New York: Holt Rinehart, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on the prize-winning Ross Spears documentary film - illustrated with photographs.

New York: St Martin's, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The definitive biography of this Russian writer, one of the most tragic and greatest poets of the 20th century and a writer who revolutionized modern poetry . The author spent 10 years writing this, has devoted much of her scholarly life to the study of Akhmatova, edited the Complete Poems and had access to hundreds of otherwise restricted documents. Presents a vivid picture of life among Soviet writers during the Revolution, and under Stalin and finally under Krushchev. Photographs. Very entensive notes and bibliography. Index xv, 619 pp. ISBN: 0-312112416.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Sixteen short essays about friendship - including those of Edith Wharton and Mrgaret Chanler, Boswell & Johnson, FDR and Colonel Hopkins, Ivy Compton-Burnett and Margaret Jourdain and more,

New York: Crown, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of the American novelist who was "able to observe America's privileged class from the inside." Photographs, extensive notes, index. xii, 287 pp. ISBN: 0-517-587203.

New York: Viking, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography which draws on interviews with Djuna Barnes's brother and unpublished letters, tracing the life and career of the early twentieth-century bisexual writer and friend to James Joyce and T. S. Eliot. "Herring traces her creative influences to gain a greater understanding of her writing, elucidating the ways in which her unusual life shaped her literary genius." Includes a chronology,extensive notes, a list of the works by Barnes, bibliography, index. xxvii, 386 pp. ISBN: 0-670849693.

Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co, (1992). Hardcover - "The road to OZ was not an easy one for L Frank Baum. He endured personal misfortune and financial difficulties, failing at several careers before becoming a top children's author. He wrote 13 more OZ book, over 60 books in all. And despite the enduring popularity of his books, they have often been denounced as unsuitable for young readers." The life story of Baum, the man behind the magic of Oz.
Illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs. Includes bibliographical references, a selected list of L. Frank Baum's books, index. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-822549107.

London: Pandora Press (1990). The first biography of this English and Scottish writer, the author of over 80 books, a notable feminist and socialist who was at the center of London's intellectual life during the 1920s and 1930s. Illustrated with photographs, bibliography of Mitchison's works, index, contents xvii, 192 pp. ISBN: 0-04-4408625.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An unconventional biography of the expat writer Paul Bowles, based on many interviews Dillon (the biographer of Bowles' wife, Jane) had with him in Tangiers. SIGNED on the title page. Photographs. Works cited. xix, 340 pp. ISBN: 0-520-211049.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1998.). An unconventional biography of the expat writer Paul Bowles, based on many interviews Dillon (the biographer of Bowles' wife, Jane) had with him in Tangiers.Works cited. xix, 340 pp. ISBN: 0-520-224930.

Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Although he went on to publish some 55 books, Caldwell remains best known for his classic first novel "Tobacco Road." In this book, he discusses his life and career, including his four marriages, his struggles to get his work accepted by a publisher, and the attempts to ban his work. Photographs. 332 pp plus a list of his works. ISBN: 0-934601119.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book based on access to Chandler's papers and previously unrecorded accounts by those who knew Chandler,one which "assesses the impact an English public school education had on this most American of writers, the man who turned hard-boiled detective stories into literature with novels like 'The Big Sleep'. The author is equally acute in discussing Chandler's years as an oil executive in Los Angeles, his marriage to a woman 18 years his senior, his alcoholism, and the Philip Marlowe mysteries that made him rich and famous in middle age. A sympathetic, unflinching look at a gifted artist and very unhappy man." Photographs. Notes, index. x, 310 pp. ISBN: 0-871136902.

New York: Random House, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The "first objective, full-length biography of this major American writer". Illustrated with photographs. Botes on sources, index, 416 pp. ISBN: 0-39454921x.

New York: Delta, (1990). The "first objective, full-length biography of this major American writer". Illustrated with photographs. Botes on sources, index, 416 pp. ISBN: 0-39454921x.

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1977) dj. Hardcover - Posthumous publication of a book which Christie began writing in around 1950, when she was 60 years old. Illustrated with photographs. xii, 519 p. ISBN: 0-396075169.

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1977) dj. Hardcover - Posthumous publication of a book which Christie began writing in around 1950, when she was 60 years old. Illustrated with photographs. xii, 519 p. ISBN: 0-396075169.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - :"An Intimate Biography Of The First Lady Of Crime" based on accounts by people who knew her. Illustrated with black and white photographs.Appendix, index. xiii, 247 pp. Jacket by Fred Marcellino. ISBN: 0-385126239.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Pioneer, feminist, literary star, Flaubert's muse. Includes black-and-white photographs, index, notes, and bibliography. 432 pgs. ISBN: 0-671-742388.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which attempts to answer the question "who was Colette" by a writer who was herself an acquaintance of Colette, and based on many interviews with those who knew her. Illustrated with photographs. Introduction by Janet Flanner. Chronology, bibliography. xxx, 284 pp plus 5 pp index. ISBN: 0-672517604.

New York: Franklin Watts, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The first serious full-scale biography to be written in English" of this French novelist, whose life was as extraordinary as her books. Based not only her published work, but also unpublished correspondence and previously unrecorded recollections of Colette by authors like Rosamond Lehmann and Somerset Maughan, and most significantly Colette's two Jouvenel stepsons. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, selected bibliography, index. xi, 276 pp. ISBN: 0-531098249.

New York: Ecco Press, (2004.). First edition - The Garman sisters were "strikingly beautiful, artistic and wild" and they were at the center of radical literary and political circles in Europe between the world wars. This focuses on the stories of four members of the family whose lives are most fully documented: three of the sisters: Mary (wife of the poet Roy Campbell), Kathleen (mistress and later the wife of sculpture Jacob Epstein and Lorna Wishart (lover of the young poet Laurie Lee and painter Lucien Freud) and their brother, Douglas Garman. Photographs, sources, bibliography (the index is not included in this advance issue.) 299 pp.

New York: Random House, 1995. Hardcover first edition - Fascinating biography of the publisher of such authors as Faulkner, Djuna Barnes, T.S. Eliot, Hemingway and more - the co-founder of the Modern American Library - and the Little Leather Library. 394 pgs, index, sources, photographs.

New York: Harper & Row, 1967. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first extensive study of Dickens' s childhood and youth, and of how he transformed these experiences into his fiction. Illustrated with both photographs and reproductions of some of the original illustrations used in his books. 321 pages, including bibliograhy and index.

New York: Mayflower Books / Heinneman, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - A partial autobiography by the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens, an author of 30 books, including fiction, children's books and non-fiction, who has "established herself as a brilliant, penetrating and compassionate observer of people. Here she observes herself as well, objectively and often mockingly." Illustrated with photographs. Index. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-831766204.

London: Collins, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Definitive biography of the Imagist poet and influential modernist by a woman who is a noted poet herself.Illustrated with photographs. Bibliography and index. List of books by H. D. xxii, 360 pp.. ISBN: 0-688-047092.

Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of this poet by his longtime friend and fellow poet. Dorn was born in rural Illinois, grew up in Depression era poverty and spent much of his life wandering across America, from the Black Mountain College in the 50s to California and always across the prairies, and finally to Colorado. "The soul of the land and the soul of his poems are inextricably linked." Based on Clark's own experience with Dorn, on letters and unpublished manuscript materials, this examines both his life and work, and quotes generously from his poems. Photographs. 434 pp. ISBN: 1556433972.

New York: International Publishers, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author, a children's librarian who worked from 6 years in Soviet Union, served as Dreiser's personal secretary during his 77 day visit to the Soviet Union in 1927-28. The first part of this book is based on the daily diary she maintained during that trip. The second part - which she kept confidential until more than 20 years after his death - is based on her later correspondence with Dreiser, which show his turn to social causes and changes in his thinking. Illustrated, appendix, index. 320 pp.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir focusing on the first twenty-two years of her life, as the privileged daughter of the famous actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and granddaughter of George du Maurier, the author and artist, and ending as she is falling in love with both Cornwall - the site of her most well-known novel,'Rebecca' - and with her future husband. Illustrated with photographs. Author's note, index. ix, 204 pp. ISBN: 0-385130163.

New York: Doubleday, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Meticulously researched" biography of the writer of 'Rebecca', 'Frenchman's Creek,' 'Jamaica Inn' and many other novels and biographies. Photographs on glossy paper. Afterword, notes, appendix, index. xviii, 457 pp. ISBN: 0-385420684.