Toronto: Coach House Press, (1994). SIGNED first edition - First book by this Afro-Canadian author, who was born in Trinidad, a collection of "eight exquisitely crafted short stories shimmering with malevolence and longing." SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Books in Canada First Book and Trillium awards, shortlisted for the Giller Prize. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-805059814.

New York: Grove Press, (2005). SIGNED first edition - The third novel by this award winning writer from the Caribbean (born in the US to Trinidadian parents, he grew up in the Bahamas), one which "lays bare themes of race and sexuality in a parodic recasting of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises transported to the West Indies." Three childhood friends from Trinidad meet up by chance in New York City and, fueled by alcohol, decide to return "home" for Carnival. Short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Caribbean and Canadian region. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-802170056.

New York: Grove Press, (2005). First edition - The third novel by this award winning writer from the Caribbean (born in the US to Trinidadian parents, he grew up in the Bahamas), one which "lays bare themes of race and sexuality in a parodic recasting of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises transported to the West Indies." Three childhood friends from Trinidad meet up by chance in New York City and, fueled by alcohol, decide to return "home" for Carnival. Short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Caribbean and Canadian region. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-802170056.

New York: Akashic Books, 2013. First edition - Award-winning historical novel set in 1845 Trinidad. "In 1845 London, an engineer, philosopher, philanthropist, and bold-faced charlatan, John Adolphus Etzler, has invented machines that he thinks will transform the division of labor and free all men. He forms a collective called the Tropical Emigration Society (TES), and recruits a variety of London citizens to take his machines and his misguided ideas to form a proto-socialist, utopian community in the British colony of Trinidad." Edwidge Danticat called this "a marvel of narrative and documents, which collide to create a book that is at times breathtaking and tragic and at other times laugh-out-loud hilarious." Winner of the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize. 327 pp plus final message.

New York: Penguin, (1987.). First book by the nephew of V. S. Naipul, a collection of short stories set either in the author''s native Trinidad or dealing with Trinidadian immigrants in Canada. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0089357.

New York: Grove Press, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly acclaimed novel by this Trinidadian-born poet and writer who now lives in Canada, and has been the recipient of the Governor-General's and other awards. The novel begins in Trinidad in 1824 with a secret society of slaves, headed by Marie Ursule, plotting a mass suicide as an act of revolt against slavery. ISBN: 0-8021-16493.

New York: Grove Press, 1999. Highly acclaimed novel by this Trinidadian-born poet and writer who now lives in Canada, and has been the recipient of the Governor-General's and other awards. The novel begins in Trinidad in 1824 with a secret society of slaves, headed by Marie Ursule, plotting a mass suicide as an act of revolt against slavery.

New York: Kensington, 1999. Author's first novel, set in the dry hills of her native Trinidad.

Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Book Society 1956. First edition - The second novel by this Trinidadian-born Australian social realist novelist, described as "an outspoken opponent of racism, injustice, greed and corruption, a passionate humanist with a vision of a just society" Set during the Second World War when thousands of American soldiers came to Trinidad to build and man military bases and the dollars from the American military presence changed Trinidad from a neglected and quasi-feudal British colony into a competitive market economy. It remains relevant because it gives a portrait of a period in Trinidad's recent past which is still very much alive in shaping its present. 214 pp. Uncommon in the true first edition.

New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Review copy with publisher's material laid in. New novel by this Trinidad-born, African American writer - set in Harlem and Haiti in the 70's - Louise Meriweather called this "a bold book, sexually explosive..". ISBN: 0-525-247807.

New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - New novel by this Trinidad-born, African American writer - set in Harlem and Haiti in the 70's - Louise Meriweather called this "a bold book, sexually explosive.." 305 pp. ISBN: 0-525-247807.

New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - New novel by this Trinidad-born, African American writer - set in Harlem and Haiti in the 70's - Louise Meriweather called this "a bold book, sexually explosive.." 305 pp. ISBN: 0-525-247807.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2012.). The second novel by this young woman from Trinidad and Jamaica then living in Canada. Her melange of Caribbean traditions and folklore with science fiction, written in a variation of Creole, has gained her much acclaim and a long list of awards and nominations. Her first novel won the John W. Campbell award for best new writer, the Aspect first novel contest and was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick award. This book was a Hugo and Nebula nominee, on the Tiptree shortlist and was a NY Times Book Review notable book for 2000. Reading group guide. 352 pp. Cover art by Rudy Gutierrez. ISBN: 978-0-446-675604.

New York: Pantheon, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "critical appreciation of the West Indian historian and political activist who played a towering role in the cause of Pan-Africanism in the twentieth century. Born in Trinidad in 1901,he was a lifelong advocacy for the Trinidadian oppressed. .. and, until his death in 1989, [he] wrote works of both fiction and nonfiction that would profoundly influence the Black Power movement in the United States and independence movements in Africa and the West Indies. Dhondy knew James personally and was given access to his papers. The result is a biography that is a revelation of the life and work of this legendary intellect and revolutionary." Notes, index. xvi, 224 pp. ISBN: 0-375-421009.

New York: Villard, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Trinidad-born author's first published collection of short stories; dj praise from Patrick McGrath & Whitney Otto. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-679-411836.

New York: Villard, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Trinidad-born author's first published collection of short stories; dj praise from Patrick McGrath & Whitney Otto. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-679-411836.

New York: Clarion, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of traditional stories about things that happened in Trinidad long ago, and about the spirits (La Diablesse, duennes, obeah people) and other magical beings who play a part in everyday life on the island and stories about traditional foods - like callaloo. The second collection by this author who was born in Trinidad, and remembers hearing these stories as a little girl. Illustrated with striking full-page black, white and gray-toned illustrations by Perrone. Author's note. 63 pp. Slightly oversized format. ISBN: 0-395-643651.

Toronto: House Of Anansi Press Inc., (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this artist and poet who was born in Ireland, grew up in Trinidad and now lives in Canada. This centers on a wealthy Trinididian family - Valmiki Krishnu, a renowned doctor and his daughter Viveka, trying to escape the gilded cage that surrounds her. "An intricately woven and thoughtfully constructed book... the reader is forced to confront the many ways and instances in which social obligations and expectations, and in particular expectations regarding gender and sexuality, constrain them. . . The epiphany is subtle but decisive and poignant." (Caribbean Review of Books) 397 pp. ISBN: 978-0887842207.

New York: Grove Press, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, originally published as a trade paperback original in Canada in 1996 and a finalist for th Giller Prize, the Canada First Novel Award and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Set on a fictional Caribbean island in the town of Paradise, it employs myth and magic to explore identity, violence and love. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-16337.

New York: Grove Press, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, originally published as a trade paperback original in Canada in 1996 and a finalist for th Giller Prize, the Canada First Novel Award and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Set on a fictional Caribbean island in the town of Paradise, it employs myth and magic to explore identity, violence and love. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-16337.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this award winning Trinidadian-born author, the younger brother of V. S. Naipual. The story of two families of Indian descent whose lives are intertwined in the small village they are desperate to escape. The title refers to a small shell dound along the tideline, and gathering these shells is a weary and unrewarding task. Winner of the Whitbread award. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-394483456.

New York: Ballantine, (2006). Hardcover first edition - Sixth book by this award winning author, a retelling of The Tempest set on a small Caribbean Island off the coast of Trinidad at the height of the tension between the native population and the British colonists..316 pp. ISBN: 0-345-455355.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first collection of plays by this Caribbean writer who was both the director of the Trinidad Theater Workshop as well as its chief playwright. Includes, in addition to the title play, The Ti-Jean and His Brothers, The Sea at Dauphin, and Malcochon, or the Six in the Rain. Co-winner of the Obie Award in 1970 for Best Foreign Play. In 1992 Walcott was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. 326 pp.