New York: Ace Books, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth Sookie Stackhouse novel - a vampire detective story set in Louisiana. Basis (very loosely) of the HBO television series "True Blood." SIGNED on the title page. 324 pp. plus a one page "letter to readers" about the first two books in the Harper Connelly series. ISBN: 978-0937007447.

London: Gollancz, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Sookie Stackhouse novel - a vampire detective story set in Louisiana. SIGNED on the title page. Basis of the HBO television series "True Blood." 325 pp. ISBN: 978-0575096523.

New York: ACE / Berkley, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Sookie Stackhouse novel - a vampire detective story set in Louisiana. SIGNED on the title page. 359 pp. ISBN: 978-0441015894.

New York: Ace Books, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Sookie Stackhouse novel - a vampire detective story set in Louisiana. SIGNED on the title page. Basis of the HBO television series "True Blood." 312 pp. ISBN: 9780441018642.

New York: Ace Books, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Sookie Stackhouse novel - a vampire detective story set in Louisiana. SIGNED on the title page. Basis of the HBO television series "True Blood." 327 pp. ISBN: 9780937007447.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An autobiography and family history which "combines elements of history, investigative reporting, and personal narrative . . . Neil Henry - a black professor of journalism and former award winning correspondent for the Washington Post - sets out to piece together the murky details of his family's racial past" Ranges from the story of overseer and Confederate veteran who fathered both sides of the family in Louisiana in the post Civil War era to the present day. Photographs. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-520-222571.

New York: Viking, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the 1960s in the cane fields and among the old families of Belmont Parish, Louisiana. 268 pp. ISBN: 0-670824011.

Boston: Little Brown, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book - each section discusses the creatures of the night in a different area of the US - Arizona in August, North Dakota in December, Hawaii in January, Connecticut in April, and Louisiana in June. She explores these areas with wildlife experts and discovers an astonishing array of nocturnal animals: coyotes, octopi, bats, and even human poachers. Illustrated with drawings by the author. viii, 312 pp. ISBN: 0-316483001.

New York: Random House, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first work of fiction by this naturalist and travel writer- a collection of seven short stories with characters ranging from a cigar factory lector (reader) in Tampa, Florida to a Vietnam vet running a tour boat to Estavanico, the African slave who accompanied the conquistadores in the 16th century. SIGNED on the title page. 277 pp. ISBN: 0-679-408762.

New York: Random House, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first work of fiction by this naturalist and travel writer- a collection of seven short stories with characters ranging from a cigar factory lector (reader) in Tampa, Florida to a Vietnam vet running a tour boat to Estavanico, the African slave who accompanied the conquistadores in the 16th century. From the collection of noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens and INSCRIBED on the title page "for Larry." 277 pp. ISBN: 0-679-408762.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2008. SIGNED first edition - A poetry collection "conceived in the years before Hurricane Katrina and deeply influenced by its aftermath," INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 121 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 9781566892131.

Baton Rouge, LA: Press of the Nightowl, 1976. Hardcover first edition - Each story is illustrated by a linocut illustration by Margaret Agner printed directly from the block. One of 275 copies in the regular edition designed and printed by Dwight Agner with Joanna Roman and Palatino types on Ragston paper (plus 30 copies in the special edition) 48 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-912960-086.

New York: Minerva Press, (1975.). The definitive book on contemporary country blues, one which focuses on the songs rather than the musicians, although it includes a 16 page insert of wonderful photographs. While this includes chapters on the Setting of the Blues, their history, and a defintiion of the blues, as well as one on the blues as poetry, the majority of the book contains complete annotated lyrics to over 200 songs, some with scores. The author, a folklorist, recorded thousands of songs in Louisiana, especially at Anglola Prison and the Cajun country in the southwestern part of the state.Index xv, 464 pp. ISBN: 0-308-102363.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1987.). First edition - Percy's last novel, a satiric look at our culture, which is at once very funny and very serious: when Dr. Thomas More returns to his psychiatric practice in his small Louisiana parish, he notices bizarre changes in both his patients and his wife - changes brought about by a well-meaning attempt to regulate behavior by drugging the drinking water. With a planned first printing of 75,000 copies, this advance issue is much more uncommon than the trade edition. 388 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1987.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Percy's last novel, a satiric look at our culture, which is at once very funny and very serious: when Dr. Thomas More returns to his psychiatric practice in his small Louisiana parish, he notices bizarre changes in both his patients and his wife - changes brought about by a well-meaning attempt to regulate behavior by drugging the drinking water. The limited edition issued by the trade publisher - #13 out of 250 numbered copies signed by Percy on the limitation page. 372 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Percy's last novel, a satiric look at our culture, which is at once very funny and very serious: when Dr. Thomas More returns to his psychiatric practice in his small Louisiana parish, he notices bizarre changes in both his patients and his wife - changes brought about by a well-meaning attempt to regulate behavior by drugging the drinking water. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-374273545.

Slidell, Louisiana: D&P Publishing Company. (1986). First edition - The author's first novel, a story of small town Louisiana politics, crime and passion gone amok, 187 pp. ISBN: 0-938319000.

New York: Harper & Row, (1960.). Hardcover - A follow-up, 20 years later, which tells what happened to some of the New Orleans black teenagers interviewed for "Children of Bondage." Appendices, index. 340 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Co., (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, contains three novellas set in New Orleans - in addition to the title story, this includes "Climbing Monkey Hill" and "Before Echo." In 2021, Shaik received the Louisiana Writer Award. 143 pp. ISBN: 0-88739050.

New York: St Martin's, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery featuring private investigator Micah Dunn, ex Marine and Vietnam veteran, set in New Orleans. ISBN: 0-312-078587.

New York: St Martin's, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring private investigator Micah Dunn, ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, set in New Orleans. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-312-058543.

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in 1940 New Orleans, this is the fourth novel featuring Wesley Farrell, nightclub owner, a mixed blood Creole "living as a white man in a Jim Crow environment." SIGNED on the title page. . 226 pp. Dust jacket art by Alan Fore. ISBN: 1890208663.

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in 1939 New Orleans, this is the fourth novel featuring Wesley Farrell, nightclub owner, a mixed blood Creole "living as a white man in a Jim Crow environment." SIGNED on the title page. . 251 pp. Dust jacket art by Alan Fore. ISBN: 1890208337.

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in 1938 New Orleans, this is the third novel featuring Wesley Farrell, nightclub owner, a mixed blood Creole "living as a white man in a Jim Crow environment." SIGNED on the title page. . 306 pp. Dust jacket art by David Bowers. ISBN: 1890208175.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel in the series featuring New Orleans homicide detective Skip Langdon ( the first won the Edgar in 1991 - the first Edgar for best novel won by a woman writer since 1956.). ISBN: 0-449-907422.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on title page. The third novel in the series featuring New Orleans homicide detective Skip Langdon. 365 pp. ISBN: 0-449-907422.