about the same age, and that they like and respect each other's works, selected the recent work they liked best to appear in this volume together

Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Poetry Center Press. 2009. First edition - Sixty-five poets are covered, including US poet laureate, Kay Ryan, California state poet laureates Carol Muske-Dukes and Al Young, and city and country poet laureates Lawrence Ferlinghetti, devorah major, Terry Ehret, Julia Connor, Christina Hutchins, Barry Spacks, Mary Rudge, Jose Montoya, Glenna Luschei, Jack Hirschman, Dennis Schmitz, Viola Weinberg and many others. Preface by Bob Stanley, biographical notes. xii, 118 pages.

Boston & London: Faber & Faber, (1993.). A collection of 36 fairy tales from around the world which celebrate feline intelligence, intuition, and ingenuity, collected and with an introduction by Stephens. Grouped by themes - Dick Whittington, Puss in Boots, etc - with a significant number of "less known" stories. Stories from 15 countries, dating back to 1256, and possibly earlier and includes tales collected by Andrew Lang, Washington Irving, the Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault. Bibliography. 237 pp.

Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex: Desert Island Books, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects twenty papers presented by leading scholars of Bram Stoker and Dracula, including Nina Auerbach to Kellie Donovan Wilson, at the Dracula Centenary Celebration in Los Angeles in 1997. The papers present "new theories about Stoker's possible sources, explorations of Dracula in the Victorian context, commentaries on the historical Dracula, and fresh interpretations of the novel." Edited and with an introduction by Elizabeth Miller. INSCRIBED by Miller on the title page. Works cited and notes at the end of each selection. 256 pp. ISBN: 1-874287104.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. First edition - Includes a foreword by Jason Wilson, series editor, and an introduction by Strayed. Collects 24 of the best essays from both commercial and literary publications in 2017. Includes contributions from Pam Houston, Ian Frazier, Nathan Heller, Eileen Pollack, Jennifer Hope Choi and others. Notes on contributors. xix, 328 pp. ISBN: 0-618118810.

New York: Random House, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - An extensive compilation of the stories, songs, legends, ceremonies and prayers gathered from Native American literatures, and arranged by tribe and in seven geographical sections. Peter Matthiessen calls this "a fine anthology and an essential introduction to American Indian oral literature." Each selection includes an introduction - sometimes extensive - by the translator placing the work in its historical and cultural context. A beautiful book. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Index. xlvi, 801 pp. Dust jacket painting 'Sing to Emerge' by David Montana (Papago). ISBN: 0-679-418164.

New York: The Academy of American Poets, (1984.). First edition - An interesting anthology containing 58 poems by 54 poets at 40 colleges or universities. Among the poets are Maurya Simon, Leon Stokesbury, Thylias Moss, Paula Sharp, Lee Upton and many others. Notes on the contributors and a list of judges. 128 pp.

Point Reyes Station: Floating Island Publications, 1976. First edition - The first issue in this series of anthologies of poetry, fiction, photography and graphic arts. Includes contributions from Diane Di Prima, jackson Allen, Thomas Weir, Thomas Sanchez, Robert Bly, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Morgan Alexander and more. Features a photography section on "Point Reyes Nation" by Art Rogers. 120 pp. Large format. ISBN: 0-912449284.

Point Reyes Station: Floating Island Publications, 1989. SIGNED first edition - The fourth and final volume in this series of anthologies of poetry, fiction, photography and graphic arts. Includes works by Kirk Robertson, Sam Hamill, Frank Stewart, Michael Hannon, Jane Hirshfield, Stefanie Marlis, William Witherup, Stephan Torre, Etel Adnan, John Montgomery, Cole Swensen, Michael McClure, Robert Bly, Gary Snyder, Walter Pavlich, Chitra Divakaruni, Joanne Kyger, Douglas Blazek, Joseph Bruchac, Bill Berkson, John Brandi, Arthur Sze, Stanley Noyes, Nathaniel Tarn, Lew Welch, and more. Photography by Michael Sykes, Kevin Bubriski, Evvy Eisen. Cover photographs by Michael Sykes. SIGNED by McClure at his poem "Czechoslovakia." 151 pp plus index to volumes I-IV, editor's afterword and more poems. Large format. ISBN: 0-912449284.

New York: Harper & Row, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology of 13 original stories written especially for this collection. I ntroduction by Julian Symons. In addition to the contributors shown above, this includes stories by Gwendolyn Butler, Michael Gilbert, Christianna Brand, Michael Innes, Celia Fremlin, H. R. F. Keating, Michael Underwood, Peter Dickinson, and Symons. ISBN: 0-06-014212x.

Cambridge, MA: Circlet Press, 2003. SIGNED first edition - An anthology containing 23 of the best stories, published by Circlet Press in the first 10 years of its existence - among the contributors are Francesca Lia Block, Evan Hollander, Laura Antoniou, Catherine Asaro and others. SIGNED by TWO authors: on the title page by editor and founder of the press, Cecilia Tan, and by Francesca Lia Block at her story "Milagro." Laid in is a catalogue of the press's offerings. Notes on the contributors. 344 pp. ISBN: 1885865449.