Johnson City, Tennessee: Overmountain Press / Silver Dagger Mysteries, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel featuring Ernestine Carpenter, recently retired after teaching high school English for 40 years, and, as she admits, more than a bit nosy. She is also good at solving problems. SIGNED on the title page. 202 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 1570721823.

[Johnson City, Tennessee:] Silver Dagger Mysteries, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set featuring grad student Maggie McClendon set in a small town in Mississippi. SIGNED on the title page. 202 pp. ISBN: 1570722668.

New York: Grove Press, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American author's first book, a novel set in a small town in North Carolina, where the Crosses are the oldest and proudest black family. SIGNED on the title page. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-802111181.

Boston: Alyson Publications, (1985). SIGNED first edition - The first novel (preceded by three books of poetry) by this Korean American lesbian author, who was born in Honolulu, and who has been called the first openly lesbian Asian writer to be published in the United States. Described as politically incorrect - and as a "rip-roaring Western adventure" (Judy Grahn) INSCRIBED on the title page by the author. 133 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-932870597.

Boston: Alyson Publications, (1985). SIGNED first edition - The first novel (preceded by three books of poetry) by this Korean American lesbian author, who was born in Honolulu, and who has been called the first openly lesbian Asian writer to be published in the United States. Described as politically incorrect - and as a "rip-roaring Western adventure" (Judy Grahn) INSCRIBED on the title page by the author (simply signed "W"). Also contains a signed and dated holographic poem inside the back cover. 133 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-932870597.

New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Maine private investigator and jazz guitar player Lil Ritchie, set at the Montreal Jazz Festival. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-312-105487.

New York: St Martin's, 1995. Second mystery featuring private investigator and jazz guitar player Lil Ritchie, set at the Montreal Jazz Festival. ISBN: 0-312-118880.

New York: St Martin's, (1981). First edition - Author's first book, a novel - cover praise from Rita Mae Brown and Bertha Harris. ISBN: 0-312-870337.

New York: St Martin's, (1981). Author's first book, a novel - cover praise from Rita Mae Brown and Bertha Harris. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-312-870337.

New York: Scholastic, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Companion novel to the award-winning "Honestly Straight." "Ben Carver is back to normal. He's working steadily in his classes at the Natick School. He just got elected captain of the baseball team. He's even won a full scholarship to college, if he can keep up his grades. All that foolishness with Rafe Goldberg the past semester is in the past.. . " SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp. ISBN: 978-0545798655.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Three novellas which explore the themes of exile and escape - the first one -"The Term Paper Artist" - features Leavitt himself as a writer hiding out in his father's Southern California home in the aftermath of a publishing scandal. 198 pp. ISBN: 0-395-837049.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. dj. Hardcover - Three novellas which explore the themes of exile and escape - the first one -"The Term Paper Artist" - features Leavitt himself as a writer hiding out in his father's Southern California home in the aftermath of a publishing scandal. 198 pp. ISBN: 0-395-837049.

Seattle: Seal Press, (1995). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The uncommon hardcover edition of the author's first full-length book - "a beautifully written chronicle of outdoor life. With eloquence and honesty, Legler's work documents a fascinating journey of self-discovery, graphically and intimately exploring the themes of hunting, sexuality, and landscape." INSCRIBED and signed by Legler on the title page "For -- , Many of us share some of the same life stories, best wishes." 193 pp. ISBN: 1-878067702.

San Francisco: Mercury House, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel - the first was published under the name of "Eric Gabriel." From PW "Lehman's raw, unsparing novel portrays an upstate New York family torn apart by political, emotional and sexual conflict in the early 1970s. . . With the same gritty realism that informed his first novel, Waterboys (published under the pen name Eric Gabriel), Lehman depicts troubled people oscillating between explosive anger and attempts to heal."

New York: Poseidon Press, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, the story of a woman leading an uprising in the jungles of South America, an uprising threatened by a defoliant - the deadly poison 'snow' - being dropped on the jungle. Suprisingly uncommon in the first edition. 414 pp. ISBN: 0-671-47314x.

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (1935_. SIGNED first edition - Award-winning poet's second collection of poems, many frankly erotic, including a sequence set on Cape Cod and centered around Provincetown. Nominated for a Lamba award. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "For -- with admiration for your poems and pleasure in our friendship" and dated in the year of publication. 68 pp. . ISBN: 1-556591047.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1963) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set at a rigid girls' boarding school where a regime of cold water, drafts, outdoor drill and bad food prevailed, a story of "a young world corrupted by hypocrisy and deceit." 159 pp. Dust jacket by Ellen Raskin.

Norwich, Vermont: New Victoria Publishers, 2000. First edition - The third Meg Darcy mystery - in this case, she is asked to help clear a young black boy who is arrested in connection with the killing of the beloved principal of the Scott Joplin alternative high school for troubled kids. ISBN: 1-892281-120.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Review copy with publisher's slip laid in

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj.

Beverly Hills, CA: Bronzeville Books, (2021). SIGNED first edition - Award winning Florida author's first collection of short fiction. Alafair Burke commented that her "insight and empathy resonate throughout this beautifully written collection. She has just the right words to make us feel the pain and hardships affecting her characters, but always with hope." SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED on the half title page. 128 pp. ISBN: 978-1952427190.

London: W. H. Allen, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - A fairly uncommon title of Maugham's - a collection of most of his short stories, writtne during the years from 1943 to 1972, including 2 not previously published and many published only in magazines. Introduction by Peter Burton. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-491-012918.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1955. dj. Hardcover first edition - An early novel of his, set in Tanganyika.

New York: Harper Collins, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of Ruth Cadence, thirty-one inches tall, and of her hilarious and tragic odyssey through Hollywood. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0165529.

New York: Harper Collins, (1994.). SIGNED - The 6th title in his 'Tales of the City' series, which the NY Times Book Review called 'an extended love letter to the city of San Francisco.' SIGNED on the title page. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0924845.

New York: Harper Collins, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel by the author of "Tales of the City." SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp. ISBN: 0-06-017143X.

New York: Harper Collins, (1994.). The 2nd title in his 'Tales of the City' series, which the NY Times Book Review called 'an extended love letter to the city of San Francisco.' Square format. 368 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0924799.

New York: Harper Collins, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of Ruth Cadence, thirty-one inches tall, and of her hilarious and tragic odyssey through Hollywood. SIGNED on the title page. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0165529.