New York: Viking, 2000. SIGNED first edition - Author's unusual first novel, set in 1920s Copenhagen and inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife - the "nearly forgotten story of the love between a man who discovers that he is, in fact, a woman and the woman who would sacrifice anything for him." SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Lambda Literary Award, and a NY Times Notable Book. Basis for the Academy Award winning motion picture of the same name starring Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery. 277 pp plus author's note.

New York: Doubleday, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel (second book) by this young author - his first was a collection of short stories nominated for both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award, A story of the conflict between traditional values and the riches and power of Wall Street banks, between an ambitious banker and a retired history teacher in rural Massachusetts. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award and shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-0385524476.

New York: Doubleday, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel (second book) by this young author - his first was a collection of short stories nominated for both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award, A story of the conflict between traditional values and the riches and power of Wall Street banks, between an ambitious banker and a retired history teacher in rural Massachusetts. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award and shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-0385524476.

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. A novel which blends myth, magic, mysticism and realism; one which established him as a literary master. SIGNED on the title page and scarce thus. Among Kenan's awards are a Guggenheim Fellowship, the North Carolina Award, the American Academy of Arts and LettersÕ Rome Prize, and a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-802111181.