Boston: Little Brown, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography written for older children of a colorful and controversial woman - Mother Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker religious sect. The Shakers became the first successful communal religious society in the New World. Illustrated. Author's note, bibliography, index. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-316-1337671.

Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1997. First edition - His highly praised third novel - the story of a grammarian whose search for order in his life brings him to the Shakers. 200 pp. Publisher's letter laid in.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Interesting debut mystery, winner of 2011 First Crime Novel Competition. Set in 1796, a traveling weaver Will Rees, finds that his 14 year old son has run away to a Shaker village; Rees arrives there just as a young woman in the community is murdered, and remains to solve the puzzle. "Kuhns's quiet, well-crafted debut. . .poignantly captures the Shaker ethos of the period." (Publishers Weekly) SIGNED on the title page. 322 pp. ISBN: 978-1250005533.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel - a fast-paced morality tale featuring John Venner, professor of religion at a small New England college, who becomes obsessed with the nearby Shaker community of New Eden and especially one young woman, the last of her kind, still living there. "Witty prose, a bizarre scenario, and a compelling story distinguish this funny, outlandish, irreverent fiction." (The Library Journal) 268 pp. ISBN: 0-67178854X.

New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First edition - 'The furniture and artifacts, and the spirit and precepts embodied in their simplicity, beauty, and functional practicality.' Illustrated with both photographs and drawings. 219 pp with notes, references, and index. ISBN: 0-394-731433.