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.

Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, (ca 1900, c 1864). Hardcover - The third book in the Woodville series. The young fugitives of the title are three young slaves who have fled a plantation in Louisiana. In his preface, the author states that this was not written in the anti-slavery cause, but he would be thankful if it kindled "any new emotions of sympathy for the oppressed and enslaved." When Dan, the body-servant to the son of the master, is whipped unjustly, he determines that he will no longer live under slavery -and his motto becomes "watch and wait" for a chance to flee - along with his two closest friends. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two glossy internal plates. 276 pp plus 10 pp publisher's ads.

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."

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: 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 plantation 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.

New York: The Century Co., (1924.). Hardcover - Classic Seaman tale of a house with many mysteries - in this book, set around 1910, and featuring two young girls, one from New York and her Southern cousin, the mysteries are rooted in the years right after the Civil War. Set in Georgia - in Savannah and on an old antebellum planation near the coast. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 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.