New York: Harmony, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - Down on his luck, Mark Bittner found a job as a housekeeper for an elderly woman, which came with a rent-free studio apartment on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill - which had somehow become home to a flock of wild parrots. He tells how he became fascinated by the birds and made up his mind to get to know them and gain their trust; he becomes the local wild parrot expert and a tourist attraction - and the subject of an Oscar nominated documentary film. Dust jacket praise from Gary Snyder. Illustrated with photographs, includes a cast of characters. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-609610554.

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1982. Hardcover first edition - The first life story of a Northwest Coast Indian woman. Based on more than 50 hours of tape recordings as Davidson recounts her life (born in 1896 she was one of the last women to undergo traditional puberty rites and an arranged marriage). Illustrated with photographs. 172 pp including index.

New York: Jericho Books, (2013). First edition - A book in which Bolz-Weber, a former stand-up comic, reclaims the term "pastrix"(a term used by some Christians who refuse to recognize female pastors) in "her messy, beautiful, prayer-and-profanity laden narrative about an unconventional life of faith" - a book which portrays a woman who is "both deeply faithful and deeply flawed, giving hope to the rest of us along the way." 206 pp.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., (1973.) dj. Hardcover - The early experiences of one of Britain's best known climbers - his earliest climbing in Kent, Wales and Scotland, climbs in the Alps and Nepal, including an ascent of Annapurna II. Foreword by Eric Shipton. Illustrated with 43 black and white photographs. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-575003472.

New York: St Martin's, (2014). First edition - A highly praised account by a South African who served as Nelson Mandela's prison guard for 12 years, primarily on Robben Island. Among the comments: A story of the most astonishing, unlikely friendship. A must-read. (Mail on Sunday);" "a vivid picture of prison life in South Africa at the time.... [An] extraordinary book. (Publishers Weekly) and A perfect example of how it is possible for love to triumph over everything, for respect to triumph over everything. (Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson Mandela.) 272 pp.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1957. Hardcover first edition - Using the pen name of Max Brand (and about 20 other pseudonyms), Frederick Faust became one of the best known and most prolific writers of Western fiction. He was killed in action in Italy in 1944 while serving as war correspondent with the American army. Frontispiece portrait. Introduction. One of 750 individually numbered copies. 138 pp.

New York: Random House, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - In this book, Bray uses her personal history to "defend America's much-maligned welfare system. A smart black girl from the Chicago slums didn't have much chance of going to Yale or becoming an editor at the New York Times Book Review before Aid to Families with Dependent Children helped Rosemary's selfless mother make ends meet and keep Rosemary in school. Bray's account of her progress is both inspiring and despairing, as she criticizes the welfare 'reforms' that closed to others doors that were opened for her." Praise from Alice Walker, James McBride and others. xvii, 282 pp. ISBN: 0-679425551.

Elgin, IL: David C. Cook, Publishing, (1977). Hardcover first edition - An account of Jim Brock's Christian rebirth and his transformation as the coach of Arizona State University's baseball team, the Sun Devils, culminating with winning the NCAA championship. Basis of a documentary film of the same name. 168 pp. ISBN: 0-89191-1030.

Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A memoir of a Southern childhood (in the small farming village of Bolson, North Carolina) by this African American novelist, and of his struggle to free himself from his family's violent history. SIGNED by the author. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-88001-2935.

Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A memoir of a Southern childhood (in the small farming village of Bolson, North Carolina) by this African American novelist, and of his struggle to free himself from his family's violent history. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author "Thanks for the inspiration for this book." and dated in 1994. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-88001-2935.

New York: Signet, (c. 1965.). Classic autobiography of growing up poor and Black in Harlem. 429 pp. ISBN: 0-451-126459.

New York: Macmillan, (1965.) dj. Hardcover - Although this autobiography of growing up poor and Black in Harlem is now a classic at the time it was written, when Brown was still a young writer, just barely out of Harlem, it was a revolutionary and enlightening book. His goal was to "talk about the first Northern urban generation of Negroes... to talk about the experience of a misplaced generation, of a misplaced people in an extremely complex, confused society." . 415 pp.

Richwood, West Virginia: West Virginia Press Club (Appalachian Press), 1981. Hardcover first edition - Facsimile reprint of a book originally published in a limited edition of only 500 copies by the Appalachian Press in 1965, the proceeds which were used to help purchase Pearl Buck's mother's house. Uncommon in both the original and in this edition. 59 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A fascinating account which begins "with her assignment as a Fulbright Professor teaching journalism in Kyrgyzstan, , , , in the heart of Central Asia -- a place of dilapidated apartments, bizarre food and demoralized citizens clinging to the safety of Brother Russia. But when she refuses to join the other expatriates evacuated from the "-stans," it turns into much more. She flies into Afghanistan just as the Taliban are departing, mingles with tense Iraquis watching the gathering storm clouds of an American-led invasion and becomes the target of the resentments of the old comrades of the former Soviet Union." SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-06-0524421.

New York: Hyperion, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of the comedian and televison star - but also quite a bit more - a portrait of the South, the story of a woman who survived a 'gothic childhood,' teenage years of exploring sex, drugs and alcohol and an abusive first marriage. It begins "I spent the first twenty years of my life waiting for two men I was reasonably certain would never come back - my daddy and Jesus Christ.". Photographs, 295 pp. ISBN: 0-786861363.

New York: International Book Company, nd (ca 1890.). Hardcover - According to the preface, this is "a plain and faithful account of the cruises, rambles and adventures of the writer during 8 years of his early life "..1809 to 1817. Illustrated with steel engravings. 452 pp.

Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1865. Hardcover - According to the preface, this is "a plain and faithful account of the cruises, rambles and adventures of the writer during 8 years of his early life "..1809 to 1817. Illustrated with steel engravings. 452 pp.

New York: Putnam, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American writer's highly praised second book, a memoir - precedes her novels. SIGNED on the title page. Cover comments from Maya Angelou, Bill Cosby, Paule Marshall (who called it a 'a deeply moving autobiography of a woman-child coming of age...a loving and unforgettable reminiscence.') 272 pp. ISBN: 0-399-134158.

New York: Ballantine, 1990. SIGNED - African American writer's highly praised second book, a memoir - precedes her novels. SIGNED on the title page by the author. ISBN: 0-345-366948.

New York: Riverhead Books, (2018). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, an account of his four years in the Border Patrol, between 2008 to 2012, and afterwards - a book which reveals the violence our border and policies wreak on both sides. The son of a park ranger, Cant grew up in the southwest and when he joined the Border Patrol, he became a witness to the stark realities of the desert, where the obligations of his job weighed heavily against his sense of humanity. SIGNED on the title page. 247 pp.

New York: Random House, (1983.). Hardcover first edition - Autobiographical story of a visit to New Orleans when Capote was six, to spend Christmas with his rarely seen father. 41 pp. ISBN: 0-394-53266X.

New York: Random House, (1983.). Hardcover first edition - Autobiographical story of a visit to New Orleans when Capote was six, to spend Christmas with his rarely seen father. 41 pp. ISBN: 0-394-53266X.

New York: Harper Collins, (1991.). SIGNED first edition - Memoirs of the disasters of war - from Saigon to Afghanistan, and especially in the Middle East. SIGNED on the title page. 398 pp.

Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1960. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Autobiography of the early life of a doctor who came to California with his family in 1881 when he was just one year old, who grew up in Garden Grove in southern California, attended Stanford and Johns Hopkins Medical School, served in both World War I and World War II, and practised medicine for most of his life in the Long Beach area, Includes early history of the area, an account of the earthquake of 1906 which hit was he was at Stanford, his training at Johns Hopkins, and service during the first World War and more. Illustrated with many photographs .Foreword by Merton E. Hill, Ed.D. SIGNED on the half title page. 264 pp.

New York Marlowe & Company (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir of upheaval and revolution in China. In the 1940s, the Chen family fled their native China and escaped to the U.S. during the civil war, after being persecutied in Chunking during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-45..However, when they were repatriated in the 1950s, they had to endure the Cultural Revolution, separation, imprisonment and re-education, xii, 322 pp. ISBN: 1-56924-7420.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1990.). First edition - Autobiography of the founder of the largest black law firm in Alabama. Born in 1930, he was involved in the struggle for civil rights from the time of the marches in 1965 and afterwards. A picture of an important era, of one man's history, and of the politics of a small southern town. . xiii, 397 pp. plus 3 pp list of photographs for the final version, but which are not included in this ARC.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of the founder of the largest black law firm in Alabama. Born in 1930, he was involved in the struggle for civil rights from the time of the marches in 1965 and afterwards. A picture of an important era, of one man's history, and of the politics of a small southern town. Photographs, map, index. xiii, 432 pp. ISBN: 0-374-114048.