Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - The memoirs of an undercover agent in the Columbian army, whose father was killed by the bandits, and of his sucessful infiltration of the bandit gangs, and his killing of many of the bandits during the wars known as 'La Violencia' which raged in Columbia from 1946 to 1965. Translated by Lasley M. Murray, edited with an introduction and explanatory notes by Ramsey W. Russell. 168 pp. ISBN: 0-817356002.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1949.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel spanning the years from 1849 to 1865, set mostly in the Southern Mother Lode in Columbia and Tuttletown and Fremont's place at Bear Valley, etc. SIGNED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication - the centennial of the gold rush. 294 pp.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - An investigative report on drug trafficking in America and throughout the world - primarily that of heroin - produced with the cooperation of President Reagan's White House, the FBI, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S. Coast Guard and the British and Irish police and other drug monitoring agencies around the world. Glossary of drug terms, sources, bibliography, index. 351 pp. ISBN: 0-312-932448.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. dj. Hardcover - One of the most important novels by this Nobel prize winning author, translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Includes a chronology of Simon Bolivar. 285 pp. ISBN: 0-394-582586.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Haunting novel by this Nobel laureate, 'set in a South American seaport in the colonial era, a time of viceroys and bishops, enlightened men and Inquisitors, saints and lepers and pirates. Sierva Maria, only child of a decaying noble family, has been raised in the slaves' courtyard of her father's cobwebbed mansion' Translated by Edith Grossman. ISBN: 0-679-43853X.

New York: HarperPerennial, (1991.). Novel about a Columbian River town possessed by evil, by this Nobel prize winning author, originally published in 1968. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0919647.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first full-length non-fiction book by this Nobel Prize winning author, an account of the orchestrated kidnappings of ten Colombians (all except one, journalists) by the Medellin drug cartel in 1990. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-375-400516.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - first full-length non-fiction book by this Nobel Prize winning author, an account of the orchestrated kidnappings of ten Colombians (all except one, journalists) by the Medellin drug cartel in 1990. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-375-400516.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Haunting novel by this Nobel laureate, 'set in a South American seaport in the colonial era, a time of viceroys and bishops, enlightened men and Inquisitors, saints and lepers and pirates. Sierva Maria, only child of a decaying noble family, has been raised in the slaves' courtyard of her father's cobwebbed mansion' Translated by Edith Grossman. 147 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. dj. Hardcover - One of the most important novels by this Nobel prize winning author, translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Includes a chronology of Simon Bolivar. 285 pp. ISBN: 0-394-582586.

New York: St Martin's, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the author's travels through Colombia's cocaine underworld, described by Jay McInerney as both 'hilarious and hair-raising.' The Fruit Palace was the name of the cafe where Nicholl had his first encounter with Columbian drug smugglers back in the 70's - although then it was mostly marijuana. Map. 307 pages. ISBN: 0-312-309260.

New York: St Martin's, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the author's travels through Colombia's cocaine underworld, described by Jay McInerney as both 'hilarious and hair-raising.' The Fruit Palace was the name of the cafe where Nicholl had his first encounter with Columbian drug smugglers back in the 70's - although then it was mostly marijuana. Map. 307 pages. ISBN: 0-312-309260.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1944. Hardcover first edition - A collection of poems by this writer born in Bogota, Columbia, who was living in New York when he wrote this. Translated into English verse by Quincy Guy Burris. A title in the Inter-Americana Series. 137 pp.

Los Angeles: University of California Los Angeles, Museum of Cultural History, (1985.). First edition - The first extensive study of the basketry of the Tukanoans of the Columbian northwest Amazon region, a study undertaken in the 1960's when the impact of outside civilization had not yet been so damaging to the traditional culture. This focuses not on the utilitarian aspects of baskets, but on the connections with their myths, religion, and historical traditions. A lovely book, illustrated with a frontispiece, a map and 22 other figures showing design elements and 76 black and white photographs, showing the process of creating the baskets and details of the baskets themselves. Notes. Bibliography. Large format measuring 11 inches tall by 8.5 inches. 96 pp. ISBN: 0-930741-03X.

Cambridge, MA: Botanical Musuem of Harvard University, 1957. Contains two articles by Richard Schultes, who was one of the worldÕs leading authorities on hallucinogenic and medicinal plants, a botanical explorer, a pioneering conservationist, and a teacher and mentor, as well as being credited as the modern founder of the science of ethnobotany who documented the use of over 2000 medicinal plants, mainly from the Colombian Amazon. Illustrated with 1 drawing and 1 map. pp241-264.