Boston: Little Brown, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A portrait of the making of a writer and an exploration of the Mississippi plantation life that shaped her during childhood. Illustrated with many photographs. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 166 pp. ISBN: 0-316-313157.

London: Bloomsbury, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this award-winning writer, set on the early 19th century on a West Indian plantation, by this Afro-Caribbean writer, called a "powerful anatomy of the age of slavery." 184 pp. Ribbon marker bound in,. ISBN: 0-7475-08860.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. dj. Hardcover - Another powerful novel, set on a West Indian plantation, by this Afro-Caribbean writer, called a "powerful anatomy of the age of slavery."

New York: Doubleday, 1988 dj. Hardcover first edition - A very attractively produced book - the story of the Somerset Place slaves who built the plantations, and of their descendants - and of their discovery of their heritage and of each other. Illustrated with numerous sepia toned photographs. Sources, 266 pp. Slightly oversized, family tree on endpapers. ISBN: 0-385-24245x.

New York: The Century Co., (1924.). Hardcover - Classic Seaman tale of a house with many mysteries, in this case, the mysteries are rooted in the Civil War. Set in Georgia - in Savannah and on an old antebellum planation near the coast. Illustrated with 3 glossy inserted plates by Harold Sichel. Wonderfully atmospheric illustration on the front cover in black and deep blue with a gold moon rising, a moss-hung tree standing guard over a small pool. 242 pp.