New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, 2017. SIGNED first edition - Set in 1838 aboard a nineteenth century riverboat theater on the Ohio River, which formed the boundary between slave-owning Kentucky and the North, this is the story of a frank and naive seamstress who is blackmailed into saving runaways on the Underground Railroad, jeopardizing her freedom, her livelihood, and those about her. INSCRIBED on the title page. Conway has been nominated for the Edgar and won several awards for her historical fiction; this title was named a The New York Times Book Review Editors Choice. 340 pp plus author's note.

Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first full-scale biography of this artist who was considered the 'best landscape painter in the West' in the mid-19th century, but who has since fallen into obscurity. This book looks at the influences on this artist, the first African American painter to win international recognition. Includes more than 130 reproductions of his paintings, including some of other African American artists at the time, with a generous selection in full color. 235 pp with notes, index, bibliography and index of illustrations. Printed on glossy stock throughout. The uncommon hardcover edition of a book both beautiful and important. ISBN: 0-8262-08800.