New York: Harper Collins, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book by this award-winning writer who was born in Lima, Peru but grew up in Alabama and writes in English. These nine stories "take the reader from Third World urban centers to the fault lines that divide nations and people. Wars, both national and internal, are waged in jungles, across borders, in the streets of Lima, in the intimacy of New York apartments.. . a devastating portrait ofa world in flux." SIGNED on the title page. 189 pp. ISBN: 0-060594780.

New York: St Martin's, (1996). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of nine stories about men (mostly) on the brink of decisions that will change their lives - among them is "Honeymoon" about a young IRA terrorist, which was included in "20 Under 30: Best Stories by America's Young New Writers." SIGNED on the title page. Laid in is a promotional postcard with a handwritten note by Albarelli to the late Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-312142943.

New York: St Martin's, (1996). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of nine stories about men (mostly) on the brink of decisions that will change their lives - among them is "Honeymoon" about a young IRA terrorist, which was included in "20 Under 30: Best Stories by America's Young New Writers." SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED and dated in the year of publication on the half title page to the late noted Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. Laid in a postcard with a handwritten note by Albarelli to Owens thanking him for his support. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-312142943.

New York: Harper & Row, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third book, a collection of 20 stories beginning with 'Walt and Will' a freewheeling version of the creation of the Disney empire. 197 pp. ISBN: 0-060152826.

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, (1992). First edition - A collection of interwoven stories that tell of three Americans travelers, each visiting Morocco for the first time. Winner of the 1992 Milkweed National Fiction Prize with a foreword by Gloria Naylor, who was the competition judge. Illustrated with drawings at the beginning of each story by Allan Servoss. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-915943727.

Watsonville, CA: Papier Mache Press, (1989). First edition - The author's first book, a collection of 21 short stories, many of them focusing on women getting older and living on the edge - stories which quickly draw you in. Cover praise by Meridel Le Sueur, among others. 110 pp. Cover art by Valeria Crystle. ISBN: 0-918949068.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1934. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of four supernatural tales, consisting of two novellas and two short stories, set in California and Europe, including - in addition to the classic title story - the often-anthologized "The Striding." Two long and two short stories, the setting shifting from California to Europe. In first of the novellas - 'The Eternal Now' - a man relives his past existence in an earlier century at the height of a party he is giving in the here and now and in 'The Sacrificial Altar' a writer of crime fiction cannot prove his only crime and kills himself. 198 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of thirteen short stories which offer a "penetrating glimpse into the ethical malaise" of our time. The title story, about a wealthy muralist and patroness of the arts who poses in the nude for a fellow artist who then blackmails her, could be updated for the internet age, where images all to frequently come back to haunt people. Other stories focus on manipulation - "a socially prominent family conspires to entrap a girl into a 'front' marriage with their homosexual son and heir" - and corruption - "a federal judge sells his opinions to the highest bidder with a recklessness that seems, almost suicidally, to invite detection." 213 pp. ISBN: 0-395331145.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of short stories.

New York: HarperCollins, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Although Banks is best known as a novelist, he has also won awards for his short stories and this collection, which includes stories written over a period of 30 years, contains many examples of his most powerful stories. Included are the best stories from his previous volumes, revised for this collection, and nine new stories, as well as an introduction and afterword by Banks. The settings range from New Hampshire and working class New England to Florida, the Caribbean and Africa. xix, 506 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0173963.

New York: Harper & Row, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of twelve short stories. SIGNED on the title page. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0155671.

New York: Ecco Press / Harper Collins, (2013). Hardcover first edition - A collection of twelve new stories by the award-winning author of "The Sweet Hereafter" and many other acclaimed novels - stories which "profoundly humane, deeplyÑand darklyÑfunny, and absolutely unforgettable." SIGNED on the title page. 228 pp. ISBN: 978-0061857652.

London: Hamish Hamilton, (1986.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of short stories. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-241-119278.

New York: Harper & Row, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of twelve short stories. SIGNED on the title page. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0155671.

New York: Ecco Press / Harper Collins, (2013). Hardcover first edition - A collection of twelve new stories by the award-winning author of "The Sweet Hereafter" and many other acclaimed novels - stories which "profoundly humane, deeplyÑand darklyÑfunny, and absolutely unforgettable." 228 pp. ISBN: 978-0061857652.

New York: Harper Collins, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - His first collection of short stories, about the myriad ways in which we try to connect with one another. 209 pp. ISBN: 9780062258120.

Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - A collection of seven stories and a novella which explore the lives, legacies and memories of veterans, all damaged by their war experiences, living in a society with no need for soldiers. SIGNED on the title page and uncommon thus. A title in the Western Literature Series. 184 pp.

New York: Harper & Brothers, (c 1905). Hardcover - The title story is an account of the blockade of the Confederacy's ports during the Civil War. Other stories are set among the Anasazi ruins, in the Congo in Africa and elsewhere. Glossy frontispiece. (there are no internal plates) 244 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first collection of short stories, ten stories which explore the British experience of France over a period of 300 years, from the 17th century to the present. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-679446915.

New York: Putnam, (1983). Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories by this important post-modernist writer, stories which take us from New York to Copenhagen, Barcelona, Paris and more. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-399128689.

New York: Putnam, (1983). Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories by this important post-modernist writer, stories which take us from New York to Copenhagen, Barcelona, Paris and more. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-399128689.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2007.). Ten stories which explore our connection to nature, set in locations ranging from Texas to Montana. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-618-90966x.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. dj. Hardcover first edition - Ten stories which explore our connection to nature, set in locations ranging from Texas to Montana. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-618-596747.

Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, (2006). A collection of eleven short stories about modern Spain, beginning with a story set in the years just before the Spanish Civil War of 1936, and continuing through the twentieth century. Winner of the George Garrett Prize. 166 pp. ISBN: 1-881515958.

New York: Norton, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of thirteen short stories, two of which were selected for Best American Short Stories. His second collection of stories, fourth work of fiction. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-393028674.

New York: Random House, 1978. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of her best collections of short stories. SIGNED on the title page. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-394-503117.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of fifteen short stories. SIGNED on the title page. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-671-622220x.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised collection of short stories by this writer who was included on Granta's list of the 20 best young American novelists. SIGNED on the title page. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-89919-835X.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1987. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Bell's fourth book and first collection of short stories. SIGNED by author on title page. 179 pp. ISBN: 0-89919-4893.