Two signed first edition books, hardcovers with dust jackets, including: Roots, published by Doubleday in 1976, signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black felt tip, "March 10, 1988, For Diane Collins—with love from me and all of the Roots family of Kunta Kinte! Sincerely, Alex Haley"; and A Different Kind of Christmas, published by Doubleday in 1988, signed on the first free end page in black felt tip, "Alex Haley." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: Roots is VG+/VG, with some wear and creasing to the price-clipped dust jacket; A Different Kind of Christmas is VG+/VG+.