New York: Kensington, (2000.). SIGNED first edition - First mystery featuring Martha Chainey, a 'beautiful six-foot former showgirl' who is working as a courier transporting large sums of under the table money for Las Vegas casino owners. SIGNED on the title page. 242 pp.

New York: HarperPerennial, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth book, an historical mystery set at West Point in 1830 featuring a retired New York City detective who is called in to investigate the death by hanging of a cadet, with the assistance of a moody young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe. SIGNED on the title page. 413 pp,. ISBN: 978-0060733971.

New York: Oxford University Press, (1940). Hardcover - A volume in the 'American Guide Series', part of a project of the Works Project Administration (WPA) during the Depression to provide employment for writer (Among the writers involved with this book was Zora Neale Hurston) Illustrated with many black and white photographs. Includes sections on the history of the state, the cities and towns, and many suggested tours. Chronology, bibliography, index. One of the harder to find titles in this series. Folding map in rear pocket. xxiv, 599 pp. Map on front endpapers.

New York: Oxford University Press, (1942) dj. Hardcover - A volume in the 'American Guide Series', part of a project of the Works Project Administration (WPA) during the Depression to provide employment for writers. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. Includes sections on the history of the state, the cities and towns, and many suggested tours. Chronology, bibliography, index. Folding map in rear pocket. xxvii, blank, 514 pp. Map on front endpaper.

Madison, Minnesota: Seventies Press, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book of poems by this 2011 Nobel laureate to be published in English translation - a bilingual edition with the orginal Swedish on the right, English on the left - translated and with an introduction by Robert Bly. 59 pp. plus colophon. One of 1000 copies printed in hardcover (there were also 1000 paperback copies) by Morgan Press.

London: Doubleday (Transworld), (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of fifty stories by this award-winning writer "each one strange, telling, disturbing, or sometimes just plain weird." SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-385408595.

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1927, c 1910.]. Hardcover - The first book by this author who is probably best known for his historical fiction for young adults (often written with his wife). However, Knipe was a great football player in the late 19th centery at the University of Pennsylvania and the head coach at the University of Iowa. A rather hard-to-find book in any printing. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three internal glossy plates. 269 pp.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1992.). SIGNED first edition - The 4th DKA File novel - like Ed McBain, Gores uses an entire team of sleuths - the investigators of the Daniel Kearny Associates - in his gritty realistic novels. One review described the 'private-eye procedural as Gores' specialty, maybe his invention.' SIGNED on the title page and with a long inscription on the half title page to the late Oklahoma collector Larry Owens in which Gores describes the progress on getting this produced as a movie. Dated in 1998. Nominated for the Edgar Award. 337 pp.

Woodstock, VT; Countryman Press, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects sixteen original stories - "mysteries to reel you in." SIGNED by FIVE authors: T. Jefferson Parker (twice), C. J. Box, John Lescroart and Ridley Pearson on the title and half title pages, and by Don Winslow at his story "Sandy Brook.," Introduction by Parker, notes on contributors. vii, 324 pp. ISBN: 978-0881508666.

New York: The Viking Press, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring private investigator Devlin Kirk and his bear-sized partner Bunchcroft. SIGNED on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. 264 pp. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Also included is a signed author photograph and a postcard with a handwritten note on the verso commenting on the dust jacket art (by Doug Dawson). ISBN: 0-670-833207.

New York: Pantheon, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Considered to be his finest novel to date, this was a finalist for the 2000 National Book Award. Dustjacket praise from Howard Norman (who called it 'a brilliant symphony... a perfect invention), Andrea Barrett and Alan Lightman. SIGNED on the title page. This story of extraordinary love between ordinary people was one of the surprise hits of the year and went quickly into later printings. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-375-410198.

New York: Norton, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel (his second book, following a prize-winning collection of short stories). Set in the small town of Mercury, Mississippi and spanning over 80 years from 1906 on - finalist for the National Book Award. SIGNED on the title page. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-393-047571.

New York: Doubleday, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by the author of "The Intuitionist." The story of J. Sutter, a young black journalist, a freeloading hack, who gets an assignment to cover the first annual John Henry Days festival in West Virginia. A finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. "A novel of extraordinary scope and mythic power that juxtaposes history with popular culture, the blatant bigotry of the past with the more insidious racism of the present, and laugh-out-loud humor with unforgettable poignancy." 389 pp. ISBN: 0-385498195.

New York: Seabury Press, (1977). Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories about machines which think, ranging in tone from slapstick to pathos and in mode from fantasy to realism, which probe the implications and consequences of the use of artificial intelligence. Translated from the Polish and with an introduction by Michael Kandel. xxiv, 239 pp. ISBN: 0-816492964.

New York: Pantheon, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book based on seven years of "exploring the far corners of the earth -- marveling at flowers of uncommon beauty, studying the history of the orchid trade, and grappling with the vicious, bizarre, and petty world of plant politics that sometimes makes it impossible to protect endangered species" - Borneo to the Kew Gardens, from the clandestine orchid nurseries of Europe to the peat bogs of northern Minnesota, these are the stories of those obsessed with this beautiful and delicate flower. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with drawings at the beginning of each section. Bibliography. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-679451412.

New York: Mysterious Press, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of seven "deeply disquieting" stories featuring the inner lives of deeply vulnerable girls and women, "some victimized, others provoked - by deep emotional unrest - to commit violence against others." SIGNED on the title page. 237 pp. ISBN: 978-0802126528.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2007 dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second novel of suspense, featuring Aud Torvingen, who retired from the police force at 29, and is a "six-footer .. with a tendency to hurt people who get in her way". In this Aud travels from Atlanta to Seattle to investigate a suspected case of real estate fraud. INSCRIBED on the title page. 463 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 978-1594489368.

London: Allison & Busby, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A very different mystery thriller by this prolific and award-winning offer. "It offers characters with more emotional depth than those who typically populate his cutting satires. While in Colchester for a reunion, Graham Broadbent, an acclaimed novelist, is jolted out of his complacency by the appearance at his hotel of an attractive young woman claiming to be his daughter. Her assertion leads the aloof Broadbent to revisit a long-past romantic relationship with Peggy Somers, an unrepentant manipulator and fantasist, who may actually be the mother of a son whose existence he never knew of." (PW) SIGNED on the title page. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-749082364.

New York: Harper & Row, (1978) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring half-Chicano, half-Anglo Detective Gabe Wager, set in Denver. Wager has just switched from the narcotics branch to the homicide section. INSCRIBED on the half title page "To Dale Carter and to his extensive collection of Burnsiania." 249 pp. Dust jacket by John Clarke. Laid in is what appears to be a photocopy of a single page note by Burns to Carter. ISBN: 0-060105267.

Boston: Little Brown, (1986). SIGNED first edition - A "rollicking odyssey" by this award-winning Southern writer, one which sweeps across the country from North Carolina to New Orleans and beyond. "Raleigh W. Hayes is in quest of his runaway, aging, eccentric father, his own murky family history, a chest filled with Confederate gold, and a little peace and quiet." SIGNED on the title page to noted Oklahoma collector, Larry Owens with the comment "good to have you on the journey." Laid in is a single page handwritten note by Malone to Owens. 544 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "rollicking odyssey" by this award-winning Southern writer, one which sweeps across the country from North Carolina to New Orleans and beyond. "Raleigh W. Hayes is in quest of his runaway, aging, eccentric father, his own murky family history, a chest filled with Confederate gold, and a little peace and quiet." INSCRIBED on the title page to noted Oklahoma collector, Larry Owens with the comment "good to have you on the journey." Laid in is a single page handwritten note by Malone to Owens. 544 pp. ISBN: 0-316544558.

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of thirteen stories, originally published between 1924 and 1957, each with a surprising twist at the end. 246 pp.

New York: Ecco, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of short stories by this National Book Award winning author - stories which examine a world in which ordinary life is suddenly electrified by the potential for violent change. SIGNED on the title page. 193 pp,. ISBN: 0-88001-2838.

New York: Dutton, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel written by Oates under this name. A novel of suspense: a paroled murderer comes to stay with the lawyer who got his death sentence overturned - and in doing so overturns the apparently idyllic life the lawyer and his family are leading. SIGNED on the title page by Oates with R S / J C Oates. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-525-934049.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of nine short stories which demonstrate that the female of the species is the deadlier than the male. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1011796.

New York: The Vanguard Press, (1977) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of stories which explore the dark side of the human soul - 'the other worlds of dreams and nightmares, mediums and odd-happenings.' SIGNED on title page. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-8149-07038.

New York: Dutton, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel written under this pseudonym. Blurb from Elmore Leonard: "Smith could become the world's #1 mystery writer easily." SIGNED by Oates on the title page. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-525-248811.

New York: Ecco Press, (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel which "illuminates the tragic impact of sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power on innocent lives." SIGNED on the title page with her full name and dated in the year of publication. 309 pp plus an afterword. ISBN: 978-0062332974.

New York: Random House, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first book, an interrelated collection of stories set in Wyoming. Dust jacket comments from Rick Bass, Larry McMurtry and Annie Proulx (who commented that "Jon Billman is a brilliant young writer with an astonishing range. These fresh and vivid stories are gritty, full of energy and humor, a sharp pleasure to read.") SIGNED on the title page. In addition, a signed handwritten brief note to Oklahoma collector Larry Owens, and also a postcard with a note to Owens from Billman on the verso, are laid in. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-375502580.

New York: Putnam, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Ishiguro's first novel, a book which fuses past and present in the story of a Japanese woman living in England, who, after the suicide of her older daughter, shares with her English-born younger daughter memories of life in Nagasaki one summer after the bomb, as new buildings were just beginning to be built on top of the devastation. This book was the winner of the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, and Ishiguro went on to win the Booker Prize (four of his novels were short-listed for that prize) and in 2017 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. 183 pp. Dust jacket by Joel Avirom. ISBN: 0-399127186.

New York: Bantam, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller introducing Christopher Snow who suffers from a rare genetic disorder that leaves him dangerously vulnerable to light, set in small secluded community on California's coast. INSCRIBED by Koontz on the half title page "To Robert - Seize the day!" and dated in the month of publication - 1/16/98. 391 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 0-553-106643.

New York: Bantam, (1999). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second thriller featuring Christopher Snow, who has a rare genetic disorder that makes him dangerously vulnerable to light. In a secluded small community on the California coast, children are disappearing, and Snow sets out to find them. INSCRIBED on the half title page "To Robert, Seize life!" and dated in the year of publication. 401 pp. ISBN: 0-553106651.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - From the jacket flap: "The story begins with a catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash. Three hundred and thirty dead, no survivors. Among the victims, the wife and two young daughters of Los Angeles Post crime reporter Joe Carpenter. A year later, still gripped by an almost paralyzing grief, .. Joe encounters a woman named Rose. She claims to have survived the crash, and holds out a tantalizing possibility: a secret that will bring Joe peace of mind. But before her can ask any questions, she slips away." INSCRIBED by Koontz on the half title page - "To Robert, Survive and thrive!" and dated in the year of publication. Ticket to signing event laid in. . 321 pp. ISBN: 0-679-425268.

New York: St Martin's, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book - the mystery that introduced Sacramento PI Kat Colorado. Winner of the Anthony Award for Best First Mystery Novel. SIGNED on title page and dated in the year of publication. As the series grows, Kijeski continues to become more popular, and copies of the earlier books, which were printed in relatively small quantities become harder to find. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-312-029691.

New York: Vanguard, (c 1938.) dj. Hardcover - A very attractive early copy of Dr. Seuss's hard to find second book, varying from the first edition by only a few points (the order of the hats on the endpapers, the lack of the final Mulberry St price on the rear flap - see Younger, p 62.) Large format, unpaginated, bound in black illustrated paper covered boards with red cloth spine, illustrated in black and white with touches of red.

New York: Harlin Quist, (1973.) dj. Hardcover first edition - French playwright's fourth and final book for children - "in this, Josette and her Papa engage in a fantastic game of hide and seek --" Illustrated in full color by Jean-Michel Nicollet. Maurice Sendak called the first two books among "the most imaginative picture books of the past decade." Translated by Ciba Vaughan. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-825201101.

New York: A. Wessels Co, (c 1899). Hardcover - The classic story illustrated with ten delightful full-page illustrations in color by Blanche McManus. As a companion volume, this is paginated from 127-255. Bound in tan illustrated cloth covers, with titles in red on front cover, black on spine.

Madrid: Editorial "Saturnino Calleja" (c 1923). Cuentos De Calleja En Colores. En espanol, con ilustraciones a color de Bartolozzi. Large format (11" by 8 3/4") in stapled wrappers, text in Spanish. Unpaginated (16 pp each)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of twelve short stories, this received the Pushcart Prize, was a finalist for the 1998 PEN/Hemingway Award, a New York Times Notable Book and was listed as one of the Most Intriguing Books of 1997 by Glamour magazine, among other awards. Annie Proulx called Gilbert a "young writer of incandescent talent." SIGNED on the title page. Gilbert is best known for her later memoir, 'Eat Pray Love.' 210 pp. ISBN: 0-395836239.

New York: Scholastic - The Chicken House, 2007. SIGNED first edition - A fresh take on chivalry, knights and magic with a feisty heroine by the author of INKSPELL and THE THIEF LORD. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Illustrated with drawings by the author SIGNED on title page. A rather uncommon advance issue, especially so signed, and this is presumably the earlier of two variants with the illustration on the front cover, but not the title. 212 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a "weird and haunting parable for our times" set in New York City in what was, at the time this was written, the near future. Winner of the Bram Stoker award and a New York Times Notable Book. ISBN: 0-374-189870.

New York: Random House, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A long telephone seduction between two strangers, who first encountered each other on an adult party line, a combination of mundane and sexual fantasies. A modern erotic classic. SIGNED on the title page. 165 pp. ISBN: 0-394-58995-5.

Washington, D.C.: Magination Press, (2019). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Camilla loves maps. "One morning, Camilla wakes up to a huge snow storm. Her porcupine neighbor Parsley can't find the path to the creek. But Camilla has her old map - which inspires her to make her own path and her own map! Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers celebrating discovery, adventurous problem-solving, and a love of maps." SIGNED by Dillemuth on the title page with the words "Dig up your own adventure!" and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated by Laura Wood. Oblong format, unpaginated. Small wooden ruler and bookmark laid in. ISBN: 978-1433830334.

New York: Henry Holt, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A psychological thriller which probes the ruinous effects of suspicion. One by one, three young girls vanish in a small upstate New York town, and first strangers are mistrusted, then neighbors and with the third disappearance, panic erupts. SIGNED on the title page. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-51031.

New York: Pantheon, (2005). SIGNED first edition - Her third novel, one which spans much of the 20th century as it tells the story of a woman, the daughter of Jewish immigrants, and a noted artist who returns to New York city in 1970 after spending 30 years on a remote island in the South Pacific. SIGNED on the half title page. Publisher's letter laid in. 211 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. Noted actress's first autobiography, which includes not only how she found her way to Hollywood, but much on her marriage to Humphrey Bogart. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "for Ed." Illustrated with photographs. 377 pp. ISBN: 0-394-423083.

New York: Hyperion, 1995. SIGNED first edition - Mystery with Dave Robicheaux, great Cajun setting. SIGNED on the title page. 340 pp.

New York: Hyperion, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - The seventh Dave Robicheaux mystery. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. 367 pp.

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: Harper Collins, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - From the dust jacket: "A memorable detective makes his debut in this gritty, mesmerizing thriller. Set amid the beauty and darkness of contemporary Africa, [this] is the first entry in an evocative new series cutting to the heart of today's Botswana - a modern democracy threatened by unstable neighbors, poachers, and diamond smugglers. Those trying to expose the corrupt ringleaders will gind themselves fighting for their lives." SIGNED by on the title page. Recommended. Glossary. 467 pp. ISBN: 0-06-1252409.

New York: Hyperion, (1992.). SIGNED first edition - The 5th Dave Robicheaux mystery. The combination of Burke's good writing and the great Louisiana bayou setting have made his novels increasingly popular and the earlier titles are beginning to be harder to find in first edition. SIGNED on the half title page. 346 pp.

New York: Ballantine 03055 (1973). First edition - St.Cyr: He was a cyberdetective - a super man, part man and part computer. Number 03055. 211 pp plus 5 pp publisher's ads. Cover art by Bob Blanchard. ISBN: 0-345-030559.

New York: Paperback Library, 1970. First edition - A very early science fiction work of Koontz, of an android and his creator on the run from the Secret Police. 63-384. 142 pp plus 2 pp publishers ads. Striking cover art by Savage Steele.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, (2015). SIGNED first edition - A new collection of poems, described as 'exuberant and socially engaged, reflective and hearling' by the first Latino US Poet Laureate. SIGNED on the title page. 100 pp. ISBN: 978-0872867109.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second Mirrorworld novel - a story found and told by Cornelia Funke and Lionel Wigram. "After saving his younger brother Will's life in "Reckless", Jacob Reckless now has to save his own. With only months to live after being cursed, he searches for the Witch Slayer's crossbow, rumored to give life instead of death when it's used out of love." SIGNED by Funke on the title page. Translated by Oliver Latsch. 424 pp. ISBN: 978-0316056106.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1999.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new trilogy, set in contemporary times, and chronicling the history of a family of highly evolved and intelligent Mammoths on an isolated Siberian Island, and threats that face them: global warming, dwindling gene pool, and most deadly of all - Man. Both an adventure story and a fable for our time. SIGNED by Baxter and numbered on a preliminary page. Full color frontispiece by Jill Bauman. 212pp

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of six short stories. SIGNED on the title page. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-395-578183.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001) dj. SIGNED first edition - The 3rd book in the series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland: in this one, he goes to the Montana Big Sky country for some fishing and ends up helping out an old friend. SIGNED on the title page. 334 pp.

Sheffield, UK: Headland Poetry, 1973. SIGNED first edition - A single poem printed on a single sheet folded and stapled in stiff yellow wrappers. #30 of 150 individually numbered copies. This copy has a long SIGNED inscription inside the front cover - long enough to be considered a letter - in German (although born in the US, Jaffin has lived for many years in Germany). One comment on his poetry, which I think is accurate for this poem also, is that his poems "are restrained, dignified, pictorial, and superficially simple, but they turn frequently on the ambiguities inherent in language.". ISBN: 0-903074095.

Kansas City: Charles E. Brown Publishing Co. / Faultless Starch Col, (ca 1900). Small promotional booklets, just 3 by 5 inches, given out with each box of starch sold. Each volume contains a retelling of a familiar story, or an original story, often humorous, and also often bringing in "starch" into the story. At the end of the story are several pages of conundrums, jokes, interesting facts, etc. Illustrated. Colors of the covers vary - blue, brown, red, turquoise - and each is printed in the same color as the cover illustration. 16 pp each, including the covers,

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second in Carter's marvelously inventive "color series." Both an alphabet book, and a puzzle book with a blue 2 hidden in each popup. Incredibly complex and engaging pop-ups, this is a wonderful example of the genuine art of paper engineering. SIGNED by Carter inside the front cover. Square format, unpaginated (includes eight large double page pop-ups, and other movable elements.). ISBN: 9781416917816.

New York: Henry Holt, (2002.). SIGNED first edition - A powerful novel about obsession by a writer whose work is consistently original and riveting - advance praise from Jonathan Letham and Peter Carey. SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Paul Auster's "brilliant, devastating novel about the many realities we inhabit as wars flame all around us" begins ÔI am alone in the dark, turning the world around in my head as I struggle through another bout of insomnia, another white night in the great American wilderness.' SIGNED on the title page. 180 pp. ISBN: 978-0805088397.

New York: Viking, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel deals with the bare-bones of survival in a hallucinatory, but real, world in the last stages of disintegration. SIGNED on the title page. 188 pp. ISBN: 0-670-814458.

New York: The Viking Press, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery featuring ex-cop turned private eye, Charlie Bradshaw - set in this famous New York race track town. INSCRIBED on the title page to the late noted book collector Larry Owens with the comment "May all your obsessions be as pleasant." In addition to writing these rather offbeat mysteries, Dobyns is a novelist and award-winning poet. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-670810592.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by this highly praised writer; a psychological thriller. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-679-415688.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second novel, a story of love, loss, grief, and a harrowing story of the death of one of her best friends from AIDS, and more. Illustrated with photographs. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-86547-4273.

New York: Henry Holt, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A powerful novel about obsession by a writer whose work is consistently original and riveting - dustjacket praise from Jonathan Letham and Peter Carey, among others. SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-805054081.

New York: Henry Holt, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His eleventh novel. Covering a period of just 9 days, in Brooklyn in 1982, this is a meditation on the nature of time - but also a book which can be described as 'reading like an old-fashioned ghost story.' SIGNED on the title page. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-73205.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of five short stories, one of 226 specially bound copies, individually numbered and SIGNED by Morris. Printed by Noel Young, designed by Barbara Martin and handbound by Earle Gray. 84 pp plus colophon.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. (ca 1903) dj. Hardcover first edition - An early book by this American author, one which looks at English, Dutch, Flemish, Austrian & French period furniture pieces, and their influence on furniture design. Includes 112 plates and illustrations. Index. 254 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. SIGNED first edition - The fifth suspense novel featuring Detroit private investigator Amos Walker. SIGNED on the half title page. Winner of the Shamus Award. 220 pp.

New York: Grove Press, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - a "neo-beat grungeoisie love story" which follows a group of young people as they move between Portland, Oregon, and New York, "circulating lazily on the perimeters of society, their days structured around a cup of coffee, scoring a little weed, jobs that come and go." SIGNED on the title page. Reportedly based on Hornburg's relationship with then-unknown Courtney Love, and the basis for a 1998 film of the same name. 189 pp. ISBN: 0-802115101.

New York: Putnam, (2019). SIGNED first edition - The ninth novel in the highly praised series featuring Quinn Colson, former Army Ranger, and Sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, SIGNED in silver on the black title page and dated in the year of publication. An upcoming HBO series will be based on these Colson novels. 446 pp. Publisher's letter laid in.

New York: Putnam, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The ninth novel in the highly praised series featuring Quinn Colson, former Army Ranger, and Sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, SIGNED in silver on the black title page and dated in the year of publication. An upcoming HBO series will be based on these Colson novels. 446 pp. ISBN: 978-0525539469.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2004) dj. SIGNED first edition - The fourth novel featuring Nick Travers a former professional football player turned professor of blues history at Tulane. But when he asked for a favor by a friend he can't turn him down. SIGNED on the title page. 291 pp.

New York: Putnam, (2017). SIGNED first edition - The seventh novel in the highly praised series featuring Quinn Colson, former Army Ranger, and Sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. An upcoming HBO series will be based on these Colson novels. 358 pp.

New York: Putnam, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh novel in the highly praised series featuring Quinn Colson, former Army Ranger, and Sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. An upcoming HBO series will be based on these Colson novels. 358 pp. ISBN: 978-0399576713.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, (2007). SIGNED first edition - "A hybrid collection of texts written and performed on the road, from Mexico City to San Francisco, from Central America to central California, illustrated throughout with photos and artwork. Rants, manifestos, newspaper cutups, street theater, anti-lectures, love poems, and riffs tell the story of what its like to live outlaw and brown in the United States." Herrera who served as both California poet laureate and as US poet laureate from 2015-2017, was the child of migrant farmers and his early days in the fields of California have strongly shaped his work. SIGNED on the title page. 352 pp plus sources and more photographs. No indication of printing on copyright page but original price of 17.95 on rear cover. ISBN: 978-0872864627.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, (2007). SIGNED first edition - "A hybrid collection of texts written and performed on the road, from Mexico City to San Francisco, from Central America to central California, illustrated throughout with photos and artwork. Rants, manifestos, newspaper cutups, street theater, anti-lectures, love poems, and riffs tell the story of what its like to live outlaw and brown in the United States." Herrera who served as both California poet laureate and as US poet laureate from 2015-2017, was the child of migrant farmers and his early days in the fields of California have strongly shaped his work. SIGNED on the title page. 352 pp plus sources and more photographs. No indication of printing on copyright page but original price of 16.95 on rear cover. ISBN: 978-0872864627.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Dave Robicheaux mystery, set in New Iberia and in New Orleans. A look at the 'Big Sleazy' as it was before Katrina devastated the city. SIGNED on the title page. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-45423.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, third book published, a story set between the World Wars, with settings ranging from Boston and Beacon Hill to Maine and to Grand Tours in Europe. Lillian is a young woman from Boston, a "conventional girl with unconventional stirrings and of the two men in her life who represent different possibilities." SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-395-603390.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by the author. Author's highly praised 4th book (3rd novel), evocative and moving. Joan Didion calls it "her best work yet - assured, supple, exhilarating in its nerve and cool momentum."

Banares, India: The Ananda Publishing House (Theosophical Society - Indian Section) (1948). Hardcover - Includes a new preface to this edition. The publication information on the copyright page indicates a first edition in 1917 of 1000 copies and this edition, also in 1000 copies. 128 pp.

New York: Random House, (1999). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A memoir by this award-winning author which tells her own story, and the story of the Kentucky farm family, the Masons of Clear Springs, which she grew up in. It takes us back to recapture a way of life that has all but disappeared, but it also tells the story of how a "misfit girl who dreamed of distant places grew up in the forties, fifties, and sixties, and fulfilled her ambition to be a writer." SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with photographs. xi, 298 pp. ISBN: 0-679449256.

New York: Doubleday, McClure Company, 1898. Hardcover first edition - A collection of thirteen short stories by Kipling, which were mostly written between 1893 and 1896 while Kipling was living in Vermont. Included in these stories is one titled "007." Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and seven internal plates by W. L. Sonntag, E. L. Blumenschein, and W. D. Stevens. The American edition, preceded the English edition by two months, but this is a corrected later issue with the letter "o" in the word "into" intact on page 189. 481 pp. Top edge gilt.

Boston: Little Brown, (1974). Hardcover first edition - A book which collects five pieces: the title story - a novella - and four long stories. The title piece was the basis for a television film featuring Laurence Olivier. Review copy with a promotional photograph with pre-publication info laid in. The US edition preceded the UK edition. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-316290939.

London: Michael Joseph, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - True first edition of this mystery set in the world of horse-racing - in Florida and in England. SIGNED twice by Francis - on the half title page and on the title page. 277 pp. ISBN: 0-718134680.

New York: Harper Collins, (1996). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Macavity awards, set in rural Maine near a former World War II German Prisoner-of-War logging camp. 40 years later, after the fall of the Berlin Wall makes it possible for East Germans to travel, a man arrives in the U.S. to try to learn the details of his brother's death - supposedly by drowning after an escape attempt - and a woman who worked in the camp occasionally while a young girl becomes caught up in the search for the long hidden truth after her brother is killed. SIGNED on the title page. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-060186674.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A lovely story of a young girl's dream come true. She lives with her grandmother on a remote ranch and she is fascinated with puma lore and legends. She uses her allowance money to purchase a salt lick with hopes of luring a puma close enough for observation. After over a year of watching and dreaming, she finally sees a puma through the window as it circles the salt lick. Illustrated with beautiful double-page-spread illustrations by La Marche in a glowing, golden palette. SIGNED by LaMarche on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Large oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1534429796.