New York: Liberty - Time, Inc, (2016.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book of essays in which Abdul-Jabbar "uses his unique blend of erudition, street smarts and authentic experience on the country's seemingly irreconcilable partisan divide - both racial and political, parenthood, and his own experiences as an athlete, African-American, and a Muslim. . . he also offers keen assessments of and solutions to problems such as racism in sports while speaking candidly about his experiences on the court and off." SIGNED by Adbu-Jabbar on the title page. Index. 242 pp. ISBN: 978-1618931719.

New York: Henry Holt, (1940). SIGNED hardcover - Autobiography of this German-American Socialist editor, author, and labor organizer from the late 1890s until his death in 1943. He was a self-taught musician, portrait painter, writer, and political organizer, known for his wit as a speaker and writer. Foreword by Carl Sandburg. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and photographs. SIGNED by Ameringer on a blank preliminary page. Index. xxvii, 476 pp.

New York: Grove Press, (2002). First edition - "Two weeks after September 11, Jon Lee Anderson became one of the first Western journalists to get into Afghanistan" Photographs. 201 pp.

New York: Public Affairs, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Very much to-the-point essays by journalist Mark Araxl; the title comes from a Teddy Roosevelt quote. Among the essays are "The Summer of the Death of Hilario Guzman", a portrait of a young immigrant family; "Home Front", an exploration of right-wing religious groups in the state, and "The Last Okie in Lamont", set in the small town that inspired "The Grapes of Wrath; " "Highlands of Humboldt" about the marijuana growing capital of the country, a moving epilogue on his search to find answers to his father's murder in Fresno 40 years ago, and much more. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 347 pp. ISBN: 1586483900.

El Cerrito, CA: Downey Place Publishing House, 1990. Uncommon study of this Black journalist and writer. Beasley was the first to produce a history of Black Californians and she was, for almost two decades, a featured columnist with Oakland Tribune. Illustrated with photographs. Footnotes, index. vii, 66 pp. ISBN: 0-910823030.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1988) dj. Hardcover - The true story of news anchor Jessica Savitch. "A network anchor at thirty-one, she had made it to the top in a male-dominated world of big stars, big money, and super-egos. But behind the scenes was another story - a woman desperately chasing her dream through a private nightmare of drugs, depression, and disastrous romances and spiraling ever downward." 16 pages of black and white photographs, index, 352 pp. ISBN: 0-671-63285.

New York: Random House, (1998). SIGNED first edition - Includes excerpts from 4 books issued in 1998 "Unafraid of the Dark", "The Children", "The Ghosts of Medgar Evers", and "The Killing Dream." SIGNED by Gerald Posner at the beginning of his contribution, a re-investigation of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 59 pp. ISBN: 0-67677086X.

New York: Harper Collins, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A fascinating account which begins "with her assignment as a Fulbright Professor teaching journalism in Kyrgyzstan, , , , in the heart of Central Asia -- a place of dilapidated apartments, bizarre food and demoralized citizens clinging to the safety of Brother Russia. But when she refuses to join the other expatriates evacuated from the "-stans," it turns into much more. She flies into Afghanistan just as the Taliban are departing, mingles with tense Iraquis watching the gathering storm clouds of an American-led invasion and becomes the target of the resentments of the old comrades of the former Soviet Union." SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-06-0524421.

San Carlos, California: Nourse Publishing Company, (1962.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Is the City by the Golden Gate always right and never wrong? Are the restaurants the country's best?.... Should the cable cars go? ....the two sides of San Francisco pros and cons - on these topics and others like saloons, night life, seagulls and sports - are related by" members of the working press and columnists, including Monique Benoit, Herb Caen, Andy Curtin, Millie Robbins, Prescott Sullivan, Don Sherwood, Roger Williams and others. Edited and with a foreword by Walt Daley. Illustrated with a humorous drawing at the head of each chapter by Jack Gerkensmeyer. 154 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (1991.). SIGNED first edition - Memoirs of the disasters of war - from Saigon to Afghanistan, and especially in the Middle East. SIGNED on the title page. 398 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Two American journalists, both women, a reporter and a photographer, and an Englishman, race the Allies to Occupied Paris for the scoop of their lives, despite strict military regulations limiting what women correspondents are allowed to do. Based on real-life female reporters on the front lines of history like Margaret Bourke-White, Lee Miller, and Martha Gellhorn. Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page. "For - - Such a nice afternoon and a delicious gallette! Hope you enjoy this as much." Double page map, author's note. xiv, 311 pp. ISBN: 978-0062354631.

New York: Harper Collins, (2015). SIGNED first edition - Two American journalists, both women, a reporter and a photographer, and an Englishman, race the Allies to Occupied Paris for the scoop of their lives, despite strict military regulations limiting what women correspondents are allowed to do. Based on real-life female reporters on the front lines of history like Margaret Bourke-White, Lee Miller, and Martha Gellhorn. SIGNED on the title page. 311 pp.

[Anchorage, Alaska:] By the author, (1979.). First edition - INSCRIBED by Conn on the title page "For Bill, a loyal fan and true Alaskan." Selections from the author's column in the Anchorage Daily News - the author is a professor of justice at the University of Alaska who had lived in Anchorage and Fairbanks for 7 years at the time this was published. 152 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A behind the scenes look at one of the country's most high-profile homicide detective units as they follow six of its toughest, most controversial and interesting cases, including the case of Bonnie Lee Bakley whose murder ended up in the arrest of her husband, the actor Robert Blake SIGNED on the title page. Photographs, epilogue, notes. 389 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-6798-1.

New York: Henry Holt, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A behind the scenes look at one of the country's most high-profile homicide detective units as they follow six of its toughest, most controversial and interesting cases, including the case of Bonnie Lee Bakley whose murder ended up in the arrest of her husband, the actor Robert Blake . SIGNED on the title page. Photographs, epilogue, notes. 389 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-6798-1.

New York: Atheneum, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book by this journalist, a humorous comment on the state of things as seen from a dog's point of view: this is 'the personal journal of a newspaper-reading golden retriever with a philosophical turn of mind, who wiles away the hours sipping martinis and commenting on all those things people seem too busy to notice.' John Chancellor described this as giving an entirely new meaning to the phrase 'A dog's life.' Illustrated with drawings by Dobbin and Jean Rather. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 137 pages. ISBN: 0-689-114265.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "The Real Story of the War in Iraq - Reporting From Beyond the Green Zone . . . a street-level account of the war and turbulent postwar period as seen through the eyes of [a] young independent journalist . . Enders opened the only English-language newspaper completely written, printed, and distributed there during the war" - that is, from May 2003 to June 2004. Unlike other journalists, Enders was not embedded with the occupation forces, but talked with, and lived with, Iraqui citizens. SIGNED on the title page. Frontispiece. xiii, 179 pp. Errata slip laid in. ISBN: 0-472114697.

Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - A major biography of Carter (1879-1955), the creator and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, a major force in politics both in Texas and nationally, and a tireless promoter of Fort Worth. "During the 20s and 30s, he personified the image of the Texas cowboy in the national mind: an uninhibited story-teller, gambler, and drinker, generous with his money and quick to draw his six-shooters.: (wikipedia) Photographs. Index. 520 pp. ISBN: 0-836301552.

New York: Henry Holt, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second memoir by this award-winning author, focused on the very beginning of her career - "In 1946, Paula Fox walked up the gangplank of a partly reconverted Liberty with the classic American hope of finding experience in Europe. She was twenty-two years old, and would spend the next year moving among the ruins of London, Warsaw, Paris, Prague, Madrid, and other cities as a stringer for a small British news service - including a stint in bombed-out Warsaw in the midst of the Communist election takeovers, and nights spent in apartments here and there with distant relatives, friends of friends, and in shabby pensions with little heat." Illustrated with photographs. 133 pp. ISBN: 0-805078061.

New York: Hyperion, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sister and brother team of Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, and investigative journalist David Goodman takes on government liars, corporate profiteers, and the media that have acted as their cheerleaders. INSCRIBED on the title page by Amy Goodman "Dear . . . Democracy now!" Notes, index. 338 pp. Brochure for the radio show laid in. ISBN: 1401302939.

New York: Random House, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Hari, a Zagewa tribesman, grew up in the Darfur region of Sudan. After fleeing from his home, his family decimated and dispersed, among thousands of others villagers attacked by Sudanese-government backed militia groups, he used his high school English to eventually become the translator and guide in Darfur for journalists for The New York Times, NBC, and the BBC. He risked his life over and over again to ensure that the story of his people was told. Appendix. xii, 204 pp. ISBN: 9781400067442.

Toledo, OH: The Toledo Blade, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - The history of one of the first newspapers established west of the Alleghanies and one of the few newspapers established prior to 1850 still in existence. Photographs. 4374 pages including notes and index.

Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1980.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A look at the "culture of uprooted rural Southerners, transplanted Yankees, and young and middle-aged singles examing new values and lifestyles" in Atlanta, Georgia. INSCRIBED on the title page. 217 pp. ISBN: 0-931948-142.

New York: Random House, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - On one level, a thriller about a spy in the newsroom, but on another level, this novel by a veteran journalist is a story of how lines are crossed, how good intentions often lead to disastrous results, and also an exploration of the proper role of newspapers in both protecting national interests and in bringing to light the abuses of the government in the name of security - a topic which is, if anything, more timely now than one it was written. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-679-448608.

New York: Random House, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - "While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. In Boston, a renowned hand surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nations first hand transplant." Although this novel seems at first to be a satire or a romantic farce, it is, in the final analysis, an emotionally moving exploration of Irving's "recurring themes - loss, grief and love as redemption." 313 pp. ISBN: 0-375-506276.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery, set in Boston - Robert B. Parker called it "intelligent, exciting and a great read." 303 pp. ISBN: 0-671-896970.