Washington, D.C.: Black Orpheus Press, 1972. dj. Hardcover - One of the greatest works to come out of colonial Africa, this is also one of the first novels to depict Africans as they really were, and to reveal the smoldering hatred of the African and the white colonialists for each other. Originally published in 1921 in France, it won the Prix Goncourt in 1922 (Maran was the first Black writer to win this award). In 1938, the definitive edition was published in France, and this is the first US appearance of a translation of that edition. Translated by Barbara Beck and Alexandre Mboukou. Introduction by Donald E. Herdeck and a preface to the 1938 edition by Maran. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-87953-006.

New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1922. Hardcover first edition - One of the greatest works to come out of colonial Africa, this is also one of the first novels to depict Africans as they really were, and to reveal the smoldering hatred of the African and the white colonialists for each other. Winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1922 (Maran was the first Black writer to win this award). Translated from the French by Adele Szold Seltzer. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-87953-006.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised epic first novel, set in Ceylon in 1936 in a world on the edge of war, one which explores the tragedy of colonialism, and the misunderstanding between the East and the West. In 2000, Meidav was selected by the Voice Literary Supplement as one of the 'writers on the verge.' Dust jacket praise from Paul West, Claire Messud and others. Winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for best novel by a woman. 584 pp. ISBN: 0-618013660.

London: Institute of Race Relations / Oxford University Press, 1965. First edition - Bechuanaland was one of the United Kingdom's three High Commission Territories, and its location made it a warring ground for different ideologies. vii, Map, 114 pp plus 5 charts.

London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1970). Hardcover first edition - An account of the scramble during the 19th century by European countries for control in Africa, with an emphasis on South Africa where the struggle was the sharpest and the stakes highest. Includes a table of principal events in South Africa, illustrated with photographs and maps, bibliography, index. 454 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-094569509.

Nairobi, Kampala & Dar Es Salaam: East African Literature Bureau, (1975). First edition - An overview of more than 500 years of history from the early settlers of the coast through the invasions of the Arabs and the Portuguese to the final settlement of the British from 1850-1900. Maps. Bibliography. xiv, 104 pp.

Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1977. First edition - A Special Issue of the Kenya Historical Review, Vol. 5 No. 2, 1977 with twelve articles on the topic, and an introduction by Bethwell A. Ogot. Slightly oversized trade paperback. pp 169-403.

London: Collins Crime Club, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first Mamur Zapt mystery, set in 1908, as the "indirect" British rule in Cairo is beginning to wind down. The Mamur Zapt is Cadwallader Owen, the head of the Political Branch of the police. The author grew up in what was then the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-00232167x.

New York: Doubleday, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first Mamur Zapt mystery, set in 1908, as the "indirect" British rule in Cairo is beginning to wind down. The Mamur Zapt is Cadwallader Owen, the head of the Political Branch of the police. The author grew up in what was then the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Author's note. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-385415206.

London: Collins Crime Club, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Mamur Zapt mystery, set in 1908, as the "indirect" British rule in Cairo is beginning to wind down. The Mamur Zapt is Cadwallader Owen, the head of the Political Branch of the police. The author grew up in what was then the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 204 pp. ISBN: 0-002322110.

New York: Norton, (1982). Aground-breaking novel, originally published in 1966, which was a revision of Jane Eyre, focusing on the West Indian madwoman locked in the attic. Introduction by Francis Wyndham. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-393-308804.

New York: New American Library - NAL - Meridian, (1970). An examination of Colonial history in Kenya, and the rise of nationalism, culminating in the 1952 State of Emergency - a book which concludes that it was the short-sightedness of European policy makers that precipitated the violence. A important and controversial book. Bibliography, notes, index. xviii, 427 pp.

New York: Taplinger Publishing Co, (1987). Novel set on the island of Kailuana in Papua New Guinea in 1959 in the last days of Australian rule, which is centered on a government inquiry into an outbreak of native violence and horrific death of a young administrator, a story which vividly depicts the clash of cultures between the Indigenous peoples and their colonial rulers. Although Stow received many awards, including the Patrick White award in 1979, he is the least well-known of the three great twentieth-century Australian novelists whose other members are Patrick White and Christina Stead. 189 pp. ISBN: 0-80088017x.

New York: SOHO Press, (2012). SIGNED first edition - Novel set in 1980 on the French Caribbean island of Guadelupe, still technically a part of France then and subject to French laws. Introduces Anne Marie Lavead, a French-Algerian juge d'instruction, recently relocated to the island, who is assigned a murder case where an elderly ex-con has been set up as a political scapegoat. Highly recommended. Translated from the French by the author, who has lived in the French West Indies since 1980. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2015 at Portland, Oregon. 316 pp plus an excerpt from the next book in the series. ISBN: 978-1616953638.

New York: SOHO Press, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1980 on the French Caribbean island of Guadelupe, still technically a part of France then and subject to French laws. Introduces Anne Marie Lavead, a French-Algerian juge d'instruction, recently relocated to the island, who is assigned a murder case where an elderly ex-con has been set up as a political scapegoat. Highly recommended. Translated from the French by the author, who has lived in the French West Indies since 1980. 316 pp. ISBN: 978-1616951566.

New York: Harper Collins, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - An examination of the world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano - Krakatoa - which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Maps. Illustrated. Suggestions for further reading, index. xvi, 416 pp. ISBN: 0-066212855.

London: The Field Press Ltd., n.d. [1922]. Hardcover first edition - Contains 25 stories - organized in 3 categories: The Mind of the Native, Man and Beast , and White Men and Black - based on his experiences in Africa. Worthington first arrived in Africa as the personal secretary of Thorne Coryndon, the representative of the British South Africa Company, who was sent there to prepare for the British takeover of the Lozi kingdom, and when Coryndon was named Administrator of Northwest Rhodesia, Worthington continued to assist him and went on to become the first Secretary for Native Affairs there. The final legacy of his tenure was a commitment to land segregation and the development of native reserves. 235 pp.