New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, set in Hollywood and basis of the critically acclaimed movie of the same name, directed by Robert Altman and featuring Tim Robbins. SIGNED on the title page. 193 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-2281.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this Hollywood screenwriter, author of the highly praised "The Player." This is a sardonic look at the aftermath of an airline disaster with a whole industry set up to profit by it, and the unlikely attempt of a music store owner's attempt to rekindle his marriage. Publisher's Weekly called it a "drolly morbid novel, a gleefully vicious combination of satire and propulsive storytelling." 273 pp. ISBN: 0-688120830.

New York: Vintage Books, (1989). SIGNED - Author's first novel, set in Hollywood and basis of the critically acclaimed movie of the same name, directed by Robert Altman and featuring Tim Robbins. SIGNED on the title page. 193 pp. ISBN: 0-679-722548.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2020) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The final volume of the Pacific War trilogy,a comprehensive account of the bitter island battles that led to Japan. Illustrated with maps and photographs. SIGNED on a preliminary page. Notes, bibliography, index. A thick, heavy book - xv, 926 pp. ISBN: 978-0393080650.

Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first major one-volume collection of Tolstoy's stories, edited and with an introduction by Charles Neider. Includes 46 stories from all stages of his life, ranging in length from short stories to novellas. Most were translated by Nathan Haskell Dole; the three Sevastapol stories were translated by Isabel F. Hapgood. 574 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - Australian author's second novel (the first was shortlisted for the Booker) - an "outrageously inventive dark comedy about two lifelong friends. Liam is a struggling writer and a failing cop. Aldo, his best friend and muse, is a haplessly criminal entrepreneur with an uncanny knack for disaster. As AldoÕs luck worsens, Liam is inspired to base his next book on his best friendÕs exponential misfortunes and hopeless quest to win back his one great love: his ex-wife, Stella." 359 pp. ISBN: 978-1476797823.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2015) dj. First edition - Australian author's second novel (the first was shortlisted for the Booker) - an "outrageously inventive dark comedy about two lifelong friends. Liam is a struggling writer and a failing cop. Aldo, his best friend and muse, is a haplessly criminal entrepreneur with an uncanny knack for disaster. As AldoÕs luck worsens, Liam is inspired to base his next book on his best friendÕs exponential misfortunes and hopeless quest to win back his one great love: his ex-wife, Stella." 359 pp.

London and Osaka, Japan: Yamanaka & Co, n.d.(1906). Hardcover first edition - A collection of the traditional tales whose themes and subjects are often depicted in Japanese art, including netsuke. Thirty-seven illustrations including a color frontispiece "The Ama and The Jewel" and 14 black and white plates all with tissue guards. (x), 96 pp. Bound in the original olive green cloth with gilt lettering and a blindstamped design on front cover.

Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. First edition - "This book... Is about staying young while getting older, and about the continuities provided by family life and shared interests." 63 pp. ISBN: 0-192824511.

New York: McDowell and Obolensky, 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first collection of his poetry to be published in the United States.

Cleveland, Ohio: Goldsmith Publishing, (1928) dj. Hardcover - The first of the four Ward Hill books, originally published in 1897. As a new student at Weston, Ward wins some popularity for his sport abilities - espectially at baseball but neglects his studies and comes under the influence of boys who are not the proper companions.

Boston & Chicago: W. A. Wilde, (1896). Hardcover - The second title in The War of the Revolution series. Tenth edition stated on title page. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and four inserted plates by Charles Copeland. 364 pp. plus 3 pp publisher's ads.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. dj. Hardcover first edition - An epic anti-war novel by the writer best known for the classic "The Sea and the Jungle" - the dust jacket cover describes this as "a great English novel of war and peace." It begins with the Boer War in 1900 and continues through the Great War - World War I. 445 pp. plus colophon. Illustrated endpapers.

New York: Time Incorporated, 1964. Classic story of traveling on a freighter from London to the upper reaches of the Amazon. Includes a new introduction by V. S. Pritchett.

New York: Dutton, (1927, 1920). SIGNED hardcover - The author's first book, originally published in England in 1912. A classic story of traveling on a freighter from London to the upper reaches of the Amazon. The dedication page that this is "the narrative of the voyage of the tramp steamer Capella from Swansea to Santa Maria de Belem do Grao Para in the Brazils, and thence 2,000 miles along the forest of the Amazon and Madeira Rivers to the San Antonio Falls; afterwards returning to Barbados for orders, and going by way of Jamaica to Tampa in Florida, where she loaded for home. Done in the years 1909 and 1910." SIGNED by Tomlinson on the half title page, and very uncommon thus. 371 pp.

London: William Heinemann, (1931). Hardcover first edition - A collection of sixteen short "pieces" - mostly essays but some fiction - and many related to the sea, as is typical of his writing, although it also includes a piece on war literature and another on the death of Thomas Hardy. 273 pp.

Sarasota, FL: Oceanview Publishing, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Set in 1978 San Francisco, this is the first mystery featuring ex-con private investigator Colleen Hayes, who is struggling to put her life back together. She accepts a case from a wealthy, retired industrialist who is desperate to solve the brutal murder of his daughter, a murder that took place in Golden Gate Park eleven years earlier, during the Summer of Love. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 390 pp. ISBN: 978-1608093410.

New York: Barse and Hopkins, (1919). Hardcover first edition - Fourth book in this series which follows the adventures of Bob and his brother Harold in the US Army in France during the Great War. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three glossy internal plates by Charles L Wrenn. Lists to this title at the front of the book. 250 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads. Illustrated endpapers.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of Gold Rush-era Chinese prostitutes, which looks at these women as complex human beings rather than as commodities, as working women and objects of anti-Chinese sentiment. Based on census schedules, newspapers, government documents, literary sources, missionary records. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions of drawings. Extensive notes, bibliography, index. xix, 300 pp,. ISBN: 0-806126531.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Translated by Michael S. Duke - the first book by this author to be published in English. The title novella was the basis for the award winning movies of the same name. The additional novellas are Nineteen Thirty-four Escapes and Opium Family. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 268 pp. ISBN: 0-688-122175.

Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica College, 2008. SIGNED first edition - Contributors include Jim Krusoe, Victoria Patterson, Barry Gifford, Robert Ontiveros, Jervey Tervalon and others. SIGNED by Terese Svoboda at her story "Drug Dealers." Notes on contributors. 225 pp plus ads.

New York: Ecco Press, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book, a powerful collection of five short stories and the title novella, by Boyd, whose years of experience as a 'cut-man' (the one who staunches the blood flow and allows fights to continue), gives these stories a sometimes heart-breaking authenticity. One of the stories - 'Million $$$ Baby' - was the basis for the 2004 Academy-award winning film, produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Hilary Swank. 235 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0198206.

New York: Crown, (1982.) dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1949, this was one of the first general works on the subject by a leading London antiquarian book and map dealer, designed to be a guide for students and collectors. "Gives full information and illustrations of the principal map-makers and map publishers and their work from the earliest times to the 19th century, combining an appreciation of the popular decorative side of early maps with historical and bibliographical notes." Illustrated with 104 black and white reproductions and color plates. Index. 140 pp. ISBN: 0-517533030.

Baltimore, MD: Toomey Press. (1991.) dj. Hardcover - From the introduction: this is 'a chronology of military operations and major political events within the state. Its aim is two-fold: first, to dramatize the involvement and importance of Maryland, the smallest border state, during the first year of the war. Second, to recount for the first time over 150 battles, skirmishes, and minor military operations that occurred throughout the state." Maps, photographs, footnotes, index. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-961267003.

New York: Horizon, 1963. dj. The story of an American judge appointed to serve in the native courtsof the US Trust Territory islands, and of his and his wife's experiences travelling and living in the South West Pacific. Map endpapers. 286 pages.

New York: Wonder Books, 1949. Hardcover - An authorized retelling of the classic story "Caps for Sale" by Esphyr Slobodkina, originally published by Wonder Books as "Monkey See, Monkey Do." Despite the complicated history, this is a delightful book for young children, colorfully illustrated by William Moyers. Unpaginated, square format.

New York: HarperCollins, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel based upon the life of Marilyn Monroe. ISBN: 0-06-0166118.

New York: Atheneum, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the ending of slavery in Brazil in 1888, including the ideas and tactics of the abolitionists and the slaveholders' defense of their interests. A title in the "Studies in American Negro Life" series, with August Meier as general editor. Bibliography, notes, appendix, index xvii, 299 pp.