New York: Crown, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Described as the first Cuban-American thriller, this is a story of witchcraft, crime and law, set in the Hispanic communities of Los Angeles. Charlie Morrell, himself Cuban, is a court-appointed investigator assigned to take on the case of two marielitos, followers of the santeria cult, who are accused of a vicious killing. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication, 308 pp. ISBN: 0-517-58509X.

New York: Crown, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Described as the first Cuban-American thriller, this is a story of witchcraft, crime and law, set in the Hispanic communities of Los Angeles. Charlie Morrell, himself Cuban, is a court-appointed investigator assigned to take on the case of two marielitos, followers of the santeria cult, who are accused of a vicious killing. SIGNED on the half title page, 308 pp. ISBN: 0-517-58509X.

San Francisco: Sierra Club, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book - he grew up in the Canadian West and in 1985 he revisited the Prairie Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. He includes accounts of the various colonies of immigrants, the treatment of Indians, and of the countryside itself. Index. viii, 260 pp. ISBN: 0-871567059.

Aurora, CO: Write Way Publishing, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel and the first in the series of Elderhostel mysteries. "Unable to generate enthusiasm for anything since his wife's death, retired physical therapist James P. Dandy has let his children cajole him into attending an Elderhostel at the Jersey shore. But the other participants seem indistinguishable except for their name tags - sall but Dodee Swisher, a gallery owner determined to create her own laboratory component for their class in bonsai gardening. . . A bonus in this winsome, if guileless, debut is a short course in how to style a bonsai plant and use it as a murder weapon." (Kirkus Reviews) SIGNED on the title page. 239 pp. ISBN: 1-885173342.

Fort Bragg, CA: Lost Coast Press, 1999. First edition - First novel for older children by this well-known educator. A fantasy story about a mysterious timeless land called Rairarubia invented by 11 year old Molly and her father as a way to pass the time - but then events from that land begin slipping into Molly's life, and she begins to travel there.

St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The great Peruvian poet's first book and his only complete work of prose (although described as a novel, it is more a long prose-poem), written between 1924-27 and first published in Spanish in 1928 when Adan was only 20 years old. Translated and with an introduction by Katherine Silver. SIGNED on the title page by the translator, Kathleen Silver. (Silver commented that this was her favorite book among all that she translated) A title in the Palabra Sur Series. 103 pp. ISBN: 1-55597-1296.

New York: Harper Collins, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book by this award-winning writer who was born in Lima, Peru but grew up in Alabama and writes in English. These nine stories "take the reader from Third World urban centers to the fault lines that divide nations and people. Wars, both national and internal, are waged in jungles, across borders, in the streets of Lima, in the intimacy of New York apartments.. . a devastating portrait ofa world in flux." SIGNED on the title page. 189 pp. ISBN: 0-060594780.

New York: St Martin's, (1996). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of nine stories about men (mostly) on the brink of decisions that will change their lives - among them is "Honeymoon" about a young IRA terrorist, which was included in "20 Under 30: Best Stories by America's Young New Writers." SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED and dated in the year of publication on the half title page to the late noted Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. Laid in a postcard with a handwritten note by Albarelli to Owens thanking him for his support. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-312142943.

New York: St Martin's, (1996). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of nine stories about men (mostly) on the brink of decisions that will change their lives - among them is "Honeymoon" about a young IRA terrorist, which was included in "20 Under 30: Best Stories by America's Young New Writers." SIGNED on the title page. Laid in is a promotional postcard with a handwritten note by Albarelli to the late Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-312142943.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1960. dj. Hardcover first edition - Albee's uncommon first book.

Corvallis, OR: Calyx Books, 1992. First edition - Her first book, a collection of short fiction, SIGNED on on the title page. Says the author in the preface, "Many of the stories concern the women who came of age in the United States within a Mexican social structure, surrounded by a pre-Columbian landscape and sensibility." 170 pp. ISBN: 0-934971-250.

Corvallis, OR: Calyx Books, 1992. First edition - Her first book, a collection of short fiction, SIGNED on the title page. Says the author in the preface, "Many of the stories concern the women who came of age in the United States within a Mexican social structure, surrounded by a pre-Columbian landscape and sensibility.". ISBN: 0-934971-250.

Point Reyes Station, CA: Floating Island Publications, 1988. SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems, short prose pieces and photographs (most shot in Mexico). Warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page "To my dear friend --- Oh if only we could get the taste of vanilla custard in our mouths again" etc. and dated in the year of publication. 89 pp. ISBN: 0-912449-233.

Toronto: Coach House Press, (1994). SIGNED first edition - First book by this Afro-Canadian author, who was born in Trinidad, a collection of "eight exquisitely crafted short stories shimmering with malevolence and longing." SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Books in Canada First Book and Trillium awards, shortlisted for the Giller Prize. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-805059814.

New York: Grove Press, (1984.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. Very uncommon hardcover edition of the first book by this writer (who spent her earliest years in her parents' native Dominican Republic) to be published by a major press. Since this was issued simultaneously in both soft and hardcover, the hardcover printing was very small. The central section of these poems is called 'housekeeping; and reconstruct her experiences as her mother teaches her housewifery skills, there is the underlying irony that 'at 33' Alvarez is not the 'heroine of her mother's stories' for she has neither a house, husband nor children. A title in the Grove Press Poetry Series edited by Robert Pack. 93 pp. ISBN: 0-394-538552.

New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - A reissue of Ammon's first book, originally published in very limited numbers in1955 by Dorrance, a "vanity" publisher. This edition includes a long new introduction by Roger Gilbert. 85 pp. ISBN: 0-393064468.

New York: North Point Press, (2002). First edition - First time author Robert Anasi writes a personal memoir of amateur boxing today - at the age of thirty-two, the last year of his eligibilty, he sets out to train for the Golden Gloves tournament. 238 pp.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Lily is just an average 12 year old girl, but fortunately her two best friends are anything but average. Racing against the clock, they have to foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales. The first book in a "riotous and wonderfully weird new series for listeners who like their thrilling tales with tongue firmly in cheek."SIGNED by the author on the title page. Illustrated with drawings by Kurt Cyrus. 188 pp plus a reading guide and an interview with the author. ISBN: 0-152053409.

Sacramento, CA: ReGeJe Press, (1998.). First edition - A thriller (the author's first book) combining "wind, tornadoes, contract killers, romance and Louisiana-African mysticism... a true original" (Patricia Canterbury.) Set mostly in Sacramento and Northern California. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-96391474X.

New York: Macmillan, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An unusual debut novel - introduces Em Hansen, a mudlogger - set in the oil fields of Wyoming - the author is a geologist herself. Author's note. 280 pp. ISBN: 1-883402-336.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American novelist's first book, a wryly humorous coming-of-age story, set in a small town in her native Georgia, beginning in the 1950s. SIGNED on the title page. 265 pp. ISBN: 0-15110431X.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American novelist's first book, a wryly humorous coming-of-age story, set in a small town in her native Georgia, beginning in the 1950s. 265 pp. ISBN: 0-15110431X.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998.). SIGNED - A collection of 22 short stories selected, and with an introduction, by guest editor, Carol Shields, from over one hundred writing programs around the United States and Canada. SIGNED by Otsuka at her story 'Evacuation Order #19.' Included are stories, preceding their first books, from such writers as the 2006 Booker Prize winning author Kiran Desai and Julie Otsuka. Other young contributors include Adam Marshall Johnson, Judith Claire Mitchell, Timothy A. Westmoreland , Carolyn Moon, Richard Elson and others. 397 pp. ISBN: 0-684-838362.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1991. First edition - The author's first book, the story of two sisters in a small town in Texas caught up in a bitter family rivalry, as they try to come to terms with their different memories of their childhood. Photograph of the author laid in.

London & Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Australian author's first novel, a 'chilling story of a young girl's obsession, an obsession fuelled by religious and sexual fantasy.'. ISBN: 0-207-148996.