New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2015). SIGNED - A novel about teenage life today by this Edgar award winning writer. Gillian Flynn called this "dark, disturbing, strangely beautiful and utterly unshakeable." SIGNED on the title page. 303 pp. plus a 20 pp reading group guide. ISBN: 978-0316231046.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2016). SIGNED - A novel about family and ambition by this Edgar award winning writer. "How far will you go to achieve a dream? That's the question a celebrated coach poses to Katie and Eric Knox after he sees their daughter Devon, a gymnastics prodigy and Olympic hopeful, compete. For the Knoxes there are no limits--until a violent death rocks their close-knit gymnastics community and everything they have worked so hard for is suddenly at risk." SIGNED on the title page. 342 pp. ISBN: 978-0316251060.

Salt Lake City: Torrey House Press, (2014). First edition - Two professors set out to ride the Great Western Trail on Mt Timpanogos in Utah on their mountain bikes in every season, noting the changes from month to month and year to year, but this book becomes much more than a simple look at wildflowers. 355 pp.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, (1991). Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, a memoir which is also a journey through family history, feminist insight, and southern mythology. Shirley Jean Abbott grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the 1940s and 50s, the beloved daughter of Alfred Bemont Abbott, affectionately known as "Hat whose business was taking bets on horse racing. But he also loved to read, and he passed that love on to his daughter. xxi, 290 pp. ISBN: 0-899195180.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology of poems from Africa and the US, compiled for young readers and with commentaries by Abdul. Illustrated by Dane Burr. ISBN: 0-396-065139.

New York: Morrow, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Studies of both well-known African Americans like Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, etc, and less well-known - Bass Reeves, Peter Salem, Joseph Cinque and Lewis H. Latimer. Foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.. Photographs, bibliography, Index. xxiv, 232 pp. ISBN: 0-688-130976.

New York: Liberty - Time, Inc, (2016.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book of essays in which Abdul-Jabbar "uses his unique blend of erudition, street smarts and authentic experience on the country's seemingly irreconcilable partisan divide - both racial and political, parenthood, and his own experiences as an athlete, African-American, and a Muslim. . . he also offers keen assessments of and solutions to problems such as racism in sports while speaking candidly about his experiences on the court and off." SIGNED by Adbu-Jabbar on the title page. Index. 242 pp. ISBN: 978-1618931719.

New York: Vintage Books, (1991). One of the most important Japanese novels of the 20th century, this is reminiscent of Kafka's works. An amateur entomologist wanders into a remote seaside village in pursuit of a rare beetle, and is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he discovers that he is a prisoner and his only companion is a young widow, a pariah in the poor community, who the villagers have condemned to a life of shoveling back the ever-encroaching dunes that threaten to bury the town. Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders. Illustrated with drawings by Machi Abe. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-679733787.

New York & Tokyo: Kodansha, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His first collection of short fiction, one which confirms his reputation as one of Japan's most significant modern writers. The stories - often surrealistic - start from the same point: a seemingly innocuous act plunges an ordinary individual into extraordinary, often nightmarish circumstances that lead him to question his identity or his sanity. Translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter. 247 pp. ISBN: 4770014651.

New York: Berkley, (2014). First edition - The first book in a new series of science-based thrillers, and the first published by Reiss under this pseudonym. "In the frozen waters of the Arctic, Marine bioterror expert Joe Rush races to save a submarine crew from a lethal threat." 324 pp.

New York: Crown, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Described as the first Cuban-American thriller, this is a story of witchcraft, crime and law, set in the Hispanic communities of Los Angeles. Charlie Morrell, himself Cuban, is a court-appointed investigator assigned to take on the case of two marielitos, followers of the santeria cult, who are accused of a vicious killing. SIGNED on the half title page, 308 pp. ISBN: 0-517-58509X.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Cuban-American writer's second novel, the story of a dyed in the wool 'yanqui' - an ex-Marine from Ohio - who becomes caught up in the Revolution in Cuba, first rising to become Castro's right hand man, and then, disillusioned, involved in a plot to assassinate him, 445 pp. ISBN: 0-684-814277.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third book and second suspense novel featuring Cuban-American lawyer Charlie Morrell - a story based on the worlds of santeria and the darker one of palo mayombe. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Dust jacket praise from Michael Connelly and T. Jefferson Parker. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-684814269.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Cuban-American writer's second novel, the story of a dyed in the wool 'yanqui' - an ex-Marine from Ohio - who becomes caught up in the Revolution in Cuba, first rising to become Castro's right hand man, and then, disillusioned, involved in a plot to assassinate him, 445 pp. ISBN: 0-684-814277.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third book and second suspense novel featuring Cuban-American lawyer Charlie Morrell - a story based on the worlds of santeria and the darker one of palo mayombe. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Michael Connelly and T. Jefferson Parker. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-684814269.

New York: Crown, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Described as the first Cuban-American thriller, this is a story of witchcraft, crime and law, set in the Hispanic communities of Los Angeles. Charlie Morrell, himself Cuban, is a court-appointed investigator assigned to take on the case of two marielitos, followers of the santeria cult, who are accused of a vicious killing. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication, 308 pp. ISBN: 0-517-58509X.

New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel - the story of a woman set adrift by her divorce but also of her ability to survive not only that, but a brutal rape, and to regain possession of herself.

New York: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1970. SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, and the last in the series of limited edition poetry pamphlets published by this press. Issued in a limited edition of only 300 copies. An interesting association copy INSCRIBED on the title page to poet Barbara Guest, one of the dedicatees - "Having stumbled on the secret platform, the cartographer serenely gazed into the blue . . . with my love, Walter. The poem dedicated to Guest is titled 'Don't Speak to Me about Cartographers.'

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Seventh book by this award winning writer, a complex story set in modern Mexico, which 'explores the reaches of corruption and the limits of power in business, politics, education.' William Gass called it 'a truly magnificent achievement.' 335 pp. ISBN: 0-679-418679.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Seventh book by this award winning writer, a complex story set in modern Mexico, which 'explores the reaches of corruption and the limits of power in business, politics, education.' William Gass called it 'a truly magnificent achievement.' SIGNED by the author on the title page, and uncommon thus. ISBN: 0-679-418679.

New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. 1947. First edition - First separate publication of this offprint from 'Delaware, a History of the First State' with a new foreword by Henry Seidel Canby. Discusses the importance of regional literature in understanding American life. Includes discussion of fiction, both romantic and realistic, nonfiction prose and poetry, Glossy frontispiece. States that this is one of 250 copies, but it is not numbered. Large format, measuring 8 1/12 in wide by 11 inches tall, 32 pp.

San Francisco: Sierra Club, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book - he grew up in the Canadian West and in 1985 he revisited the Prairie Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. He includes accounts of the various colonies of immigrants, the treatment of Indians, and of the countryside itself. Index. viii, 260 pp. ISBN: 0-871567059.

New York: St. Martin's Press (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth thriller by this forensic psychiatrist writing suspense novels, featuring his alter ego, forensic scientist Dr. Frank Clevenger who is tasked by the FBI to investigate several still-open murder cases across the nation, a task which puts him on the trail of a gift architect, a sociapath who not only wants to design perfect houses but wants to perfect the lives of those who live in them. SIGNED and dated in the month of publication on the title page. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-312323921.

New York: St. Martin's Press (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth novel by this forensic psychiatrist writing suspense novels, featuring his alter ego, forensic scientist Dr. Frank Clevenger who takes on a murder case like no other. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-312-323899.

New York: Pantheon, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, a psychological thriller about the pathology of murder. Ablow is himself a forensic psychiatrist. Cover praise from Jonathan Kellerman, among others. 263 pp. ISBN: 0-679-442111.

New York: Pantheon, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, a psychological thriller about the pathology of murder. Ablow is himself a forensic psychiatrist. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from Jonathan Kellerman, among others. 263 pp. ISBN: 0-679-442111.

New York: Pantheon, 1997. First edition - Author's first novel, a psychological thriller about the pathology of murder. With an indicated first printing of 60,000 copies, this is obviously much less common than the hardcover edition. Ablow is himself a forensic psychiatrist. Cover praise from Jonathan Kellerman, among others.

New York: St. Martin's Press (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third thriller by this forensic psychiatrist writing suspense novels, featuring his alter ego, forensic scientist Dr. Frank Clevenger who receives a phone call from his close friend and former colleague North Anderson, now the Chief of Police on the island of Nantucket. One of the infant twin daughters of billionaire Darwin Bishop has been murdered in her crib at the family's estate. The suspected killer is her adopted brother Billy, and investigators believe that the fugitive teenager has targeted the surviving twin. But Clevenger uncovers some revelations that lead him to believe Billy may be innocent - the Bishops are a deeply troubled family. SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-312266413.

Mexico, D. F. Imp. Aboitiz, n.d. (ca 1960). A bilingual booklet which explains the basics of bullfighting, and illustrates it with 24 full page, full color paintings by six artists - Ruano Llopis, Carreno, Navarrete, Ruiz Vela, Ximenez and Luis Gomez. As Candido explains in the brief prologue, the paintings are from the collection of the printer, Aboitiz, who was responsible for all the publicity related to the bullfight in Mexico for 25 years. Measures 6 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. Picture of the Plaza Mexico, the largest bull ring in the world, on the back cover.

Dulwich Centre: Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia, 1995. First edition - "This Newsletter outlines a report of a counselling project initiated by the Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia, which was conducted from June 1994 to September 1994. This counselling project implemented one of the recommendations made by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (November 1987 to December 1990)." Large format. 40 pp.