New York: Morrow, (1993.). First edition - Author's second book, a noir novel set in the Los Angeles area, featuring Quinn, a disillusioned former investigative reporter. 283 pp.

New York: Grove Press, (2000.). First edition - Tasmanian author's very highly praised and prize-winning first novel, originally published in Australia in 1994: 'Beneath a waterfall on the Franklin, Aljaz Cosini, river guide, lies drowning. Beset by visions at once horrible and fabulous, he relives not just his own life but that of his family and forebears... In the rainforest waters that rush over him he sees those lives stripped of their surface realities, and finds a world where dreaming reasserts its power over thinking.' Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for first fiction and the South Australian Premier's Award. In 2014 Flanagan won the Man-Booker Award. 326 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, a collection of nine interrelated stories which move back in forth in time to give us a picture of two generations of a Tennessee family. Praise from Robert Olen Butler, Peter Cameron and Annie Proulx who comments "These nine stories, spare and pellucid in style, sometimes wrenchingly painful in content, introduce a brilliant new American voice. These stories take up the contradictions of life where brutal situations are balanced by the blind and persistent human endurance that lets us continue to live." SIGNED on the title page. Picture of cover art stapled inside front cover. 161 pp.

New York: Putnam, 1996. First edition -

New York: HarperPerennial, (1994.). The story of Saint Paul Community Baptist Church in Brooklyn New York and its controversial pastor, the Reverend Johnny Ray Youngblood, and the work it has done in the community in building affordable housing, creating a school, programs for drug addicts and more. Bibliography. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0924594.

New York: HarperCollins, (1992.). First edition - The story of Saint Paul Community Baptist Church in Brooklyn New York and its controversial pastor, the Reverend Johnny Ray Youngblood, and the work it has done in the community in building affordable housing, creating a school, programs for drug addicts and more. Bibliography. 548 pp.

New York: Scholastic -The Chicken House, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - The final book in the innovative fantasy trilogy from the award-winning author of 'The Thief Lord. ' Life in the Inkworld has been more tragic than magical, ever since Maggie and her bookbinder father Mo were drawn into this world, but now Mo is inking a dangerous deal with death itself. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Includes a letter from Funke inside the front cover. SIGNED on the title page with her full name in green ink. Illustrated with drawings at the head of each chapter. A lovely book in an unusual wide format. Cover illustration by Carol Lawson. 663 pp. plus a list of names and places in the Inkworld trilogy.

New York: Scholastic -The Chicken House, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in the innovative fantasy trilogy from the award-winning author of 'The Thief Lord' in the true first US printing with the original price of $19.95 on the dustjacket, and all of the other correct points. SIGNED on the title page by Funke. A tale of magic and adventure about a young girl living with her book-binder father (and with her 'bookworm' - book collecting - great aunt) who has the magical power to bring characters from books to life by reading them aloud. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Illustrated with drawings at the tail of each chapter. A lovely book in an unusual wide format. Cover illustration by Carol Lawson. 534 pp. ISBN: 0-439-531640.

New York: Scholastic -The Chicken House, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the title page. The final book in the innovative fantasy trilogy from the award-winning author of 'The Thief Lord. ' Life in the Inkworld has been more tragic than magical, ever since Maggie and her bookbinder father Mo were drawn into this world, but now Mo is inking a dangerous deal with death itself. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Includes a letter from Funke inside the front cover. Illustrated with drawings at the head of each chapter. A lovely book in an unusual wide format. Cover illustration by Carol Lawson. 663 pp. plus a list of names and places in the Inkworld trilogy.

New York: Pantheon, 1993. First edition - Novel featuring Crown Prosecutor Helen West. 208 pp.

New York: Bantam, (1988). SIGNED first edition - Author's 2nd book - a mystery set in England, featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley and Dectective Sergeant Barbara Havers. SIGNED on the title page.

Evanston IL: TriQuarterly Books - Northwestern University Press, 1995. First edition - Uncommon advance issue of this collection of 3 short stories and a novella by this Cherokee-German-English poet.

New York: Henry Holt, 1999. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the title page. The 15th Kinsey Millhone mystery, one which reveals some information about the break-up of her first marriage. 316 pp. This advance issue is much less common than the hardcover trade edition.

New York: Broadway Books, 2001. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the title page. A look at the West's first liberated women, free to choose their own lovers and command considerable respect and power. Muses and artists themselves, their liasons brought them influence and wealth. Among the women discussed in this book are Veronica Franco of 16th century Venice, Madame de Pompadour, La Belle Otero, Marion Davies, and many others. Illustrated.

New York: Broadway Books, 2001. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. A look at the West's first liberated women, free to choose their own lovers and command considerable respect and power. Muses and artists themselves, their liasons brought them influence and wealth. Among the women discussed in this book are Veronica Franco of 16th century Venice, Madame de Pompadour, La Belle Otero, Marion Davies, and many others. Illustrated. Bibliography. 269 pp Promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 0-7679-04508.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. SIGNED first edition - A Richard Jury mystery. SIGNED on the first page. A rather uncommon advance issue, especially signed by the author.

New York: Dial Press, 2002. SIGNED first edition - Young adult novel written in the voices of 18 teenagers as they learn to express themselves through poetry in an 'open mike' forum. Winner of the Coretta Scott King award. SIGNED on the title page and uncommon thus. 167 pp.

New York: Dial Press, 2002. SIGNED first edition - Young adult novel written in the voices of 18 teenagers as they learn to express themselves through poetry in an 'open mike' forum. Winner of the Coretta Scott King award. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Welcome to the Masquerade," and uncommon thus. 167 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. SIGNED first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, of the South from the Civil War to the present, told in the voice of a woman who lived through it all. INSCRIBED on the half title page. Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize. Basis for the 1994 American television miniseries starring Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Cicely Tyson (who won the Emmy award for her role) and Anne Bancroft. The earlier - and far more uncommon - of the two proofs, with the page numbers handwritten in the upper corner. 737 pp.

New York: Pantheon, (2007). Hardcover first edition - Novel by this National Book Award winning writer - one which follows the Wu family as they leave China in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 and attempt to build a new life in the US. Includes a section of poems by Nan Wu. 660 pp.

New York: Harper & Row, (1982.). First edition - Hawkes is exploring the limits of erotic fiction here - and using the device of reincarnation is able to go back and forth in time as Virginie is the companion of "Seigneur," a somewhat depraved member of the Ancien Regime, and in post-WWII Paris she is the younger sister of cab-driver (and pimp) Bocage. A challenging and fascinating book. 207 pp.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2008.). First edition - "A grisly tale of murder, witchcraft and the dark side of healing" by this very dark, but compelling writer. 410 pp.

New York: Doubleday, 1999. First edition - AuthorÕs highly acclaimed debut. Introduces police detective Jack Caffery, on the hunt for a serial killer nicknamed "The Millennium Ripper" by the British tabloids after the bodies of five prostitutes are unearthed beneath the rubble of a Greenwich landfill; .and even more grotesque, the hearts of the women were replaced with birds that were still alive when they were sewn into the victims' chests. Cause of death: an injection of heroin into the brain stem of the victims.

Minneapolis: Milkweed , 1996. SIGNED first edition - Described as a 'wickedly funny novel ..about our media saturated times." SIGNED by the author. One of the Granta authors, and the only one to have been published only by small presses.

New York: Putnam, 1999. SIGNED first edition - The 6th in his highly praised Aaron Gunner mystery series; Gunner investigates the suicide of a gangsta rapper. SIGNED on the title page.

New York: Harper & Row, 1986. SIGNED first edition - The second mystery in the highly praised series featuring Boston private eye John Francis Cuddy - a great series. Tony Hillerman called the plot idea 'fresh and intriguing'; Robert Parker described this novel as a 'pleasure to read.' Winner of the Shamus Award for best PI novel. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp.

New York: Pocket Books, 1992. SIGNED first edition - One of the most interesting series out there - this is the 7th mystery featuring Boston PI John Cuddy. Highly recommended.