New York: Scholastic - Blue Sky Press, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The lovely and intricate double page, full-color illustrations are each done in a different style representing cultures around the world and through the years: early Egypt, Japan's Ukiyo-e, Precolumbian Mexico, 7th and 8th century Ireland, Thailand, etc. A very beautiful interpretation by these Caldecott award winning artists of one of the most moving passages from the Bible - a passage which speaks to the universality of the human condition. Includes 3 pages of the artists' notes on the illustrations. INSCRIBED 'for Chris' and signed by both illustrators on the title page. and dated in the year of publication. Unpaginated. Large square format. ISBN: 0-590478877.

New York: Washington Square Press Books, (2004). A novel by this award winning writer set in a small town in Washington m and centered on a haunted house under a deadly curse. "Ignorant of both her heritage and the curse, Angela Toussaint returns to her dead Grandmother Marie's house, seeking to heal her fractured relationships with her son and her husband. But the malicious spirit wishes only the destruction of the Toussaints; and as it did in her grandmother's day, it inflicts horrific death and destruction upon the isolated town." 482 pp. ISBN: 978-0-743449014.

New York: Orbit / Hachette, (2021, c 2017). The final novel in her Broken Earth trilogy, winner of the Hugo award. Jemisin was not only the first African American woman writer to win the Hugo (with the first book in this trilogy) she is the only writer to win the Hugo three years in a row, for each novel in her Broken Earth trilogy. Glossary of terms. 416 pp plus an excerpt from her first book, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. ISBN: 978-0316043195.

New York: Kensington, (2023). SIGNED - The first novel in the Lady Worthing series - "a vibrant, inclusive historical mystery series [which] portrays the true diversity of the Regency-era, as an aristocrat whose skin color and notorious family history have left her with few friends she can rely on is named as the prime suspect in a murder case" INSCRIBED and dated in 2023 on the title page. 339 pp. ISBN: 978-1496738691.

New York: Doubleday, (2023) dj. SIGNED (on a bookplate) hardcover first edition - The second thriller featuring Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene. SIGNED on a publisher's bookplate on the half title page by this political and voting rights activist. 348 pp. ISBN: 978-0385548328.

New York: Dial Press, 1962. dj. Hardcover - Historical novel set on a plantation in Mississippi in the years right after the Civil War. Although Yerby was an African American writer, his historical novels focused on the ruling white class. 220 pp. Dust jacket design by Julian Paul.

Portland, OR: Glimmer Train Press, 1992. First edition - Includes stories by Daniel Wallace, David Haynes, Marilyn Krysl and more, plus interviews with the actor Vana O'Brien and Siobhan Dowd, the program director of PEN's Freedom to Write. Each story is preceded by a picture of the author as a child, brief autobiographical comments, and a printed example of their signature. Several authors in each issue also contribute to the comments and photographs found in the "Last Pages" at the end of each issue. An early issue of this rather idiosyncratic journal, edited by two sisters, but one which consistently publishes excellent fiction. 160 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued or listed on line. ISBN: 1880966-069.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - A science fiction novel by this award-winning author best known for his Easy Rawlins mystery series,. ISBN: 978-0765375216.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - The 24th volume in this series, featuring the best short stories published during the year either by Southern writers or about the US South. Introduction by Madison Smartt Bell. SIGNED by Tayari Jones at her story "Something Blue." Also includes stories by Wendell Berry, Kelly Cherry, Jill McCorkle, Pinckney Benedict and more. Each story is followed by brief biographical notes on the author and a comment by the author about the genesis of the story. Appendices including lists of magazines consulted and a complete list of the stories in previous volumes. 357 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - The tenth book by this MacArthur prize-winning sociologist, who is the first African-American woman in Harvard's history to have an endowed professorship named in her honor. A book which explores the ways in which we leave one thing and move on to another, from long farewells to quick goodbyes and sudden endings, both ordinary and extraordinary. Notes, selected sources. 259 pp. ISBN: 978-0374151195.

New York: Amistad / Harper Collins, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A common sense approach to improving your life by a former member of the U.S. Congress and university dean who is now the pastor of one of America's largest churches. INSCRIBED by Floyd Flake on front end paper. Introduction by William J. Bennett, foreword by Congresswoman Maxine Waters. xv, 253 pp. ISBN: 0-062515950.

New York: Dial Press, (1955.) dj. Hardcover - A novel of the California gold rush in 1849. Cover art by Jules Gotlieb. The back flap of the dust jacket contains the information that Yerby's nine previous novels had sold a total of more than 13 million copies - a very respectable figure for any writer of the 1950's but probably unique for an African American novelist of the era. 219 pp.

Portland, OR: Glimmer Train Press, 1993. SIGNED first edition - Includes stories by Daniel Wallace, Ursula Hegi, Michael Dorris and others, plus interviews with writers Jonathan Raban and Charles Johnson. SIGNED by Charles Johnson at his interview. Each story is preceded by a picture of the author as a child, brief autobiographical comments, and a printed example of their signature. Several authors in each issue also contribute to the comments and photographs found in the "Last Pages" at the end of each issue. A rather idiosyncratic journal, edited by two sisters, but one which consistently publishes excellent fiction. 168 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 1880966-077.

New York: Newmarket Press, 1997. First edition - Screenplay for the film based on Ridley's first novel, 'Stray Dogs.' Published as a trade paperback original. Includes a reproduction of the shooting script, a foreword by Ridley and an introduction by the director, Oliver Stone. Illustrated with stills from the movie. 145 pp.

Agate Bolden, (2010). First edition - The second book in the Spirit Binders Trilogy, Illustrated with drawings by T.S. Abe. 28 pages.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2007.). First edition - The 22th volume in this series, featuring the best short stories published during the year either by Southern writers or about the US South. Introduction by Edward Jones. Includes stories by James Lee Burke, Rick Bass, George Singleton, Joshua Ferris, Toni Jenson and more. Each story is followed by brief biographical notes on the author and a comment by the author about the genesis of the story. Appendices including lists of magazines consulted and a complete list of the stories in previous volumes. 375 pp.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - The 24th volume in this series, featuring the best short stories published during the year either by Southern writers or about the US South. Introduction by Madison Smartt Bell. SIGNED by Tayari Jones at her story "Something Blue." Also includes stories by Wendell Berry, Kelly Cherry, Jill McCorkle, Pinckney Benedict and more. Each story is followed by brief biographical notes on the author and a comment by the author about the genesis of the story. Appendices including lists of magazines consulted and a complete list of the stories in previous volumes. 357 pp.

New York: Morrow, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - By the Preacher to Harvard University. INSCRIBED on the title page "To . . . with good wishes" and dated in 1998. Inscription on front endpaper. Notes, index. 383 pp. ISBN: 0-688-13447-5.

New York: Dial Press, 1955. dj. Hardcover - A novel of the California gold rush in 1849. Cover art by Jules Gotlieb. The back flap of the dust jacket contains the information that Yerby's nine previous novels had sold a total of more than 13 million copies - a very respectable figure for any writer of the 1950's but probably unique for an African American novelist of the era. 348 pp.

New York: Dial Press, (1965.) dj. Hardcover - Massive historical novel set in Spain when the Iberian peninsula was full of warring peoples and religions. African American novelist Yerby lived in Spain at the time he wrote this. 563 pp.

New York: Dial Press, 1952. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in the worlds of heretic and fanatic, Christian and Sarecen, Jew and Catholic, Sicilian and German, in early 13th century Europe - a time of the excitement of the Crusades and of the poverty of the serfs. Map endpapers. Historical notes, 405 pp. Dust jacket by Julian Paul.

New York: Dial Press, (1953.) dj. Hardcover - Early printing of this romantic novel set during the French Revolution. 318 pp

New York: Harper Collins, (1995.). First edition - Fourth book by this award-winning African American journalist; in it he changes his focus from the discussion of racism to gender issues. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172061.