New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The Sigma Force is brought back to battle a group of rogue scientists who have unleashed a bio-engineering project that threatens the survival of humanity. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Author's note "Truth or fiction?" Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 434 pp. ISBN: 9780-06-1230943.

New York: Walker, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The authors' first mystery novel, set in the Jewish community of Boston in the Depression of the 1930s and introducing Belle Appleman, a young widow, garment worker, union menber and devotee of "True Detective" magazine and so when a body is discovered along the Esplanade, she determines to put her skills to work as an amateur sleuth. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-802756255.

New York: Hyperion, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A controversial and highly praised retelling of fifteen of the BibleÕs greatest greatest books - including Genesis, the Psalms, the Song of Solomon, Ruth, Esther Judith and others, which introduces 15 new authors (some of whom Rosenberg believes to be women) and which reveals the imaginative power of the original verse. 410 pp. ISBN: 1562829882.

New York: Philosophical Library, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - A signficant book which offers insights into the contributions of Africans and African Americans in both ancient and modern times. Among the contributors are John Hope Franklin, Ronald W. Davis, Abraham Chapman, James A Porter and more. Topics include contributions to science, exploration, religious thought, music and dance, sports, literature and art and more. Notes and selected bibliographies at the end of each article. xii, 506 pp. ISBN: 0-80222329X.

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - A massive work. In addition to the complete texts of her twelve previously published books from The Theory of Flight in 1935 to The Gates in 1976, this book includes "new poems discovered by the editors; Rukeyser's translations, including the first English translations of Octavio Paz's work; early work by Rukeyser not previously published in book form; and the controversial book-length poem Wake Island. An introduction by the editors traces Rukeyser's life and literary reputation." Notes, index of titles and of first lines. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. xli, 670 pp. ISBN: 0-82294247X.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fifth novel: Michael Connelly called this a 'searing, multilayered thriller thathits all the marks' Review copy with publisher's material laid in. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-684-815265.

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of eight short stories, a title in the Illinois Short Fiction Series. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Dust jacket praise from John Calvin Batchelor, Ursula K. LeGuin and others. 141 pp. ISBN: 0-252011155.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, 1998. dj. SIGNED first edition - A science fiction thriller set in the near future - in 2007 a signal from an intelligent alien race is received on earth. SIGNED on title page. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Hugo award finalist.

Boston: Little Brown, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 6th novel by this highly praised writer, the story of a 4 year old boy of mixed race parentage, who becomes the center of a custody battle between his grandparents, when his mother is killed in an automobile accident. Dustjacket praise from Michael Cunningham, David Foster Wallace and others. Hard cover review copy with publisher's material laid in. SIGNED on the title page. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-316-776165.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third collaboration between these two authors, a fantasy novel set in the city-state Astreiant, a "late-Renaissance world where magic works, where astrologers and necromancers are the pundits and powerbrokers" and where murder and magic threaten the royal city. 352 pp. ISBN: 0-312867824.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second collaboration between these two authors, and the first in a series of fantasy novels set in the city-state Astreiant, a "late-Renaissance world where magic works, where astrologers and necromancers are the pundits and powerbrokers" and which is bracing itself for trouble that usually accompanies the Midsummer Fair. 384 pp. Dust jacket art by Kevin Eugene Johnson. ISBN: 0-312858442.

New York: Random House, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of humor and wisdom, set in a California that doesn't quite live up to anyone's dreams. SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's material and a photograph laid in. 221 pp. ISBN: 0-375-50155x.

New York: Scribner, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring "Munch" Mancini, woman auto-mechanic, parolee and former biker and drug addict - and now the mother of an adopted seven-year old girl and the owner of her own limosine service, An interesting and highly praised series. 267 pp. SIGNED by author on a bookplate. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 0-7432-12665.

New York: HarperCollins, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American author's poetic second book (her first novel, preceded by a collection of short stories), set in Pearl, Washington, a former coal-mining town between a mountain and a lake. SIGNED and dated 2/93 on title page. Review copy with publisher's material and glossy photograph of Sherman laid in. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0169249.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - A gathering of World War II veterans in Marseilles leads to a murder with its roots 40 years in the past. Introduces Inspector Roger Bastide. A Crime Club selection. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 183 pp. Dust jacket by William Naegels. ISBN: 0-385-193823.

New York: Scribner's, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's 2nd mystery featuring Loretta Lawson, scholar and feminist, set in Oxford. . British reviews called her first book in the series "a suberb first, intelligent & literary...drily witty.... a real discovery." 200 pp. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 0-684-190281.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book - "A dazzling, devastating memoir about one woman's search for her homeless mother, whose past is inextricably linked with the bittersweet history of the paradise from which she hails, Hawaii." 319 pp. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. ISBN: 0-7432-36793.

New York: Delacorte, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology for older children and young adults, compiled by Smith and illustrated with drawings by Jacques Hnizdovsky. "There are poems on many subjects and in many forms, all the way from simple rhymes to complex stanzaic patterns. Some are the work of the most famous poets of our time, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and W. H. Auden; others are by young poets published here for the first time." Among the other poets are Sylvia Plath, Lucille Clifton, Dylan Thomas, Gary Snyder, and more. Index of authors, translators and titles. xiii, 225 pp. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. ISBN: 0-440029201.

Terra Alta, WV: Headline Books, (2012). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book for adults, winner of several awards - Indie Book Awards Best Spiritual Fiction; London Book Festival Wild Card Category; Great Southeast Book Festival Honorable Mention Best Fiction; San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention, and more. "A covert CIA operation has achieved the unthinkable, the cloning of Jesus Christ. Is this an abomination of everything we hold holy or is it part of a divine plan set in motion two thousand years ago?" SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with sticker noting "from BEA 2012" pasted inside front cover. 399 pp. ISBN: 978-0938467489.

New York: Walker, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring journalist Kay Engels. - it involves both an old mystery uncovered by an archeologist's dig at an old tavern in New York City which unearthed a 300 year old skeleton and a very contemporary murder. SIGNED on the title page. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-33190.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Three "lyrically comic tales about the Pinch, a backwater Jewish community in Memphis, whose misbegotten citizens refer to themselves as 'the lost tribe.' His dreamers are plagued by history, lust, solitude, and the extravagance of their own fevered imaginations." SIGNED on the title page with the word "thanks." Review copy with publisher's letter laid in. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-684195321.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. First edition - The first novel of this Vietnamese born author. Called by Robert Olen Butler 'a brilliant exploration of the great themes of exile, loss and identity', this centers on a Vietnamese family resettling and living in the isolation of the California gold country. Published as a trade paperback original under the Mariner imprint. Review copy with glossy photograph of author laid in, 231 pp.

New York: Random House, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - An extensive compilation of the stories, songs, legends, ceremonies and prayers gathered from Native American literatures, and arranged by tribe and in seven geographical sections. Peter Matthiessen calls this "a fine anthology and an essential introduction to American Indian oral literature." Each selection includes an introduction - sometimes extensive - by the translator placing the work in its historical and cultural context. A beautiful book. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Index. xlvi, 801 pp. Dust jacket painting 'Sing to Emerge' by David Montana (Papago). ISBN: 0-679-418164.

New York: Delacorte, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The eighth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. SIGNED on the title page. 230 pp. Review copy with publisher's material and a photograph of Tapply laid in. ISBN: 0-385-297114.

New York: Delacorte, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The tenth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. In this novel he goes to Montana in search of some golden leopards stolen during a brutal robbery from his invalid friend on Cape Cod. SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-385-302339.

New York: Franklin Watts, (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third book - and second collection of short stories. Collects twelve stories which probe our deepest fears as her characters struggle to grow up, to manage friendships and to grow old. nclude the John H. McGinnis Memorial Award winning story "Naomi Counting Time." SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 163 pp. ISBN: 0-531097609.