New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations. (1962.). Hardcover - A look at "the ways in which Protestants, Catholics, and Jews are relating to one another (or failing to relate) in ten American cities" - including Boston (conflict on the Charles), Nashville (Athens with an Achilles heel), Cleveland (city without Jews), Philadelphia, Minneapolis and St Paul, Plainview on Long Island, Los Angeles, New York City and Muncie. 344 pp.

New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations. (1962.) dj. Hardcover - A look at "the ways in which Protestants, Catholics, and Jews are relating to one another (or failing to relate) in ten American cities" - including Boston (conflict on the Charles), Nashville (Athens with an Achilles heel), Cleveland (city without Jews), Philadelphia, Minneapolis and St Paul, Plainview on Long Island, Los Angeles, New York City and Muncie. 344 pp.

New York: Ballantine, 2000. The memoirs of Michael MacDonald who grew up in Boston's Irish ghetto, Southie, an area of the highest concentration of impoverished whites in the United Staes. MacDonald invites us into Southie's contradictory world where residents besieged by gangs and crime remain loyal to their community. He introduces us to those who inhabit this proud neigborhood, including his unforgettable family members. 266 pgs.

New York: Washington Square Press Books, (1994). SIGNED - 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." INSCRIBED and dated on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-671749512.

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: Viking, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third in the series of mysteries featuring this 'domestic-worker-by-choice', as she leaves her home in Boston to visit her old hometown of Farleigh, North Carolina for the summer. INSCRIBED on the title page "---- Read well and prosper" and dated in 2001. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-670-876267.

New York: Viking, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - Fourth in the series of mysteries featuring this 'domestic-worker-by-choice', as she leaves her home in Boston to visit her old hometown of Farleigh, North Carolina for the summer. 275 pp plus recipe. ISBN: 0-670-891657.

New York: Viking, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third in the series of mysteries featuring this 'domestic-worker-by-choice', as she leaves her home in Boston to visit her old hometown of Farleigh, North Carolina for the summer. SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-670-876267.

New York: MIRA, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A romantic suspense thriller. "On a remote stretch of the rugged coast of Ireland, folklorist and illustrator Keira Sullivan pursues an Irish legend of an ancient Celtic stone angel. As she searches an isolated ruin, she's certain she's discovered the mythic angel, but before she can examine her find, she senses a malevolent presence... Then the ruin collapses, trapping her. Keira's uncle, a Boston homicide detective, enlists the help of Simon Cahill to find his missing niece. When the violence follows them to Boston--and escalates--Simon and Keira realize that the long-forgotten story that has captivated her has also aroused a killer." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 345 pp. ISBN: 978-0778324836.

New York: St Martin's, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - "When life is at its best, the unimaginable can shatter everything you know." Novel set in Boston and Israel. 304 pp. ISBN: 9780312570170.

New York: Harmony, (2000). SIGNED first edition - Author's first novel, a "lighthearted inversion" of the classic Shakespearean tale, involving two families of rival florists in Boston. SIGNED and dated on the title with the word "love." Illustrated with pictures of flowers. Ray is the mother of novelist Ann Patchett. 182 pp.

New York: Crown, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a highly praised mystery introducing Thomas Theron, a sharp-tongued, unwilling (and untenured) assistant English professor turned investigator.

New York: Walker, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The authors' first mystery novel, set in the Jewish community of Boston in the Depression of the 1930s and introducing Belle Appleman, a young widow, garment worker, union menber and devotee of "True Detective" magazine and so when a body is discovered along the Esplanade, she determines to put her skills to work as an amateur sleuth. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-802756255.

New York & Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1971.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A Novel of Black Survival in Today's America" - Powerful first novel by this African American writer, a teacher in the Boston school system - a coming of age story, set in the ghetto of an "unnamed" northeastern city. 337 pp.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007). First edition - The 23rd mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing, who finds his quiet life upset when he goes against the mob. 292 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 1989. ISBN: 0-684187922.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 1989. 213 pp. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 0-684187922.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1985.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring this Boston attorney, this one involving the kidnapping of the son of a former Red Sox pitcher. SIGNED and dated on the title page, 228 pp. ISBN: 0-68418446X.

New York: Delacorte, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The tenth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. In this novel he goes to Montana in search of some golden leopards stolen during a brutal robbery from his invalid friend on Cape Cod. SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-385-302339.

New York: Delacorte, (1991). SIGNED (on a bookplate) first edition - The tenth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. In this novel he goes to Montana in search of some golden leopards stolen during a brutal robbery from his invalid friend on Cape Cod. SIGNED by Tapply on a special bookplate affixed inside the front cover. 241 pp.

New York: Otto Penzler / Macmillan, (1993). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The twelfth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. In this novel he befriends a bait and tackle shop owner arrested for marijuana possession - which he was using to treat his symptoms from Agent Orange poisoning. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 273 pp. ISBN: 1-883402042.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel - a story of Boston politics - by this former governor of Massachusetts. SIGNED on the title page. 238 pp. ISBN: 0-684853469.