Hatboro, PA: Folklore Associates. 1964. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon first edition of this pioneering work on African-American folklore, unusual in that it focused in depth on an urban and northern ghetto, and in the often sexually explicit language contained in the 'toasts' and other examples of folk stories and rhymes. Here is Stagolee and Shine and the Titanic and the baboon and more. Includes a long introduction by the author discussing aspects of the urban neighborhood in which he collected these examples. Illustrated with line drawings. Appendices (including one on the use of 'obscenities'), glossary, bibliography, index. 287 pp. Black illustrated endpapers.

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1876. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with 29 plates, most with tissue guards, including a frontispiece and illustrated title page, two folding plates and one double page spread, as well 55 textual illustrations. A large octavo. Index. 204 pages.

New York: Morrow, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, a look at the gritty underside of life on the streets of Philadelphia, a world of the Mafia, of cops who oppose them, and of racial unrest. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-688-164293.

New York: Trident Press, (1971.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The Philadelphia branch ("The Sons of the Copper Beeches") of the Baker Street Irregulars engage in a competition when one of their members has the temerity to suggest that Sherlock Holmes was only able to solve his crimes because of all the clues Arthur Conan Doyle provided. At stake is a suberb collection of Sherlockiana, but this good-natured chase soon becomes deadly. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-671-270834.

New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations. (1962.). Hardcover - A look at "the ways in which Protestants, Catholics, and Jews are relating to one another (or failing to relate) in ten American cities" - including Boston (conflict on the Charles), Nashville (Athens with an Achilles heel), Cleveland (city without Jews), Philadelphia, Minneapolis and St Paul, Plainview on Long Island, Los Angeles, New York City and Muncie. 344 pp.

New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations. (1962.) dj. Hardcover - A look at "the ways in which Protestants, Catholics, and Jews are relating to one another (or failing to relate) in ten American cities" - including Boston (conflict on the Charles), Nashville (Athens with an Achilles heel), Cleveland (city without Jews), Philadelphia, Minneapolis and St Paul, Plainview on Long Island, Los Angeles, New York City and Muncie. 344 pp.

New York: Signet, (2002.) dj. Hardcover - First mystery featuring the three Blackbird sisters (and especially Nora) of Philadelphia. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-7394-31617.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American author's very highly praised first novel, the story of the children of the Great Migration in the 1920s. 243 pp. ISBN: 9780385350280.

New York: Harper Collins, (2016). First edition - A novel set in nineteenth century Philadelphia, in the aftermath of Lincoln's assassination, and centered on the black staff who worked at the Lazaretto quarantine hospital, the first stop for immigrants entering the United States. 334 pp.

New York: Clarion Books / Houghton Mifflin, (2003). Hardcover - A book for older children which "describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took on Philadephia's residents, relating the epidemic to the major social and political events of the day and to 18th-century medical beliefs and practices. . . [He] spotlights the heroic role of Philadelphia's free blacks in combating the disease, and the Constitutional crisis that President Washington faced when he was forced to leave the cityand all his paperswhile escaping the deadly contagion. A Newbery Honor Book and nominated National Book Award Illustrated with fascinating archival prints. Map, sources, index. Slightly over-sized format. 165 pp. ISBN: 0-395776082.

New York: Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover - Originally published in 1879. The author, an Englishman, travelled to California and back and gives his impressions of the American scene. A title in the Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. 409 pp plus 3 pp of charts from the census. ISBN: 0-405-054726.

New York: HarperCollins, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Legal thriller featuring lawyer Mary DiNunzio by this Edgar award winning author who was herself an attorney in Philadelphia. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0833149.

Philadelphia: MacRae Smith, (1969.) dj. Hardcover - Autobiography of this West Virginia-born black minister, civil rights activist and community leader in Philadelphia and the founder of Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) to increase skilled job opportunities for black men. Illustrated with many photographs. 192 pp.

New York: Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover - Originally published in 1906. Translated From The French by Mary Louise Hendee. A title in the Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-405-054777.

New York: Morrow, (1979.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of the bizarre 1979 murder, which occurred just west of Philadelphia, that became known as the Main Line Murder Case. Basis for the television miniseries starring Peter Coyote and Gary Cole. 415 pp plus epilogue. ISBN: 0-688068898.

New York: Morrow, (1979.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of the bizarre 1979 murder, which occurred just west of Philadelphia, that became known as the Main Line Murder Case. Basis for the television miniseries starring Peter Coyote and Gary Cole. SIGNED on the title page. 415 pp plus epilogue. ISBN: 0-688068898.

Philadelphia: JDC Books, (199). SIGNED - Biography of growing up in a segregated America by this educator, foundation head and activist. Illustrated with photographs. 265 pp,