Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - First edition of the first volume of Twain's autobiography, assembled by the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library and first published on the 100th anniversary of the author's death based on his strict instructions, uncensored and exactly as he wrote it, brimming with humor, ideas and opinions. Includes list of manuscripts, black and white photographs, explanatory notes and appendices, index. A massive volume - xix, 736 pp. Despite its size, this monumental work went into several printings, and the true first with a complete number line is quite uncommon. The first printing was reported as only 7500 copies, a very small number for a book which was unexpectedly very popular. ISBN: 978-0520267190.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1955. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the life and work of Van Vechten - as a novelist, as a music critic and as a photographer - during this period of transition and change in American life. Illustrated with photographs by Van Vechten himself, Man Ray and others. Bibliography, index, 150 pages.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. dj. Hardcover first edition - Warm and intimate reminiscences by this prolific author, focusing not only on his childhood in Illinois, but also on the "world within." Included are selections on the Oz books, on Howard Pyle and Maxfield Parrish, on Gamaliel Bradford and Marjorie Bowen.

New York: Viking, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Edited and introduced by Faith Evans.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover - A definitive biography of one of the most controversial - but always interesting and ultimately tragic - writers of the late 19th century. Photographs, notes, index. 680 pp. ISBN: 0-39457768X.

New York & London: Norton, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography which examines Virginia Woolf's life through the prism of her writings. Illustrated with photographs. Index, biographical references. Notes. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-393-018911.