New York: Grove Press, (2002.). First edition - Poems which form a "series of episodes from the life of Dream-boy, a young man who finds himself seduced, and later enslaved, by the siren song of cocaine. . . In Thirteen Mexicans, the author writes of the Chicano community and the gulf between the American dream and American reality." Born in New Mexico, of Chicano and Apache heritage, Baca was a runaway at 13, in prison at 21, and so he writes out of deep personal knowledge. 143 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-39477.

New York: Stein & Day, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a group of teenagers who have been squatting for two years in an abandoned tenement in Harlem. A moving picture of some of the forgotten members of our society, including their battles with the drug addicts who infest the neighborhood, by the author of the acclaimed 'Manchild in the Promised Land.' His second book. 224 pp. In a first issue dust jacket. ISBN: 0-8012-18377.

New York: Doubleday, 1999. SIGNED first edition - Second novel (third book) by this highly praised young Western writer. Set in Montana. SIGNED on the title page. 260 pp.

New York: Doubleday, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel (third book) by this highly praised young Western writer. Set in Montana. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Harry Crews, Rick Bass and Jim Harrison. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-385-491603.

New York: Norton, (1996.). Originally published in 1960, this is a classic novel of drug addiction and the world of narcotics use in any large city. Cooper was himself a heroin user, and he began this novel while serving a prison term as a form of therapy for himself, in an attempt to understand why he was a drug addict. A title in the Old School Books series edited by Marc Gerald and Samuel Blumenfeld, with a new introduction for this edition. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-393-314634.

Deerfield Beach, FL Health Communications (2007). SIGNED first edition - "A true story of identical twin brothers, each fighting similar physical and emotional battles. One would lose his life; the other would nearly self-destruct." SIGNED by the author and dated on the title page. Appendices on resources available. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-7573-06497.

San Francisco: MacAdam / Cage Publishing, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author' second novel, set in the underworld of Chicago's Halsted Street, a world of addiction, prostitution - love in the midst of brutality. INSCRIBED on the half title page. 195 pp. ISBN: 1-931561184.

New York: Random House, (1993,). First edition - The author's second novel, the story of a woman who seems to have it all, but is secretly snorting methedrine and shoplifting, and whose vivid and painful memories of her life with her father, a noted photographer, are about to be exposed. Like her first novel, this was also selected as a New York Times Notable Book. 222 pp.

New York: Random House, (1993,) dj. Hardcover - The author's second novel, the story of a woman who seems to have it all, but is secretly snorting methedrine and shoplifting, and whose vivid and painful memories of her life with her father, a noted photographer, are about to be exposed. Like her first novel, this was also selected as a New York Times Notable Book. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-379-409424.

New York: Random House, (1993,) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, the story of a woman who seems to have it all, but is secretly snorting methedrine and shoplifting, and whose vivid and painful memories of her life with her father, a noted photographer, are about to be exposed. Like her first novel, this was also selected as a New York Times Notable Book. SIGNED on the half title page. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-379-409424.

New York: Random House, (1993,) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, the story of a woman who seems to have it all, but is secretly snorting speed and shoplifting, and whose vivid and painful memories of her life with her father, a noted photographer, are about to be exposed. Like her first novel, this was also selected as a New York Times Notable Book. SIGNED on the title page. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-379-409424.

New York: Delacorte, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Michigan author's first book, a highly praised literary thriller, featuring a young doctor, a former addict who had beaten his habit and gotten a 2nd chance, and an old-time police detective whose gut instincts tell him that the doctor is responsible for the murders that have shattered this small Midwest city. SIGNED by Holden on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Review copy with publisher's material laid in, including a letter of praise from James Ellroy. ISBN: 0-385-312075.

New York: Delacorte, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Michigan author's first book, a highly praised literary thriller, featuring a young doctor, a former addict who had beaten his habit and gotten a 2nd chance, and an old-time police detective whose gut instincts tell him that the doctor is responsible for the murders that have shattered this small Midwest city. INSCRIBED on the title page "For .. . . thanks for the start" and dated in the year of publication. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-385-312075.

New York: Delacorte, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Michigan author's first book, a highly praised literary thriller, featuring a young doctor, a former addict who had beaten his habit and gotten a 2nd chance, and an old-time police detective whose gut instincts tell him that the doctor is responsible for the murders that have shattered this small Midwest city. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-385-312075.

New York: Delacorte, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Michigan author's first book, a highly praised literary thriller, featuring a young doctor, a former addict who had beaten his habit and gotten a 2nd chance, and an old-time police detective whose gut instincts tell him that the doctor is responsible for the murders that have shattered this small Midwest city. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-385-312075.

New York: Warner, 1994. First edition - A memoir of growing up in the housing projects of west Dallas, among the drug dealers and the abandoned apartments, with a mother who was addicted to heroin.

New York: Putnam, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A gritty thriller set on Staten Island in New York City: college history instruction Kevin Curran attempts to help his brother stay away from heroin, but is instead dragged into an underworld plot of murder, mafia hit men and criminal espionage. Bloodroot is a fictional counterpart of the real horrors of Willowbrook. SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 9780399155925.

New York: Putnam, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A gritty thriller set on Staten Island in New York City: college history instruction Kevin Curran attempts to help his brother stay away from heroin, but is instead dragged into an underworld plot of murder, mafia hit men and criminal espionage. Bloodroot is a fictional counterpart of the real horrors of Willowbrook. 321 pp. ISBN: 9780399155925.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. dj. Hardcover first edition - Discusses the negative effects of drugs -both physical and social. Glossary, bibliography. 214 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, 2002. First edition - An account of his mental breakdown - a life-threatening depression brought on by a decade of alcohol and drugs - and his eventual recovery. Thomas Pynchon commented " ..Rick Moody, writing with boldness, humor, generosity of spirit, and a welcome sense of wrath, takes the art of the memoir an important step into the future." Includes Hawthorne's short story "The Minister's Black Veil", from which the title was taken, plus a selected bibliography. 311 pp,

Boston: Little Brown, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. An account of his mental breakdown - a life-threatening depression brought on by a decade of alcohol and drugs - and his eventual recovery. Cover praise from George Plimpton, Amy Bloon, Thomas Pynchon (who said " ..Rick Moody, writing with boldness, humor, generosity of spirit, and a welcome sense of wrath, takes the art of the memoir an important step into the future." ) and others. Includes Hawthorne's short story "The Minister's Black Veil", from which the title was taken, plus a selected bibliography. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-316578991.

Boston: Little Brown, 2002. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of his mental breakdown - a life-threatening depression brought on by a decade of alcohol and drugs - and his eventual recovery. Cover praise from George Plimpton, Amy Bloon, Thomas Pynchon (who said " ..Rick Moody, writing with boldness, humor, generosity of spirit, and a welcome sense of wrath, takes the art of the memoir an important step into the future." ) and others. Includes Hawthorne's short story "The Minister's Black Veil", from which the title was taken, plus a selected bibliography. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-316578991.

Columbia: University of Missouri, 2005. First edition - "Discovering the best in fiction, essays and poetry," Includes fiction by Alex Mindt, Peter Levine, Susan Perabo, John Clayton; poetry by Lynn Aarti Chandhok, Ciaran Berry, and R.T. Smith and essays by Wendy Wacker, Scott Russell Saunders and Melanie Hammer, plus a pictorial liook at Russian costume designer Leon Bakst and an interview with A.M. Homes, cartoons and book reviews. 202 pp. plus advertisements. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 1879758458.

New York: Viking, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this African American writer. Winner of the Before Columbus Foundation award. Perhaps even more relevant now than when it was published, since it deals with the issue of whether or not cocaine-addicted mothers can be prosecuted. INSCRIBED on the title page (For -- with warm regards") and dated in the year of publication. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-670-852635.

New York: Viking, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this African American writer. Winner of the Before Columbus Foundation award. Perhaps even more relevant now than when it was published, since it deals with the issue of whether or not cocaine-addicted mothers can be prosecuted. SIGNED by author. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-670-852635.

New York: Spiegel & Grau, (2013). Hardcover - The author's first book, an account of an unconventional coming of age in the 1990s. "Domenica Ruta grew up in a working-class, unforgiving town north of Boston, in a trash-filled house on a dead-end road surrounded by a river and a salt marsh. Her mother, Kathi, a notorious local figure, was a drug addict and sometimes dealer whose life swung between welfare and riches. . despite the fact that there was not a book to be found in her household, Domenica developed a love of reading, which helped her believe that she could transcend this life of undying grudges, self-inflicted misfortune, and the crooked moral code that Kathi and her cohorts lived by." 207 pp. ISBN: 978-0812993240.

Houston, TX:' Arte Publico Press, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - This coming of age account of a young man at first following his older brother into a life of crime and drug use, and then struggling to save himself (and failing to save his brother) is an "autobiography that reads like a well-crafted novel in its recording of the excessive human costs of drug addication.". SIGNED and dated on the title page. 347 p. ISBN: 155885049X.

New York: Grove Press, (1964) dj. Hardcover - A very attractive copy of an early printing of this controversial work - controversial both because of its graphic and raw depiction of life amongst New York's junkies, hustlers, drag queens and prostitutes (it was banned in England and found obscene, although the judgement was overturned) - and because of his unconventional style of writing which is based more on how words sound than how they appear on the page. Although it is described as a novel, it consists of six loosely interlinked sections. Basis for the film of the same name. 304 pp. Dust jacket by Roy Kuhlman.

New York: Norton, (2000( dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of poems on addiction, loss and remembrance. 96 pp. ISBN: 0-393-049973.