Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover - An account of the almost unbelievable destruction along the Missouri-Kansas border from 1861-1865 and the greatest atrocities of the Civil War, including the massacres at Lawrence, Baxter Springs, & Centralia, based on contemporary documents - diaries, letters, and firsthand newspaper accounts. Illustrated, bibliography, index. 172 pp. ISBN: 9780253213037.

New York: St Martin's, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second gardening mystery, featuring Bretta Solomon, who has been combining her work as a florist in River City, Missouri, with restoring her new home, the historic Beauchamp mansion - but at a preview dinner party just before Christmas, the former owner, River City matriarch Cameo Beauchamp is strangled in a roomful of people during a momentary blackout. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-312203829.

Minneapolis: Milkweed, 1995. dj. Hardcover - Granta author's second highly praised novel, set in a small, almost exclusively African American town in northern Missouri. Haynes was the only Granta winner who was published exclusively by small presses, which makes his selection even more unusual. ISBN: 1-57131-0037.

Minneapolis: Milkweed, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Granta author's second highly praised novel (and the first to be published in hardcover), set in a small, almost exclusively African American town in northern Missouri. Haynes was the only Granta winner who was published exclusively by small presses, which makes his selection even more unusual. 340 pp. ISBN: 1571310037.

Minneapolis: Milkweed, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Granta author's second highly praised novel (and the first to be published in hardcover), set in a small, almost exclusively African American town in northern Missouri. Haynes was the only Granta winner who was published exclusively by small presses, which makes his selection even more unusual. SIGNED by the author. ISBN: 1571310037.

New York: Kensington, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring psychologist and computer forensics expert Dr PJ Gray, set in St. Louis. 328 pp. ISBN: 1575663473.

New York: Dutton, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - A combination of well-researched popular history and biographies of some of the New England abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison, John Quincy Adams, The Reverend Theodore Parker, Abby Kelley Foster, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts who was violently beaten on the floor of the senate for speaking out against slavery, and more. Illustrated. Bibliography, index. 318 pp.

New York: Dutton, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - A combination of well-researched popular history and biographies of some of the New England abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison, John Quincy Adams, The Reverend Theodore Parker, Abby Kelley Foster, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts who was violently beaten on the floor of the senate for speaking out against slavery, and more. Illustrated. Bibliography, index. 318 pp.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Selections from the quarterly magazine 'Bittersweet 'published by the high school students in Lebanon, Missouri to discover and preserve the lore of the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas. Among the articles are several on the rivers and ferries of the area, on the caves found in the river banks and elsewhere, on the people, and herbs and much more. SIGNED on the title page by the editor Ellen Massey. Illustrated with photographs and maps. xv, 405 pp. ISBN: 0-806119276.

New York: Spiegel & Grau / Random House, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a suspense story about two mysterious disappearances and murders a generation apart, set in the small town of Henbane, Missouri, deep in the Ozark Mountains. Winner of the 2015 Thriller Award for best first novel, finalist for the Barry. SIGNED on the title page. 297 pp.

New York: Spiegel & Grau / Random House, (2014). First edition - The author's first novel, a suspense story about two mysterious disappearances and murders a generation apart, set in the small town of Henbane, Missouri, deep in the Ozark Mountains. Winner of the 2015 Thriller Award for best first novel, finalist for the Barry. . 297 pp.

Carmel, NY: Guideposts, (1989.). Hardcover - Historical fiction set on the Missouri frontier in the late 18th century. 299 pp. ISBN: 1556610548.

By the author, n,d, (ca 1935). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A moving remembrance - one he calls a 'simple story of a beautiful life' - of the author's wife Maggie, a dedicated Christian who focused her ministry on the Women's Bible Class and the Missionary Society at Trinity Methodist, South Church in downtown Los Angeles in the 1920s and 30s, until her early death in 1935. SIGNED on the front endpaper 'With kindest regards of the author, F.N. Peters.' Illustrated with photographs. 150 pp.

New York: Bantam, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Stories told by Margie's father to her and her younger cousin about growing up in Nutbrush, Missouri and attending the one-room school there. A "celebration of family, friendship, and childhood - and of the storytelling tradition." Author's note - in which she states that while Nutbrush is fictional, it is based on the real Missippi River town of Canton, Missouri. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Eric Velasquez. 98 pp. ISBN: 0-553-083848.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1981). Hardcover - Novel originally published in 1907, Wright's best-known and most beloved book, set in the Ozark hill country. 299 pp. ISBN: 0-448-010569.