New York: Delacorte, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, story of a young woman who was raised in an isolated Mississippi River town, educated in a convent school, and "careens" into adulthood with her marriage to a man 12 years older than her, only to discover that she is losing her individuality and sense of self. Dust jacket praise from Amy Tan (who called it "funny and observant, poignant and wise") and others. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-385-308078.

New York: Delacorte, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, story of a young woman who was raised in an isolated Mississippi River town, educated in a convent school, and "careens" into adulthood with her marriage to a man 12 years older than her, only to discover that she is losing her individuality and sense of self. Dust jacket praise from Amy Tan (who called it "funny and observant, poignant and wise") and others. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-385-308078.

Johnson City, TN: Silver Dagger Mysteries / Overmountain Press, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second book in the series featuring three women who have set up a landscaping company called Three Dirty Women (the first in the series was nominated for an Agatha Award). Two of the partners are attending a conference in Savannah, Georgia, when an attendee is found murdered and Korine, her roommate, comes under suspicion. INSCRIBED on the title page. 182 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads. Promotional bookmarks laid in. ISBN: 1570721785.

New York: Macmillan, (1988.). Hardcover first edition - Although Lincoln, a professor of religion and culture at Duke University, had written 19 books - most notably his account of the Black Muslims in America - this is his first novel, a book which he spent 30 years working on. Set in Clayton City, a prototypical Southern city, in the years between the first and second World Wars. 346 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring New Orleans private investigator Terry Manion in a case that involves events reaching back to 1965, involving black militants then and civil unrest now, as well as the influence of voodoo. SIGNED on the title page. 332 pp. ISBN: 0-671-747126.

Boston: Little Brown, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - Patterson's second suspense novel (his first - The Lasko Tangent - won the Edgar) set in the contemporary South where a prominent society woman is found brutally murdered. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-316-693636.

Boston: Little Brown, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - Patterson's second suspense novel (his first - The Lasko Tangent - won the Edgar) set in the contemporary South where a prominent society woman is found brutally murdered. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-316-693636.