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.

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.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book and the first in the series featuring Nick Travers, an ex-New Orleans Saint turned blues historian at Tulane University. A novel which intertwines two mysteries - the murder of celebrated bluesman Robert Greenwod in 1938 and the disappearance of a Tulane professor who is following rumors of unknown Johnson recordings. SIGNED on the title page. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-312-192541.

Minneapolis: Rain Taxi, (2002). First edition - Although an earlier version of these poems was published in 1972, this is a very attractive production and it includes a brief new introduction by Auster. Translates poems by Rene Char, Tristan Tzara, Antonin Artaud, Paul Eluard, Andre Breton, Benjamin Peret, Phillippe Soupault, Louis Aragon, and Robert Desnos. One of only 300 copies, designed by Kelly Everding. 35 pp. plus colophon.

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a thriller in which nine surviving members of a U-boat crew captured during World War II gather in North Carolina for their 60th reunion, only to find themselves targets for a group kill. 279 pp. Review copy with 'compliments of' sticker on back cover. ISBN: 159058015X.

Low Country Publishing, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Debut mystery introducing Paloma, a transplanted Southerner living in California as the novel opens, half Brazilian and half Polish, who works as an expert on security systems for computers. When her best friend, African American police officer Dixie Hightower, is imprisoned in Hilton Head, South Carolina, Paloma returns home to help her friend. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-9675528-0x.

London: Collins / Crime Club, (1971) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a mystery introducing Douglas Perkins of Perkins and Tate Public Relations. SIGNED on the title page with the words "with all good wishes" and uncommon thus. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-002311240.

Berkeley, CA: Etherdome, 2000.0. First edition - The author's first collection of poetry, a slim chapbook, illustrated with drawings by Spencer Selby. Unpaginated (44 pp)

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book and the first book in The Company series, an innovative time travel series. Mendoza, a cyborg and trained botanist from the 24th century is sent back to Renaissance England where the Counter-Reformation under Queen Mary is underway. Gardner Dozois called her writing "fresh, audacious..wry, jazzy, irreverent, sharp as a razor, full of daring,dash and elan, suprisingly lyrical.... and one hell of a storyteller." 329 pp. Dust jacket art by Michael Koelsch. ISBN: 0-151002991.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1986. dj. Hardcover - The author's first book, a novel of suspense, set in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina. ISBN: 0-396-087949.

Boston: Little Brown, (1998.) dj. Hardcover - 'A raucous bumpercar ride through neo-noir territory, with a wickedly hard-boiled female protagonist at the wheel.' The author's high acclaimed debut novel, featuring Jill, a 'part-time bookseller and full-time wise-ass' who purchases and resells a Jack London first edition that lots of not too pleasant characters want back. 296 pp. ISBN: 0-316-171107.

Boston: Little Brown, (1998.) dj. Hardcover - 'A raucous bumpercar ride through neo-noir territory, with a wickedly hard-boiled female protagonist at the wheel.' The author's high acclaimed debut novel, featuring Jill, a 'part-time bookseller and full-time wise-ass' who purchases and resells a Jack London first edition that lots of not too pleasant characters want back. ISBN: 0-316-171107.

Boston: Little Brown, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - 'A raucous bumpercar ride through neo-noir territory, with a wickedly hard-boiled female protagonist at the wheel.' The author's high acclaimed debut novel, featuring Jill, a 'part-time bookseller and full-time wise-ass' who purchases and resells a Jack London first edition that lots of not too pleasant characters want back. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. In addition the author wrote "It's a weird goddamn world. Here's a taste of it." 296 pp. ISBN: 0-316-171107.

Louisville, Kentucky: Sarabande Books, (2002). First edition - Philippine-born author's first collection of poems, winner of the 2001 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry, selected by Stanley Plumly. 79 pp. ISBN: 1889330736.

San Francisco: Spinsters - Aunt Lute Books, (1989.). SIGNED - Barr's first novel, the story of two women, determined to stay together, in a frontier outpost in remote northern Nevada. Originally published in 1984. SIGNED on the title page. 329 pp. ISBN: 0-933216-645.

San Francisco: Spinsters - Aunt Lute Books, (1989.). SIGNED - Barr's first novel, the story of two women, determined to stay together, in a frontier outpost in remote northern Nevada. Originally published in 1984. SIGNED on the title page. 329 pp. ISBN: 0-933216-645.

Traverse City, MI: Lillimar Publishing, (2008). SIGNED first edition - The author's first mystery, introducing 47 year old Marge Christensen who finds her husband, Gene, dead in their garage. Even though the police rule it a suicide Marge does not believe Gene killed himself. SIGNED on the title page with the word "Enjoy." 219 pp plus a sneak preview of the second book in the series. ISBN: 978-0979788307.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of poems, winner of 1987 Walt Whitman Award, with the announcement card for award laid in. Dust jacket praise by William Matthews, J. D. McClatchy and Mona Van Duyn, who was the 1987 judge. A title in the Wesleyan Poetry Series. 62 pp. ISBN: 0-819521442.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of poems, winner of 1987 Walt Whitman Award. Dust jacket praise by William Matthews, J. D. McClatchy and Mona Van Duyn, who was the 1987 judge. A title in the Wesleyan Poetry Series. 62 pp. ISBN: 0-819521442.

New York: Riverhead Books, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Boldly SIGNED on the title page. First novel by an LAPD anti-gang police officer who still worked in the 77th Division when this was published - a brutal, ferocious, and grittily cinematic crime novel featuring young police officer Ben Halloran and his partner who find themselves caught in a web of violent corruption involving the Crip gang and the Mexican mafia. 353 pp. ISBN: 1-594489262.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (2011). First edition - "In this debut collection, Eyes, Stones, Elana Bell brings her heritage as the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors to consider the difficult question of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.The poems invoke characters inexorably linked to the land of Israel and Palestine. There is Zosha, a sharp-witted survivor whose burning hope for a Jewish homeland helps her endure the atrocities of the Holocaust. And there is Amal, a Palestinian whose family has worked their land for over one hundred years--through Turkish, British, Jordanian, and now Israeli rule." Recipient of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. Notes, 62 pp. ISBN: 9780807144640.

San Francisco: Fearon Publishers, (1957.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An unusual work for Ruth Bernard (published just a few years after she moved to San Francisco, where she spent the rest of her life): a photo-essay on San Francisco's cable cars and the people who ride them, narrated by young cable car gripman Melvin Van, with unposed black and white photographs by Bernhard on every page. The first book (written when he was just 25) by the independent African American film director and producer, Melvin Van Peebles. SIGNED on the front endpaper by Bernhard with the words "to one who knows" and dated January 24, 1958. A rather uncommon book, and especially so signed by Bernhard. Slightly oversized format, 10 1/4 inches tall by 7 3/16 inches wide. 78 pp.

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, (2008). First edition - Irish author's first collection of poetry, which "effortlessly moves back and forth between here and there, then and now, the personal and the historic, the modern and the mythic." Winner of the Open Competition Award in the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry. Notes. 75 pp. ISBN: 9780809328383.

New York: Henry Holt, (2015). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a story for older children - "For twelve-year-old Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it's the home city of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, book publisher and creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger (a game where books are hidden in cities all over the country and clues to find them are revealed through puzzles)." SIGNED on the title page and dated in April 2015, before publication. Illustrations by Sarah Watts. Author's notes.

Charleston, WV: Quarrier Press, (2002.). SIGNED - The author's first mystery, set in a small town in West Virginia, and introducing Department of Transportation Inspector Owen Allison. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 1891852256.

New York: St Martin's, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, set in a small town in West Virginia, and introducing Department of Transportation Inspector Owen Allison. SIGNED on the title page. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-312-185650.

New York: St Martin's, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, set in a small town in West Virginia, and introducing Department of Transportation Inspector Owen Allison. INSCRIBED on the title page "To Edward, I hope you enjoy the Contrary folk. Best Wishes." 244 pp. ISBN: 0-312-185650.

New York: Penguin, (1987.). First book by the nephew of V. S. Naipul, a collection of short stories set either in the author''s native Trinidad or dealing with Trinidadian immigrants in Canada. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0089357.