London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1929. First edition - Second collection of poetry by this former coal miner: according to his introduction, when his first book was published some good people helped him get out of the pit - but there are many men still working and suffering there. 76 pages, plus 4 pages of ads.

New York: Putnam, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth historical thriller featuring detective Isaac Bell -it is 1902 and Bell, only two years out of his apprenticeship, is hired to hunt for radical union sabateurs in the coal mines. Instead he witnesses a terrible accident which makes him realize that it is not the union members who are the problem. SIGNED by Cussler on the facing title page. Pittsburgh map endpapers. 375 pp. ISBN: 9780-399-161773.

New York: Random House, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel by this National Book Award winning writer, one which traces the fall of a West Virginia town that was first made rich by coal, then corrupted and destroyed by it. Set in 1912, this takes place during one fateful day in a coal miners' strike in which relatives of the Beulah dynasty, only dimly aware of their blood ties, confront one another on opposing sides of the dispute, and violence ensues when Mother Jones, leader of the striking miners, calls for action in a community devastated by Southern resignation and by guilt associated with selling out to Eastern investors. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-394504771.