Tallahassee, FL: Naiad Press, (1990). First edition - A story of a group of women on a two week trek in the Ozark Mountains, a trip where they each learn something about themselves and their traveling companions. 178 pp. ISBN: 0-941483-606.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, (2023). SIGNED first edition - A highly praised and compelling collection of poetry and prose poems and more, one which uses the spaces on the page as part of the message. "Tempestt is a self-proclaimed 'daughter of California, ' and her collection begins by gazing inward, before moving seamlessly into questions of queerness and Blackness that drive a searing social and political critique." (Alta Magazine) SIGNED by the author. 130 pp. ISBN: 978-0872869257.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's fourth novel - Angela Carter called it "an incadescent fictional memoir, a fiery angel of a novel.". ISBN: 0-15-1967253.

Boston: Little Brown, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - Originally published in England under the title "Woman Beware Woman." Described as part whodunit, part dream fantasy, this novel is set on an ancient estate in the West of Ireland. ISBN: 0-316-837288.

New York: St Martin's, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second sequel by Tennant to Jane Austen's books - hers have been praised as being the most convincing and authentic.. 186 pp. ISBN: 0-312-115534.

New York: Avon / Eos / Harper Voyager, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A science fiction novel which explores gender roles, set on the strange planet Newholme. Because a virus kills 50 percent of baby girls at birth, this is a society where men manage the money but women hold the keys to power through church, reproductive control, and their own short supply. But now strange things are happening - the ground is shaking with volcanic eruptions, and all of Newholme is in peril. 454 pp. ISBN: 0-380974797.

New York: Bantam, 1993. First edition -

Watsonville, CA: Papier-Mache Press, (1997.). First edition - Author's second book, a collection of short stories which Wally Lamb called 'spare, impressionist, and finely crafted' and which 'build a fascinating, sinous path to then final title story - a tale of love and loss that, like the undertow, pulls you under, scares the hell out of you, and tosses you back up again.'. ISBN: 1-57601-0201.

Watsonville, CA: Papier-Mache Press, (1997.). First edition - Author's second book, a collection of short stories which Wally Lamb called 'spare, impressionist, and finely crafted' and which 'build a fascinating, sinous path to then final title story - a tale of love and loss that, like the undertow, pulls you under, scares the hell out of you, and tosses you back up again.'. ISBN: 1-57601-0201.

New York: Villard, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second book, first novel. Told from the point of view of the 12 year daughter, this is the story of a mother-daughter road trip in 1957, driving a jalopy, with dwindling cash, and in a South of racism, crude sexuality and a dim view of women travelling alone. ISBN: 0-679-419160.

New York: Villard, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second book, first novel. Told from the point of view of the 12 year daughter, this is the story of a mother-daughter road trip in 1957, driving a jalopy, with dwindling cash, and in a South of racism, crude sexuality and a dim view of women travelling alone. ISBN: 0-679-419160.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2016). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel, the story of two generations of an extended family in China from the days of Mao's Cultural Revolution to their children who were among the students protesting in Tiananmen Square, as two young women- Marie and Ai-Ming - try to piece together the story of their fractured family now living in Vancouver. Winner of the 2016 Governor General's Literary Award and the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize, shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize. SIGNED on the title page. Notes. 473 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - Summertime in Barsetshire -

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Hardcover - Classic novel of English country life, featuring a very appealing woman in Mrs. Brandon. 358 pp.

New York: Algonquin, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of stories about "open-hearted, unsuspecting women of all ages." 204 pp. ISBN: 1-56512-0248.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fascinating novel, set in Siberia 20,000 years ago. ISBN: 0-395-524539.

New York: Soho, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Review copy with publishers material laid in. A collection of stories exploring the theme of what the outsider brings to Africa, and on what it is about Africa which is so affecting, published shortly after Thomas's death in a plane crash while on a mission to the Sudanese refugee camps.

New York: Soho, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel - Margaret Atwood called it "a complex, deeply written and finely-wrought portrait of two woman, one black, one white, picking their way through the debris of a shattered colonialism." Set in East Africa by a woman who lived there for 12 years. ISBN: 0-939149-028.

New York: Soho, (1988.). Author's first novel - Margaret Atwood called it "a complex, deeply written and finely-wrought portrait of two woman, one black, one white, picking their way through the debris of a shattered colonialism." Set in East Africa by a woman who lived there for 12 years. 296 pp. ISBN: 0-939149-206.

New York: Random House, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, but the first to be published under her own name - a modern fairy tale. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-679-42363x.

New York: Random House, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, but the first to be published under her own name - a modern fairy tale. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-679-42363x.

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, (1994). SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Karen Karbo at her story "Keep Your Guts." Anthology which contains stories by Alice Walker, Anne Rice, Margaret Atwood, Erica Jong, Isabel Allende, Andrea Dworkin, Karen Karbo, Amy Bloom, Angela Carter, Fay Weldon, Kathy Page, Veronica Vera and many others, divided into eight topical sections: who is the wild woman, the dark intruder/mate, empowerment and self-esteem, sex, extreme behavior, creativity and life phases, rage, and endurance. Introduction by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Notes on authors. 368 pp. ISBN: 0-879515147.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller set at Harvard and introducing Veronica (Nikki) Chase, the only black professor in Harvard's economics department. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-684845261.

New York: G. K. Hall, (1996). Hardcover first edition - Three collections of poetry by African-American women - Clara Ann Thompson, J. Pauline Smith, and Mazie Earhart Clark - which form a bridge between an 19th century traditions and the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance. A volume in the series "African-American Women Writers, 1910-1940", Introduction by Mary Anne Stewart Boelcskevy with bibliography. xxxvi, 246 pp. ISBN: 0-783814305.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel - set in Springfield, Illinois, this is about "a family ruled by the weather, the drastic changes that hit their atmosphere, and a midwestern town where chaos doesn't reign - it pours." Named a New York Times Notable Book and Chicago Tribune Best Fiction selection. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp. ISBN: 0-74320512X.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel - set in Springfield, Illinois, this is about "a family ruled by the weather, the drastic changes that hit their atmosphere, and a midwestern town where chaos doesn't reign - it pours." Named a New York Times Notable Book and Chicago Tribune Best Fiction selection. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel - set in Springfield, Illinois, this is about "a family ruled by the weather, the drastic changes that hit their atmosphere, and a midwestern town where chaos doesn't reign - it pours." Named a New York Times Notable Book and Chicago Tribune Best Fiction selection. SIGNED on the title page. The earlier (and less common) of two advance issues, this has a sticker on the front cover with an incorrect publication date. 367 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel - set in Springfield, Illinois, this is about "a family ruled by the weather, the drastic changes that hit their atmosphere, and a midwestern town where chaos doesn't reign - it pours." Named a New York Times Notable Book and Chicago Tribune Best Fiction selection. 367 pp. ISBN: 0-74320512X.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2004). First edition - The author's fourth novel (seventh book), set during a hot Chicago summer where Jack, newly wed and very much in love with life itself, finds his perceptions shattered by an inconsiderate neighbor's perpetual partying. 306 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002). First edition - The author's third novel - set in Springfield, Illinois, this is about "a family ruled by the weather, the drastic changes that hit their atmosphere, and a midwestern town where chaos doesn't reign - it pours." Named a New York Times Notable Book and Chicago Tribune Best Fiction selection. 367 pp.