New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Eva Peron continues, even decades after her death, to captivate millions with her legend. No other female political leader.... in the twentieth century is surrounded by more mythology and romantic love than Eva Peron, the power obsessed bride of Argentina dictator Juan Peron." This biography includes additional material based on the declassified archives of the Peron government and other personal testimonies. Translated by Shawn Fields. Photographs, bibliography, index. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-31-145993.

By the author, n,d, (ca 1935). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A moving remembrance - one he calls a 'simple story of a beautiful life' - of the author's wife Maggie, a dedicated Christian who focused her ministry on the Women's Bible Class and the Missionary Society at Trinity Methodist, South Church in downtown Los Angeles in the 1920s and 30s, until her early death in 1935. SIGNED on the front endpaper 'With kindest regards of the author, F.N. Peters.' Illustrated with photographs. 150 pp.

New York: Harper's Magazine Press, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - Memoir by a Smith College roommate and friend of Plath, described as ' the best informed account we could have of crucial events in the life and art of this important poet'. Introduction by George Stade. 83 pp. ISBN: 0-06-1278157.

Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with photographs. 184 pp plus final 2 photographs. ISBN: 0-916586367.

Beverly Hill, CA: Dove Books, (1995.). First edition - Book written when it seemed like General Colin Powell might actually become the first black president of the US, and an attempt to understand this 'reluctant hero.'. Introduction by Roy Innis, conclusion by Jeanne V. Bell. Timeline, bibliography. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-787109363.

New York: Dodd & Mead Company, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - Story of Bernard Bragg, one of the 10% of deaf children born to deaf parents. The overview of his life from his childhood in Connecticut on his grandfather's farm to the New York School for the Deaf, and Gallaudet College for the Deaf to his studies for the theater, including studying mime under Marcel Marceau He became one of the major performers for the National Theater of the Deaf, . using mime and sign language. Introudtion by Nanette Fabray. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 176 pp. ISBN: 0-396-066127.

New York Atlantic Monthly Press (2013). SIGNED first edition - " The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora." As a biracial American the author began a search for her identity: when she traveled to Israel at age 23, she was surprised to discover "black Jews " and this led her to seek out black communities in Jamaica, Ethiopia, Ghana, and the American South. INSCRIBED and dated on the title page "for --- with best wishes on your continuing journey, Walk good," 305 pp.

Vancouver, BC: New Star Books, 1986. First edition - Feminist poet, writer, photographer and activist's account of her re-adjustment to life in the United States after 25 years of voluntary exile and work among women in Mexico, Cuba and Nicaragua. In 1985, the INS denied her resident status because of her writings. Illustrated with many of her photographs. INSCRIBED on the title page 'For Sandra, in struggle.' 350 pages. ISBN: 0-919573-533.

Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2013. First edition - "An impressionistic look at the life, death, and legacy of Che Guevera by the feminist poet and activist Margaret Randall. . . She arrived in Cuba in 1969, less than two years after Che's death, and lived there until 1980. She became friends with several of Che's family members, friends, and compatriots. In this book she reflects on his relationships with his family and fellow insurgents, including Fidel Castro. She is deeply admiring of Che's integrity and charisma and frank about what she sees as his strategic errors." Photographs, notes, bibliography. 148 pp.

New York: Dutton, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of this civil rights activist and labor unionist (in 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful African-American-led labor union.) He developed the civil rights tactics which Martin Luther King, Jr. later used, and was influential in organizing the March on Washington. Introduction by Bayard Rustin. (The excellent 2023 film 'Rustin' depicts his importance to the movement and that event) Illustrated with photographs. Selected bibliography, index. xii, 174 pp. ISBN: 0-525353259.

Oregon City: Piere Publishers, (1989). Hardcover first edition - Biography of this early aerobatic ace. Foreword by Jimmy Doolittle. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Index. 225 pp. ISBN: 0-929734-033.

New York: Paragon House, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Born in San Franciso in 1889, Alma Reed became an outstanding journalist, a pioneer archeologist and the heroine of Mexico. Includes black-and-white photographs, notes, bibliography, and index. 283 pp. ISBN: 1-55778-3713.

New York: Abbeville Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Remington was both a prolific letter writer and an inveterate doodler, so this generous selection of his letters, ranging from notes to his family to his correspondence with President Theodore Roosevelt, Owen Wister, Poultney Bigelow, Francis Parkman, Elizabeth Custer and others, is well illustrated with his little sketches, many which had not been previously published. Selected bibliography, index. . xv, 487 pp. ISBN: 0-89659-694X.

By the author, nd (ca 2017). SIGNED first edition - As a young boy, growing up on a farm outside Stockton, California, Bill Reynolds was fascinated by the pilots he saw training there, and, as soon as he could - in 1941 - he enlisted. He went on to be a pilot and served throughout the war. Illustrated with several photographs and maps, some in color, and many black of white photos of the various types of planes he flew, from the Ryan PT 22 to the Curtiss G-46 Commando and many others. SIGNED on the first page by the co-author, James Inman. 122 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - A detailed study of the author of Quartet and Wide Sargasso Sea, one which focuses on the many contradictions in her life - from her childhood in Dominica in the the West Indies to her schooling in England, her life in Paris Ford Maddox Ford in the 1920s, with a circle of expat writers including Hemingway and James Joyce, and more. Each section is followed by a discussion of the novel written during that period. Photographs, extensive notes, bibliography, index. x, 761 pp. ISBN: 0-316042633.

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - A first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, one which spans much of the 20th century - this book "weaves together the story of a black familyeight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister - and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead." Illustrated with photographs. Chronology. Edited and with a preface by Louise Westling. xvi, 181 pp. ISBN: 0-820311413.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1989.). Hardcover - An exhaustively researched biography of the famous aviatrix who disappeared in the South Pacific in 1937 - but one which downplays the sensational "What happened to Amelia Earhart?" myth and focuses on disclosing who Amelia Earhart really was. Foreword by Jeana Yeager. Photographs, bibliography, notes, index. xii, 322 pp. ISBN: 0-874748364.

Chicago: Childrens Press, (1984). Hardcover - A "Picture-Story Biography" for children, illustrated with many photographs. Includes a brief chronology of highlights of her life as a state senator and representative in Congress. Square format. 32 pp. ISBN: 0-516035118.

New York: Delacorte, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The NBA player at his frankest and most controversial. Illustrated with many photographs. 261 pages. ISBN: 0-385-318979.

New York: Putnam, 1975. Hardcover -

New York: Newmarket Press, (2007.). SIGNED - Saltzman, the daughter of Toronto filmmaker and the acclaimed Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, tells the story of how she reunited with her mother during the shooting of the controversial film "Water;" about the fate of Hindu widows in India in 1938. SIGNED on the title page. Maps, photographs. Afterword by Deepa Mehta. Reading group guide. Index. 287 pp. ISBN: 9781557047854.

New York: Newmarket Press, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - Saltzman, the daughter of Toronto filmmaker and the acclaimed Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, tells the story of how she reunited with her mother during the shooting of the controversial film "Water;" about the fate of Hindu widows in India in 1938. INSCRIBED and dated in October 2007 on the title page. Maps, photographs. Afterword by Deepa Mehta. Reading group guide. Index. 287 pp. ISBN: 9781557047854.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of Mark Salzman's first years teaching a writing class at Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-375-413081.

New York: Da Capo Press, (2016). First edition - This biography, by the author of the classic book on the Manson cult, "The Family" "takes a close look at Tate's lifeÑfrom her itinerant childhood and early career in fashion to her transition to film, passionate marriage to the brilliant and troubled Roman Polanski, and violent murder at the hands of the Manson family cult. Sanders's 'Sharon Tate' offers new insights into what happened on the night of her death and explores new motives for the targeting of the Polanski household." IIlustrated with drawings by Rick Veitch and photographs. 271 pp.