San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, (1998.) dj. Hardcover - Account of 24 year old Lucy Kendall Herrick's 137-day voyage in 1852 from New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn, aboard the 'Josephine', a 947-ton, three-masted freighter, a trip made with her mother, sister and family friend, to rejoin her father in the gold mines. One of the few accounts written by women about sea journeys during that era. Introduction by Andrew Rolle. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, bibliography and index. A handsomely produced book, somewhat oversized. 135 pp. ISBN: 0-87328-1659.

Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - A diary covering almost one year of the life of Nannie Jackson, beginning in June 1890 when she was 36 years old, recounting in detail her daily routine of cooking, sewing, cleaning and gardening, but also giving glimpses into the support that women gave each other, and especially her close friendship with 19 year old Fannie Morgan, a friendship that upset her husband. Edited and with a long introduction by Margaret Jones Bolsterli. Volume 1 of The President's Series in Arkansas and Regional Studies. Photographs, map, glossary, bibliography, index. xii, 108 pp. ISBN: 0-938626108.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The diaries of Larkin, a young, properous businessman from St Louis, who travelled to Santa Fe in the hopes of improving his health, edited and annotated by Barbour. with a foreword by Marc Simmons. Larkin travelled to Santa Fe in William Bent's caravan in the fall of 1856, and his diaries of the trip as a "tourist" detail his impressions of Plains Indians & New Mexican life. Includes appendices with newspaper accounts, some of his letters from 1866. Photographs, double page route map, extensive notes, bibliography, index. xvi, 202 pp. ISBN: 0-8263-11830.

New York: Delacorte, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of Ethel Roseberg the woman convicted and put to death in 1953 on charges of being a spy for Russia. ISBN: 0-385-301685.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first publication of the recently discovered diary of Bernard J. Reid, which describes his day to day difficulties and the trying hardships the first commercial wagon train to attempt to cross the plains on the Overland Trail. They advertised a swift journey of only 60 days for $200. This diary is the richest account of the Pioneer Line and one of the best gold rush diaries. Illustrated with photographs, maps. Editor's afterword and an extensive notes section, and bibliographical information on persons mentioned in the text. Map endpapers. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-8047-11925.

New York: Union Square & Co., (2022) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Until you've been there, you don't know what war is. . . the gripping and moving diary of young Ukrainian refugee Yeva Skalietska. It follows twelve days in Ukraine that changed 12-year-old Yeva's life forever. She was woken in the early hours to the terrifying sounds of shelling. Russia had invaded Ukraine, and her beloved Kharkiv home was no longer the safe haven. . [she] records what is happening hour-by-hour as she seeks safety and travels from Kharkiv to Dublin. Each diary entry is supplemented by personal photographs, excerpts of messages between Yeva and her friends and daily headlines from around the world." Map, glossary, endnotes. 120 pp. ISBN: 978-1454949695.

Chicago: Quadrangle Books, (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - This diary, written during the 2 years from 1962-1963 when Smith was serving as a Peace Corps volunteer teacher in Ghana, is not just an account of his time there, but also a record of his search for his own identity in Africa.He went to Ghana thinking he was Black; he came home two years later knowing he was an American. While he discovered his other world, but he also realized that his ancestry was not a passport to identity. He remained active in civil rights and education, but this was apparently his only book. 221 pp. Dust jacket by Mark Belenchia.