New York: HarperCollins, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The final novel in his 'City of Fire' trilogy begun with 'Dreamland.' This is set in 1943 Harlem and features a young Malcolm Little, the street hustler who would become the Civil Rights leader, Malcolm X. Glossary of names, words and expressions and notes on sources. 547 pp. ISBN: 9780060195830.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - The autobiography of a remarkable woman, as well as the story of three generations of an African-American family. "The seventh of eight children, Freddie Mae Baxter was born in 1923 in rural South Carolina. When her father left the family, her mother had to raise the children alone, and Freddie Mae went to work - first picking cotton, then cooking for the white families in town. At seventeen, she decided to go up North in search of new horizons and a better life." In Harlem she played saxophone in an all-girls' band - and through good times and bad, she remained optimistic. Frontispiece. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-375406204.

Boston: Little Brown, 1941 dj. Hardcover - Fifth book in the Sue Barton Series - Sue and Dr Bill Barry are married and they are trying to run the little hospital in the hills of New Hampshire. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates by Forrest W. Orr. 244 pp.

New York: Signet, (c. 1965.). Classic autobiography of growing up poor and Black in Harlem. 429 pp. ISBN: 0-451-126459.

New York: Macmillan, (1965.) dj. Hardcover - Although this autobiography of growing up poor and Black in Harlem is now a classic at the time it was written, when Brown was still a young writer, just barely out of Harlem, it was a revolutionary and enlightening book. His goal was to "talk about the first Northern urban generation of Negroes... to talk about the experience of a misplaced generation, of a misplaced people in an extremely complex, confused society." . 415 pp.

New York: Ballantine, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of several generations of a family from Guadeloupe - ranging from Panama to Harlem, from upper class Paris to the slums of Haiti. Translated by Victoria Reiter. Glossary. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-345-360745.

New York: Ballantine, (1993.). Novel of several generations of a family from Guadeloupe - ranging from Panama to Harlem, from upper class Paris to the slums of Haiti. Translated by Victoria Reiter. Glossary. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-345-384695.

Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1966. Hardcover first edition - Novel of a woman who searches for her brother in the bars and seamy side of Harlem.

Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of a woman who searches for her brother in the bars and seamy side of Harlem.

New York: Doubleday, 1998. First edition - Second mystery featuring Mali Anderson, and the second book written by Edwards under this name (her first was as Edwards-Yearwood.) An interesting portrayal of contemporary Harlem - and especially of the 3 B's - beauty shops, barbershops and bars - so important to the community.

New York: Doubleday, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Mali Anderson, and the second book written by Edwards under this name (her first was as Edwards-Yearwood.) An interesting portrayal of contemporary Harlem - and especially of the 3 B's - beauty shops, barbershops and bars - so important to the community. ISBN: 0-385-485247.

New York: Doubleday, (2004.). Hardcover first edition - Historical mystery set in Harlem in the 1970s - a story of the intersecting lives of two shattered men, one a Vietnam veteran and the other a man determined to avenge the death of his brother. 260 pp.

New York: Crowell, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - An unusual short novel - the story of Frank Cleary, an Irish policeman shot down in Harlem, who, as he is falling to the ground, relives not only his experiences in Harlem, but his roots in Ireland and the civil strife of the 20s. 99 pp,. ISBN: 0-690-000898.

New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Review copy with publisher's material laid in. New novel by this Trinidad-born, African American writer - set in Harlem and Haiti in the 70's - Louise Meriweather called this "a bold book, sexually explosive..". ISBN: 0-525-247807.

New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - New novel by this Trinidad-born, African American writer - set in Harlem and Haiti in the 70's - Louise Meriweather called this "a bold book, sexually explosive.." 305 pp. ISBN: 0-525-247807.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - An attractive copy of the uncommon first book by this writer who was born in Trinidad; set in Harlem, where she grew up, after her family moved there when she was seven years old. Dust jacket design by Robert Korn. 282 pp.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. A very attractive copy of the uncommon first book by this writer who was born in Trinidad; set in Harlem, where she grew up, after her family moved there when she was seven years old. Dust jacket design by Robert Korn. 282 pp.

London: Allison & Busby, 1985. First novel by this Trinidad-born writer, a story of depression-era Harlem originally published in 1965.

New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - New novel by this Trinidad-born, African American writer - set in Harlem and Haiti in the 70's - Louise Meriweather called this "a bold book, sexually explosive.." 305 pp. ISBN: 0-525-247807.

New York: Popular Library, (1956). First edition - "Shocking Story of Teen-Age Harlem Hoods. . Dusty was a vicious teen-ager who lived by the ruthless laws of Harlem's dead-end streets. He took girls by force & went mugging for a fast buck. His weapons were sheer guts, fists, switchblades & pistols." Popular Books # 776, cover price 25c, GGA cover art by Ray Johnson. 143 pp plus 1 pp publishers ad.

New York: Vantage Press Inc. (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of a woman who was the daughter of a black numbers banker in Harlem in the 1920's, who became the highest ranking woman at NASA. Includes a tribute to the heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen and a first hand account of the Freeman Field Incident where 101 black flying officers were arrested and charged with mutiny. She also tells of her son's struggle with AIDS and of her personal accomplishments and disappointments. Photographs. 346 pp with notes. ISBN: 0-533-088828.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition - A picture of Harlem life in words (by Hughes) and photographs (by DeCarava), uncommon in all editions. A moving and beautiful book. 98 pp.

New York: Macmillan, 1946. dj. Hardcover first edition - In addition to discussion of the issues of "many Harlems', Negro leadership, etc. this book contains an interesting chapter on African Americans in the military, based on his own experiences. vi, 88 pp.

New York: Macmillan, 1946. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - In addition to discussion of the issues of "many Harlems', Negro leadership, etc. this book contains an interesting chapter on African Americans in the military, based on his own experiences. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper. vi, 88 pp.

Watertown, Massachusetts: Persephone Press, (1982). SIGNED first edition - Called a biomythography, this is an exploration of the forces which shaped Lorde, for her days as a child in Harlem to her linkages with other women over the years. The uncommon true first edition,, SIGNED on the title page, and scarce thus. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-89594-1228.

New York: Harper Collins, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Set in Harlem this novel for older children by an award winning author, blends "inner-city adventure with family and peer relationships. Diminutive Frederick, 14 and known as the Mouse, punctuates his tale of the search for hidden 1930s gangland treasure with rap verses and phrases." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1991. 186 pp. ISBN: 0-060243430.

London: Michael Joseph, (1947). Hardcover - An uncommon early UK printing (just one month after the first) of this novel, was has been described as a "living portrait of Harlem in the forties." In pale blue cloth with red illustration on the front cover, red lettering on spine. The novel upon which Petry's reputation rests - and the first novel by a black woman writer to sell more than 1 million copies. 312 pp.