New York: Broadway Books, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, one which takes us to Civil War battlefields, war hospitals and Central Park where we find Walt Whitman. Gob Woodhull is the fictional son of the real Victoria Woodhull, an early feminist of the nineteenth century. In 2010, Adrian was chosen by the New Yorker as one of the 20 best writers in the US under the age of 40. SIGNED on the title page. 356 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 0-7679-02815.

Watsonville, CA: Papier Mache Press, (1989). First edition - The author's first book, a collection of 21 short stories, many of them focusing on women getting older and living on the edge - stories which quickly draw you in. Cover praise by Meridel Le Sueur, among others. 110 pp. Cover art by Valeria Crystle. ISBN: 0-918949068.

Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, (1987). Hardcover first edition - The author's first collection of short stories (third book), a title in The Crossing Press Feminist Series. Uncommon hardcover binding of burgundy leatherette and glossy pasted on covers. 117. ISBN: 0-895942291.

Trumansburg, NY: Crossing Press, (1982). First edition - The author's second novel - " Set in a Carolina mill town, the novel blends the story of a union organising strike by Black and white working-class women who sew in the local factory with the personal struggles of their daily lives." 197 pp. ISBN: 0-895940906.

Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica, (1985). First edition - "A su muerte, en 1974, Rosario Castellanos habia realizado una obra ejemplar. . .
Esta antologia recoge una amplia y significativa muestra de la poesia de Rosario Castellanos, principalmente de aquella escrita con intenciones feministas. Pero su poesia habla desde un fondo aparentemente intimista partidistas. La injusticia, la persecucion, el menosprecio sentidos alcanzan momentos de singular belleza, como puede apreciarse en esta antologia." La compilacion del presente volumen se encuentra a cargo de Julian Palley y el prologo pertenece a Elena Poniatowska. Bibliografia selecta, indice. El tiro fue de 10,000 ejemplares - #9984. 232 pp. ISBN: 968-1618882.

New York: Random House, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel (fifth book) by this feminist writer. The story of a young woman who must finally decide to accept or reject her dying grandmother's legacy as the keepers of an ancient goddess-worshipers' sect. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-394556496.

Duluth: Spinsters Ink, (1996). The second novel featuring Tyler Jones, feminist, lesbian, writer and amateur sleuth. When her dying mother her to go to Minnesota to "rattle the family skeletons" she leaves San Fransisco for the shores of Lake Superior, where she discovers unknown relatives, a family history of rape, illegitimacy, and imprisonment - and someone who will kill to keep the closet doors closed. Nominated for the Edgar, winner of the Benjamin Franklin award. 258 pp. ISBN: 1-883523133.

Duluth: Spinsters Ink, (1998). SIGNED first edition - The third mystery novel featuring Tyler Jones, feminist, lesbian, writer and amateur sleuth, who attends a reunion of five other friends on a remote island in Puget Sound - only to find a body. Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page 258195 pp. ISBN: 1-88352329X.

Duluth: Spinsters Ink, (1993). Novel introducing Tyler Jones, feminist, lesbian, writer and amateur sleuth. When she finds the body of a man in the park while walking her dog - and it turns out to be a seemingly respectable doctor, but a person she knew as abusive and sadistic to her family, suspicion falls on her. With the police apparently stymied, she gets involved in the investigation. Set in San Francisco. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-9332160920.

Northhampton, MA: Peapod Classics/Small Beer Press, (2004). The first novel by this innovative and unconventional author, described as "a feminist Animal Farm," in which women turn into animals and animals into women. When a wife and mother begins to metamorphose into a rather unpleasant snapping turtle, the family dog, Pooch, a devoted Golden Retriever, takes over more of the household responsibilities as she gradually changes into an attractive young woman. Emshwiller won many awards as a writer including the 2005 World Fantasy Award for life achievement. Small almost square format. 148 pp. ISBN: 1-931520089.

San Francisco: Mercury House, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this innovative and unconventional author, described as "a feminist Animal Farm," in which women turn into animals and animals into women. When a wife and mother begins to metamorphose into a rather unpleasant snapping turtle, the family dog, Pooch, a devoted Golden Retriever, takes over more of the household responsibilities as she gradually changes into an attractive young woman. Emshwiller won many awards as a writer including the 2005 World Fantasy Award for life achievement. 161 pp. ISBN: 0-916515702.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (1990). A work which focuses on Schreiner "as a novelist, feminist and political activist. Born in 1855 to English missionaries working in Africa, hers was a lonely, self-educated childhood. . . When she sailed to England for medical training in 1881, she had with her the manuscripts of three novels, including The Story of an African Farm, her best known. On her return to Africa, Schreiner quickly became disillusioned with [the Boer cause and empire-builder Cecil Rhodes]. . She became an outspoken advocate for black citizenship; and her Women and Labour published in 1911 reflected a lifetime of thought on 'the Woman Question' and became a crucial work for early-20th-century feminists." Foreword by Nadine Gordimer. Notes, bibliography, index. 383 pp. ISBN: 0-813516226.

Albuquerque: West End Press, (2002). First edition - Two plays which "document the incursion of the white world of power and authority into poor, racially mixed communities" - in Watsonville, nearby UC Santa Cruz is gobbling up the coast, and East Palo Alto stands in the shadow of Stanford University. But Moraga also shows "the communities mounting their own bold resistance to cultural domination and the threat of economic enslavement - the indigenous and feminist consciousness of the two communities brings them together to struggle against their oppressors, from within and without." ix, 165 pp. ISBN: 0-970534450.

New York: Morrow, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Recounts her life from her childhood on a farm in Potter Valley in Mendicino in Northern California to her career as an actress and then as a singer, activist and feminist. SIGNED on the front endpaper with the word "peace." Illustrated with photographs. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-688-087337.

New York: Morrow, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Recounts her life from her childhood on a farm in Potter Valley in Mendicino in Northern California to her career as an actress and then as a singer, activist and feminist. Illustrated with photographs. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-688-087337.

New York: Morrow, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Recounts her life from her childhood on a farm in Potter Valley in Mendicino in Northern California to her career as an actress and then as a singer, activist and feminist. Illustrated with photographs. Boldly INSCRIBED by Near on the front endpaper. "Jane, Peace to you" and dated in 1992. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-688-087337.

Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2013. First edition - "An impressionistic look at the life, death, and legacy of Che Guevera by the feminist poet and activist Margaret Randall. . . She arrived in Cuba in 1969, less than two years after Che's death, and lived there until 1980. She became friends with several of Che's family members, friends, and compatriots. In this book she reflects on his relationships with his family and fellow insurgents, including Fidel Castro. She is deeply admiring of Che's integrity and charisma and frank about what she sees as his strategic errors." Photographs, notes, bibliography. 148 pp.

Elmwood Park, IL: Dalkey Archive Press (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this important and unconventional Spanish feminist writer, one who explores eroticism from the point of view of women. Translated and with an afterword by Susan E. Clark. 230 pp. Attractive cover art reproduces "A Mermaid" (1901) by J.W. Waterhouse. ISBN: 0-916583-83X.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, but not published in Spain until 1978, when she was 42, and after the ending of the censorship of the Franco regime - this was still controversial for its exploration of women's sexuality and especially for its portrayal of a lesbian relationship in a positive manner. Translated, and with an afterword, by Margaret E. W. Jones. Winner of the 1989 Kayden National Translation Award. ISBN: 0-8032-44223.