New York: Scribner, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - A meditation on life and art by this sculptor - one in which she "explores the end of the life cycle, this time structuring her work around her 70th year, when she is regaled for decades of achievement with a major retrospective in New York yet penalized with mandatory retirement at the University of Maryland. The gravity of the events is unsettling; she calls herself 'officially old'." (Kirkus) Notes. 221 pp. ISBN: 0-684818353.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An autobiography focusing on Brodie's mercurial - and sometimes controversial - 17 years as quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, written shortly after his retirement (he was the third most prolific career passer in NFL history) INSCRIBED by Brodie on the front endpaper. Illustrated with photographs. ix, 230 pp. ISBN: 0-395198828.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at his childhood hometown on the Missouri River by the Pulitzer prize winning journalist. The title is from Mark Twain's recollection of Hannibal, Missouri, which he left at 17, the same age Powers was when he left there in 1959. "In 1984, as plans for the Mark Twain sesquicentennial were being formed, Powers returned to his hometown of Hannibal, Missouri, and here lovingly compares contemporary Hannibal with the Hannibal of his boyhood and of Mark Twain's early years." (Publishers Weekly) vii, 313 pp. ISBN: 0-87113103X.

Cambridge, MA: South End Press, (2008). First edition - An account by this award-winning writer, poet, activist and filmmaker of the five years he spent in South Africa and after his return to the United States. Winner of the American Book Award. "Fast-paced, critical, humorous, hilarious at times, 'Incognegro' asks provocative questions about post-Apartheid South Africa and post-civil rights America with all the passion, the drama, and the political clarity of a great autobiography. . .. a multi-layered narrative of a life molded in struggles for human dignity in America and Africa, at once a gripping story of racial politics and a biography of his soul." (Ngugi wa Thiong'o) 489 pp. ISBN: 0-896087832.

Omaha, Nebraska: Assistance League of Omaha, 1978. SIGNED first edition - A memoir of growing up in Omaha, the city in which the author was born, and where she returned to teach at the University of Nebraska in Omaha. Illustrated with drawings by Pamela Nye SIGNED on the half title page by both the author and the illustrator and dated in 1978. Includes several appendices, including interesting dates in Omaha's history and a listing of early mansions and business houses. While her family was definitely well-off, the rich in the title does not refer to money but to experiences and the joys of living. 184 pp.

Paris: Calmann Levy, (c 1918). Hardcover - An attractive 3/4 leather bound copy of this memoir of Anatole France's early years, originally published in 1918. In the original French (en francais). In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and in 1922 all of his works were put on the (now abolished) Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("List of Prohibited Books") of the Catholic Church. 360 pp.

New York: Ballantine, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "love song to his brother, Tso - short for The Smarter One - and the powerful bond that sustained the two of them through the grim reality of their childhood. Born to migrant parents - his father a self proclaimed 'cowboy' and his Navajo mother, tender-hearted and flawed - they were busy surviving the migrant camps in Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, and North Carolina, where despair and death were familiar faces." 209 pp. ISBN: 0-345453913.

New York: Harper & Row, (1964) dj. Hardcover first edition - An "account of Sir Hugh Foot's career as a British diplomat in some of the most troubled spots around the world" - including Palestine, Nigeria, Jamaica and Cyprus- in "an era when colonies are cutting loose from dependency to become fully fledged nations in their own right, and the bitterness of nationalism has erupted throughout the world along with the idealistic call to freedom." Illustrated with four cartoons and an inserted section of black-and-white photographs. Index. 256 pp.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. First edition - A title in the Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers. Includes four titles Productions by Maria Stewart (1835); Religious Experience and Journal by Jarena Lee (1849); Brand Plucked from the Fire by Julia Foote (1886) and Twenty Years a Missionary by Virginia Broughton, (1907) Introduction by Susan Houchins and foreword by Louis Gates, Jr. Each work paginated individually. ISBN: 0-19506786x.

New York: Scribner, (2008.). First edition - Includes three selections from his second book, one which weaves Gustavo's family story with the history of Orange County and the current immigrant experience, and 'Glossary for Gabachos' from his first book, "Ask a Mexican." 35 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (2024). First edition - Autobiography of the guitarist and founder of the iconic band Blondie "set against the gritty and explosively creative East Village in the 70s and 80s." Foreword by Debbie Harry. 267 pp. Publisher's material laid in.

New York: Random House, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second volume of memoirs by this Nobel Prize winning author, the first African writer to win a Nobel in literature. This covers his turbulent life both in Nigeria, where he was imprisoned for his opposition to dictatorship and in exile from his country. Maps, chronology. xx, 499 pp. ISBN: 978-0375503658.

New York: Crown Publishers, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - In this, the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama "tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil." Illustrated with photographs, most in color. Index. xvi, 751 pp. ISBN: 978-1524763169.

New York: Dutton, (1964) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, an account of his boyhood on a farm in Huron County, Ontario. Foreword by Burton T. Richardson. 227 pp.

Chicago: Quadrangle Books, (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - This diary, written during the 2 years from 1962-1963 when Smith was serving as a Peace Corps volunteer teacher in Ghana, is not just an account of his time there, but also a record of his search for his own identity in Africa.He went to Ghana thinking he was Black; he came home two years later knowing he was an American. While he discovered his other world, but he also realized that his ancestry was not a passport to identity. He remained active in civil rights and education, but this was apparently his only book. 221 pp. Dust jacket by Mark Belenchia.

New York: Harper & Row, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - The spiritual autobiography of a realized Master, Swami Muktananda. In it he describes his own journey to Self-realization. He reveals the process of transformation that he experienced under the guidance of his Guru, Bhagawan Nityananda, from his initiation in August 1947 to his final attainment of enlightenment nine years later. The story of Swami Muktananda's yoga journey on the Siddha Yoga path provides a guide to seekers who aspire to the same goal. Introduction by Amma. Glossary. Illustrated. A scarce book in the hardcover first edition. xxx, 175 pp plus a photograph of the author. Small folded card laid in, with information on the great mantra. ISBN: 0-060660457.

New York: Union Square & Co., (2022) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Until you've been there, you don't know what war is. . . the gripping and moving diary of young Ukrainian refugee Yeva Skalietska. It follows twelve days in Ukraine that changed 12-year-old Yeva's life forever. She was woken in the early hours to the terrifying sounds of shelling. Russia had invaded Ukraine, and her beloved Kharkiv home was no longer the safe haven. . [she] records what is happening hour-by-hour as she seeks safety and travels from Kharkiv to Dublin. Each diary entry is supplemented by personal photographs, excerpts of messages between Yeva and her friends and daily headlines from around the world." Map, glossary, endnotes. 120 pp. ISBN: 978-1454949695.

New York: Ballantine, (2021) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An upbeat memoir by this novelist who grew up in Chile, and whose life has not always been easy. A self-described romantic feminist, she was approaching 80 when this was written and she has lots of wise insights to share. SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. 171 pp. ISBN: 978-0593355626.

New York: Praeger, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of a man born into the the ruling family and destined to be the chief of his village in French Guinea, West Africa, but who instead came to the United States where he had a distinguished career as a musician, writer, actor and lecturer. This book focuses on revealing an African value system rooted in brotherly love, communal responsibility, and harmony with nature. Foreword by Peter B. Hammond. viii, 179 pp

Los Angeles: MFM Publishing, (2018). SIGNED first edition - The story of events in 1963 which were kept from the American public. Turkey was at war politically with Cyprus at the time of the author's husbands deployment, and the Turkish government was trying to force the United States to support the their invasion of Cyprus. As a means to gain leverage against the United States, the Turkish Government arrested three American military men on trumped-up charges and held them as political prisoners. Sondra Garner and their small children had joined her husband in Turkey and this is the story of her attempts to secure his release - and prevent his death. SIGNED by the author inside the front cover with the word "Hugs." 244 pp. ISBN: 978-1731155832.

New York: HarperOne / Harper Collins, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first book (although he had short stories and plays published). Although Rao notes in his introduction that this is not a "factually accurate recounting of his life" but a book "pulled from my experiences and from the stories of my relatives." An account of how this "descendant of generations of Brahmin priests chose a tragic path to enlightenment. His powerful memoir describes in harrowing detail Raos troubles with crack addiction and the spiritual awakening that led to his recovery." (Washington Post) 399 pp. ISBN: 978-0060736620.