New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. 1947. First edition - First separate publication of this offprint from 'Delaware, a History of the First State' with a new foreword by Henry Seidel Canby. Discusses the importance of regional literature in understanding American life. Includes discussion of fiction, both romantic and realistic, nonfiction prose and poetry, Glossy frontispiece. States that this is one of 250 copies, but it is not numbered. Large format, measuring 8 1/12 in wide by 11 inches tall, 32 pp.

Norfolk, Virginia: Crippen and Landru, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects seven stories - including the award winning "Franken Kat" and "Roadkill" - in which veterinarian David Westbrook tends to the ailing animals of his rural Michigan town, and comes up against the dark side of their human owners. One of 200 copies, individually numbered and SIGNED by the author. Includes a separately printed pamphlet, with his short story "Saint Margaret's Kitten." Checklist of Allyn's novels and short stories. 194 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 1-885941315.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1987). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays on both historical criminal trials and more contemporary ones. Includes a series of The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures and other pieces. One of 250 copies of the first edition numbered and SIGNED by Ambler on the limitation page. Specially bound in burgundy cloth with gold lettering in a matching slipcase. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-892962380.

Austin: University of Texas, (1971). Hardcover first edition - The first publication of this group of 18 poems written by this noted playwright for his wife Gilda from 1952 (two years before they were married) through the year of his death in 1959. Introduction by Laurence G. Avery. One of only 750 copies designed by William R. Holman. Frontispiece drawing of Gilda. 48 pp. plus colophon. First edition (750 copies). Very good in blue cloth.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 46 mystery stories from O. Henry in 1903 and Willa Cather in 1905 to Tom Franklin in 1998 and Dennis Lehane in 1999. Includes selections from Dashiell Hammet, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Joyce Carol Oates, Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, Stephen King, James Crumley Brendan DuBois, Steven Greenleaf and more. One of only 100 copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the editor, Tony Hillerman. Although not called for, this is also signed by contributor Sara Paretsky. Preface by series editor Otto Penzler and introduction by Tony Hillerman. Biographical notes. xviii, 813 pp. ISBN: 0-618-012672.

Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of 1000 numbered copies. An anthology of dark fantasy stories. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Joe R. Lansdale at 'the Pit', Harry Turtledove at 'Honeymouth' and Nina Kiriki Hoffman at 'Housewife.' This also includes stories by Melinda Snodgrass, Nancy Collins, Lisa Tuttle, Steve Perry, William Wu, and others. 259 pages. Statement of limitation tipped in at rear of book.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A short story of suspense, a Christmas story, a Western story, published in an edition of only 3000 copies. Foreword by Harlan Coben. Frontispiece. SIGNED by Barre on the title page. 60 pp plus colophon.. ISBN: 1592660452.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (2002). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A short story of suspense, a Christmas story, published in an edition of only 1000 copies. Foreword by Michael Connelly. Frontispiece. This is one of only 26 copies in slipcase lettered and SIGNED by both Barre and Connelly on the limitation page. ISBN: 159266010X.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (2002). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A short story of suspense, a Christmas story, published in an edition of only 1000 copies. Foreword by Michael Connelly. Frontispiece. SIGNED by both Barre and Connelly on the title page. 43 pp. Cover design and photograph by Frank Goad. ISBN: 1592660088.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (2003). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A short story of horror and suspense published in an edition of only 2000 copies. Foreword by Robert Crais. SIGNED by Barre on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 51 pp. ISBN: 159266038X.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (2003). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second in this series of short suspense stories, a Christmas story, published in an edition of only 2000 copies. Foreword by Robert Crais. Frontispiece. SIGNED by Barre on the title page. 51 pp. plus colophon. Cover design and photograph by Frank Goad. ISBN: 159266038X.

Lausanne: Editions Castella, (1967). First edition - Edition originale, un des 900 exemplaires numerotes sur Canson et Ingres et imprimee sur les presses de l'Imprimerie Chabloz a Renens. Ouvrage illustre de 12 photographies d'Henriette Grindat. (#650 out of 900 copies of the regular edition). A relatively early work of this Belgian poet, active in the Resistance during World War II, a lawyer and psychoanalyst, who moved to Paris in 1946 where he was friends with Camus and Gide, among others. Swiss photographer Henriette Grindat (1923 - 1986) was known for her complex surrealistic images which were often achieved by means of collage, photograms, or solarisation - many of which, like the ones in this book, depicted the effects of light and water. Unpaginated (36 pp including the colophon), Large format.

Privately printed, 1961. First edition - Includes a reproduction of the manuscript of Beerbohm's Sonnet "To The 'Most Distinguished Chancellor' That Oxford Has Had?" and a reproduction of the caricature "The Old and the Young Self" 12 pp. Handsewn

Mission Viejo, CA & Royal Oak, Michigan: A.S.A.P. Publishing, (1994). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes an introduction by Edward D. Hoch and an afterword by Block. Illustrated by Phil Parks. Color frontispiece portrait of Block. #165 out of 250 copies SIGNED by all contributors on a special limitation page. Bound in gray cloth with applied illustrations to both the front and back covers. 167 pp.

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Contains 24 early previously uncollected Block stories which were originally published in the 1950s hard-boiled mystery digests. Includes a new introduction by Block, and a bonus science fiction story, "Make a Prison," in a separately printed pamphlet tucked into a bright yellow pocket on the rear pastedown. "122 out of 450 SIGNED and numbered copies. 206 pp. ISBN: 1-885941307.

Detroit: University of Detroit Press, 1959. dj. Hardcover first edition - The poetry of Everson's conversion and his integration into the religious life. A very attractively designed and printed book, one of only 1,000 copies printed by the poet at the Albertus Magnus Press, St. Albert's College, Oakland. Number One of the Contemporary Poets Series. Slightly oblong format (8 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches), 88 pp

Mission Viejo, CA: A.S.A.P. Publishing, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of 18 short stories by this award-winning writer. Limited/first edition #22 of 100 copies SIGNED on the limitation page by all of the contributors: Jan Burke, Edward D. Hoch, who wrote the introduction and by Phil Parks, the dust jacket illustrator. 330 pp. ISBN: 1-892011247.

Kansas City, MO: Ursus Imprints, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of 400 numbered copies SIGNED on a special illustrated preliminary page by Cadigan, Bruce Sterling who wrote the introduction, and artists Vern Dufford and Robert A. Haas. Fourteen stories including her cyberpunk trilogy: "Rock On," "Pretty Boy Crossover," and the Nebula, Hugo and World Fantasy Award nominee "Angel," as well as one story - "The Power and the Passion" - written especially for this collection and first published here. Full color frontispiece, 207 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-942681-096.

London: Macdonald, (1991.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel with a good deal of very black humor. One of a numbered limited edition of 250 copies, in full bungundy leather, all edges gilt, marbelized endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. SIGNED and numbered on the title page. 374 pp. ISBN: 0-356-20216X.

(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.

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1981. Hardcover first edition - Includes a special message by the author, not found in the trade edition. Illustrated by Mitchell Hooks.

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2001. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first collection of short mystery stories by this award winning author - it includes seventeen stories, four featuring Jill Smith and one with Kiernan O'Shaughnessy as well as two tales of "The Celestial Detective" who investigates crime in the Afterlife or rather crimes that sent someone to the Afterlife. Each section has an introduction by Dunlap. A limited edition, one of 250 copies, each individually numbered and signedby Dunlap on the limitation page. 213 pp plus a Susan Dunlap checklist, colophon and 4 pp publisher's ads. A separately printed pamphlet 'A Tail of Two Cities: A Jill Smith Story' in red stapled wrappers is in a pocket on the rear pastedown. ISBN: 1-885941536.

Milwaukee, WI: Pentragram Press, (1978). First edition - A slim collection of poetry, one of 300 numbered copies, handset and printed sheet by sheet on an antique Golding No 7 Jobber Press, Covers were handpainted by Patty and Michael. 24 pp plus an inner blue wrapper, handsewn.

Berkeley, CA: Oyez, (1966) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes all of the poems in three of the earliest works of Everson: These Are the Ravens (1935), San Joaquin (1939); and The Masculine Dead (1942). Introduction by Robert Duncan. One of only 1000 copies in an edition designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh. Second state with the spelling of "language" corrected on p ix. SIGNED by Everson on the title page. xii, 105 pp plus colophon.

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, (2000). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Special collector's edition of this classic mystery set in the world of horse racing, originally published in 1962. SIGNED by the author on a special tipped in page. Also SIGNED by Francis on a laid-in certificate of authenticity Bound in full leather with gilt titling and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in. 217 pp. Silk moire endpapers.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories, one of only 250 copies published in hardcover. Illustrated title page reproduces cover art. 244 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-87685-8574.

New York: The Vanguard Press, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third collection of poetry and one of his most important. In this he looks at his heritage as an American born son of a German immigrant, one whose relatives were fighting for Germany duing World War II, and at the horrors of the Holocaust. One of only 50 numbered and SIGNED copies out of a total edition of 3500 copies. Notes. 82 pp. ISBN: 0-814907806.

Gallup, NM: Buffalo Medicine Books, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Hillerman's second children's book, the story of a burro, a coyote, a wildcat, and a black crow who form a cowboy band, illustrated throughout in full color by Ernest Franklin. One of 100 copies numbered and SIGNED by both Hillerman and Franklin on a special preliminary page. Oblong format. 31 pp.