New York: Harper Collins, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Stories, both moving and imbued with an understanding of death, narrated by an unnamed home care worker who assists people dying with AIDS. SIGNED on the title page. 165 pp. ISBN: 0-060171596.

New York: Harper Collins, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Stories, both moving and imbued with an understanding of death, narrated by an unnamed home care worker who assists people dying with AIDS. 165 pp. ISBN: 0-060171596.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's first memoir, which won first place in the 2008 Pacific Northwest Writer's Association's literary contest. "After twenty years of living with terminal illness, Zoes mother decided to end her lifeand asked her three daughters for their assistance. For months, the decision drags on as her mother changes her methods and schedule, and the negotiations stir up old memories, sibling rivalries, and questions about family loyalty." A controversial but warm and sometimes even funny book which deals with the issues at the center of the debate on assisted suicide. SIGNED on the title page. 256 pp. ISBN: 978-1439148242.

New York: Picador, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - A lyrical novel by this award-winning Southern poet and writer - it "begins in a room made cool by the approach of death, where and old woman and her grieving daughter are saying good-bye in silent, urgent conversation. In the next room, Jess Kirkman waits with his father, remembering the tales his grandmother and mother have passed down." 228 pp. ISBN: 0-312146000.

New York: Vanguard, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A haunting novella of the supernatural - 'if you lost someone you loved, what would you pay to bring them back from the dead?' Illustrated with drawings by Glenn Chadbourne. 113 pp. ISBN: 9781593155407.

New York: Hyperion, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone novel by the author of the Artemis Fowl series. The story of a young girl's last chance to redeem herself. SIGNED on the title page. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-786-818638.

New York: Grove Weidenfeld, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first collection of short stories, raw and powerful in their exploration of death, by this writer about whom William Burroughs said "Dennis Cooper, God help him, is a born writer." SIGNED on the title page. 163 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-14016.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (c 1973.) dj. Hardcover - Her first novel, a book which became an instant classic - this is a story of a young minister, who does not know he has only a couple of years left to live, who is sent by his bishop to a remote parish in British Columbia among the Tsawataineuk Indians. 166 pp. ISBN: 0-385-025866.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. dj. Hardcover - A moving, powerful account of her marriage to writer John Gregory Dunne, and of the year she spent trying to come to terms with his sudden death. 227 pp. ISBN: 140004314x.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth collection of poems by this award-winning writer which reflect on a woman's passage into midlife - and which touch on the illness and loss of her husband. 49 pp. ISBN: 1400040825.

New York: Hyperion, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - When a man comes back to life at his funeral, the stitches which re-attached his severed head still clearly visible, he becomes a source of embarrassment to his daughter, an object of morbid curiosity to the press, a prized specimen for scientists, and Satan incarnate to an obscure religious cult. A wildly funny and satirical novel by this African American writer. SIGNED on the title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-69178.

New York: Crowell, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - An unusual short novel - the story of Frank Cleary, an Irish policeman shot down in Harlem, who, as he is falling to the ground, relives not only his experiences in Harlem, but his roots in Ireland and the civil strife of the 20s. 99 pp,. ISBN: 0-690-000898.

New York: George Braziller, (1990). The twelfth book by this New Zealand author, but her first novel to be set in America- in New York, where Frame lived off and on for many years - the story of a young doctor who choses to study death. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-8076-12847.

New York: George Braziller, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - The twelfth book by this New Zealand author, but her first novel to be set in America- in New York, where Frame lived off and on for many years - the story of a young doctor who choses to study death. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-8076-0657x.

St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her eighth collection of poems, reflecting, without sentimentality or bitterness, on many of the losses in her life - the long ago death of her father, the recent illness and death of her mother, the too early death of her husband, and facing her own mortality. 140 pp. ISBN: 1555974430.

Boston: Little Brown, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this award-winning writer: "Fearing intimations of mortality, Anna Hand - a rambunctious, passionate, and famous Southern writer - returns home to Charlotte, North Carolina to make peace with her family and winds up turning the lives of all her loved ones upside down." 277 pp. ISBN: 0-316313165.

New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Southern author's second book - the story of Clara Julian, wanderer, and story-teller, who comes to Green Mansions Home for the Elderly as it awaits demolition - and the stories of the remarkable people who inhabit the home. 249 pp. ISBN: 1555840043.

New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Southern author's second book - the story of Clara Julian, wanderer, and story-teller, who comes to Green Mansions Home for the Elderly as it awaits demolition - and the stories of the remarkable people who inhabit the home. 249 pp. ISBN: 1555840043.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Six thought-provoking essays on death by the Mexican born pathologist, including the 'postmortum careers' of John Dillinger & Eva Peron, the significance of the Aztec earth goddess Coatlicue and more. ISBN: 0-15-181192x.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - Transcripts of a taped diary begun when Archie Hanlan's doctor told him he had less than three years to live - an account of his courageous fight against ALS - amyotropic lateral sclerosis - Lou Gehrig's disease. Includes a postscript by wife, Mary S. Hanlan. Edited by Muriel S. Nelson. 193 pp. ISBN: 0-385-144814.

New York: Macmillan, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - In her last hours of life, after being beaten and robbed on Beacon Hill, Jessica Fayer relives her 76 years. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to the late Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens and his wife and dated at Stanford in 1994. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-025716506.

New York: Harper Collins, (2007). SIGNED first edition - Arranged alphabetically, this is "a fascinating, off-beat, and darkly humorous necrology that provides the grim, often outrageous details about the passing of influential persons. Meticulously researchedemploying archaeological records, published obituaries, official documents, and forensic evidencethis authoritative, one-of-a-kind reference presents the unabashed truth about a multitude of celebrity deaths, while examining the various deeds, misdeeds, and lifestyle quirks that hastened the demise and determined the departed's role in history and popular myth." SIGNED on the half title page. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Includes a list of the official causes of death on their death certificates. Sources. 241 pp plus credits. ISBN: 978-0061231667.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects a novella and three short stories, written earlier in Martel's career, in 1993. Includes the title novella and 'The Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Rankin String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American Composer John Morton,' 'Manners of Dying,' and 'The Vita Aeterna Mirror Company.'' Martel won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for 'Life of Pi.' SIGNED on the title page. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-151010900.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2004.). SIGNED first edition - Advance issue of the first American edition of this collection of a novella and three short stories, written earlier in Martel's career, in 1993. Includes the title novella and 'The Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Rankin String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American Composer John Morton,' 'Manners of Dying,' and 'The Vita Aeterna Mirror Company.'' Martel won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for 'Life of Pi.' SIGNED on the title page. 179 pp.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collects a novella and three short stories, written earlier in Martel's career, in 1993. Includes the title novella and 'The Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Rankin String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American Composer John Morton,' 'Manners of Dying,' and 'The Vita Aeterna Mirror Company.'' Martel won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for 'Life of Pi.' 208 pp. ISBN: 0-151010900.

Racine, WI: Whitman, (c 1960.). Hardcover - Duotone illustrations by Sari. In this, the 4th book in the series, Donna is finishing the 9th grade and competing for a school prize, while her best friend Ricky's mother becomes sick and dies and the changes in Ricky's behavior threatens their friendship.. 282 pp. Late 1960's edition, still in the slightly wider format, but with new cover art and a semi-glossy finish. Windowpane design endpapers.

Racine, WI: Whitman, (1957.). Hardcover first edition - Duotone illustrations by Sari. When Donna's mother has a chance to go with her husband on a business trip to India, Donna and Jimmy are left in the care of Jimmy's teacher. 282 pp. In the original glossy 'cello' or cellophane binding. Double page scenic endpapers. Wrap-around cover illustration of Donna leaving for a date and waving good-bye to her mother and young brother on the front porch.