New York: Henry Holt, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by Pulitzer prize winning journalist Camp (he is also the author, as John Sandford of the "Prey" novels.), an early suspense novel centered around computer crime (although the title comes from the Tarot cards). SIGNED on the title page. 231 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-09906.

Kansas City, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1971. First edition - The first collection by this poet who was grew up in the Pacific Northwest. It won, in manuscript form, the Devins Poetry Award in 1971. Henry Carlile has published poetry in a number of periodicals, including THE IOWA REVIEW, THE NATION and THE MALAHAT REVIEW. In 1970, he was awarded a discovery grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. Illustrations by Merrill Cason. A Breakthrough Book from the University of Missouri Press, 63 pp,. ISBN: 0-8262-01148.

Kansas City, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1971. Hardcover first edition - The first collection by this poet who was grew up in the Pacific Northwest. It won, in manuscript form, the Devins Poetry Award in 1971. Henry Carlile has published poetry in a number of periodicals, including THE IOWA REVIEW, THE NATION and THE MALAHAT REVIEW. In 1970, he was awarded a discovery grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. Illustrations by Merrill Cason. A Breakthrough Book from the University of Missouri Press, 63 pp,. ISBN: 0-8262-01148.

Los Angeles: Alyson Publications, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first book, a collection of stories whose themes include lesbian desire and Catholicism. Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page - For___ Good luck with your writing. Look me up in Brooklyn when you are ready to publish." and dated in 1997. 146 pp. ISBN: 1-55583-3748.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1997.) dj. Hardcover - First novel written under this pseudonym - an "explosive thriller," an action filled suspense novel about cutting edge medical technology, set mostly in Washington D.C. Cover praise from Norman Mailer and Tony Hillerman, among others. 435 pp. ISBN: 0-449-911012.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel written under this pseudonym - an "explosive thriller," an action filled suspense novel about cutting edge medical technology, set mostly in Washington D.C. Cover praise from Norman Mailer and Tony Hillerman, among others. 435 pp. ISBN: 0-449-911012.

Mattituck, NY: Amereon Press, nd (c 1968). Hardcover - In 1962, the University of Nebraska reissued the original version of Cather's first book, a book of poetry, for the first time since its' original appearance in 1903. This edition includes a new preface and a revised and amplified introduction and chronology by Slote. Also included is a section of poems published by Cather before 1903 and a checklist of her published poetry between 1903 and 1931. this is a limited edition reprint -one of only 300 copies - of that Nebraska revised edition. Frontispiece portrait of Cather. Bibliography. xlviii, 88 pages.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, an unconventional memoir of life in a hippie vaudeville caravan, led by The Flying Karamozov Brothers, which traveled to small towns in the American Northwest and Canada. 197 pp. ISBN: 0-151170126.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this author who was born in Manila in the Philippines of Spanish, Chinese and Filipino ancestry, and who now lives in Australia. Cover praise from Amy Tan who called this "A remarkable first novel filled with family secrets and the intersection of personal and world histories, told through four mesmerizing voices." Dust jacket art by Julie Quinlivan. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-449-910687.

New York: Norton, 1998. SIGNED first edition - Chang's highly praised first book containing the title novella and five stories of being a new immigrant in the US, SIGNED on the title page. 196 pp. .

London: Bloodlines / Do-Not Press, (1997). SIGNED first edition - Novel introducing Dectective Inspector Christy Kennedy, who is investigating the disappearance of the manager of a record company. The first novel by this author who is best known as music promoter and agent. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 232 pp plus author's note and 5 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 1-899344161.

New York: Summit Books, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - Chatwin's first book, one which redefined travel writing, a record of a six month stay in Patagonia in 1974 but much more, including reflections on his childhood and the stories of other travellers to the area. Chatwin himself called it a "Quest or Wonder Voyage. It is about wandering and exile and its structure is as old as literature itself." Sources. 203 pp. ISBN: 0-671-400452.

New York: Random House, (2000.). SIGNED first edition - Author's very highly praised first book, a memoir of growing up in Maoist China. SIGNED on the title page in both English and Chinese characters. 316 pp.

New York: Harper & Row, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book - "A deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful and thought-provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions of their bodies -" A book which is arguably even more relevant now than when it was written. Notes. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0148845.

New York: Harper & Row, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book - "A deeply committed and beautifully written analysis of our society's increasing demand that women be thin. It offers a careful and thought-provoking discussion of the reasons men have encouraged this obsession and women have embraced it. It is a book about women's efforts to become thin rather than to accept the natural dimensions of their bodies -" A book which is arguably even more relevant now than when it was written. Notes. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0148845.

Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a memoir by a woman whose mother left her and her brother one day, with no explanation. 35 years later, a mother herself, she reunites with her mother who is dying and discovers a cache of letters her mother wrote but never sent. SIGNED on the title page. Includes a reading group guide. 308 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 978-1492615385.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First regularly published book by this poet - very highly acclaimed upon its appearance . 149 pp. Cover painting by Noel Hopking. ISBN: 0-394-71251x.

New York: Walker, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by a young Scots writer - this book, with its excellent Edinburgh background, was short-listed for the Fulbright Chandler award. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-57936.

New York: Walker, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by a young Scots writer - this book, with its excellent Edinburgh background, was short-listed for the Fulbright Chandler award. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-57936.

New York: Warner, (1992.). First edition - Author's first book; introduces sleuth Regan Reilly. 230 pp.

Fredonia NY: White Pine Press, (1997). First edition - The first collection of short stories from a writer of mixed Xhosa and British descent. Although he is now living in the US, he was brought up in Rhodesia and South Africa, where his family passed for white, and formerly a soldier in the South African army fighting in Angola. This collection includes 14 stories of betrayal and alienation in love and war, and of the complexities of race. 196 pp. ISBN: 1-877727741.

(Pittsford NY): State Street Press Chapbooks, 1984. SIGNED first edition - Poet's first book, a small chapbook, published in a limited edition of only 400 copies. The powerful first poem in this book 'Widow Under a New Moon' became the title of his second chapbook. SIGNED by Clark on the title page and also INSCRIBED on the dedication page "For... that the wolf will articulate its howl in our work, Thanks" and dated in 1987. Designed and printed at the Visual Arts Workshop, Rochester, NY. Cover art by Janet Mardrosian. 29 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1977. First edition - Her first collection of poems with a foreword by William Everson who states "as a first book it is nothing less than stunning." Oblong format. 80 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - California poet's first collection, SIGNED on the title page. Praise from John Ashbery and W. S. Merwin on the back cover. 66 pp. ISBN: 0-374-289832.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a fantasy novel."Tobyn-Ser is a gentle, bounteous land of small villages and close-knit communities, of dark woods and swift-running streams, of broad plains and clear lakes. But its idyllic peace is being disturbed by terrible rumors of mages seen committing horrible, violent acts, destroying crops, burning villages to the ground, and murdering innocents. The rumors even say that Theron may have returned from beyond death." INSCRIBED on the "thanks for your kindness and your support, all the best" and dated 10/20/1998. Map. 383 pp. Jacket art by Romas. ISBN: 0-312859066.

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with photographs. 194 pp. ISBN: 1578061679.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American poet's first regularly published collection. #129 out of 200 copies numbered and signed by Coleman. 133 pp plus colophon and final photograph of author. ISBN: 0-876854129.

Chicago: Swallow Press, (1970). Black author's first book, winner of the first Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction in 1970. Stories set mostly on Chicago's South Side, depicting ordinary people whose lives are transfigured by some small chance or choice. Preface by Vance Bourjaily, which comments on the fact that Colter did not attend the Iowa School, so it was a surprise when he won the award. 225 pp. ISBN: 0-8040-05559.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2014). SIGNED first edition - The author's first mystery, set in a rust belt town in upstate New York: "a small town cop's murder investigation turns deadly when she uncovers a web of politics and drugs linked to an outlaw motorcycle gang." SIGNED and dated in March 2014, before publication. 302 pp.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, winner of the 1995 Walt Whitman Award selected by Cynthia Macdonald. Dark monologues in which Frida Kahlo, Helen Keller, Diane Arbus, Alice Liddell (Alice in Wonderland), Patty Hearst, Snow White, Thumbelina and others - real and imaginary women transfigured by suffering - speak eloquently. 79 pp. Review copy with slip laid in. ISBN: 0-807120588.