London: Allen Lane, (1980.). SIGNED first edition - A very different novel by the author best known for 'Watership Down.' A love story with a steadily growing undertone of horror. It is ironical - in light of the fact that in the preface to this book, Adams says that he "cannot be sure of unraveling the experienced from the imagined" - that this novel was the subject of a libel suit, and the first printings were suppressed and the name of the main character - Kathe - was changed (this proof copy is, of course, the first state with the original name.) INSCRIBED by Adams on the first page "To - yours sincerely." 397 pp.

New York: Atheneum, 1985. First edition - A collection of short stories "where the clash of ancient and modern cultures and the ever-present threat of war are constant themes." 157 pp.

New York: Doubleday, (1993.). First edition - First mystery featuring Luis Balam, full-blooded Mayan, ex-policeman, turned tour guide and part-time detective. 306 pp.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1998. SIGNED first edition - Twenty-four essays on her life as a 'hyphenated American' (In 1960, when Alvarez was 10 years old, her father, after a failed coup attempt against the dictator Rafael Trujillo, escaped to a self-imposed exile to New York City, where Dr. Alvarez set up a medical practice in the Bronx while his wife and four daughters set about the serious business of assimilation.), and on how this has influenced her writing. Includes the "Ten Commandments on Writing" - wisdom she has collected from other masters. SIGNED on the title page. 300 pp.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1998. SIGNED first edition - Twenty-four essays on her life as a 'hyphenated American' (In 1960, when Alvarez was 10 years old, her father, after a failed coup attempt against the dictator Rafael Trujillo, escaped to a self-imposed exile to New York City, where Dr. Alvarez set up a medical practice in the Bronx while his wife and four daughters set about the serious business of assimilation.), and on how this has influenced her writing. Includes the "Ten Commandments on Writing" - wisdom she has collected from other masters. SIGNED on the title page. 300 pp.

New York: Harmony, (1998.). First edition - A very different novel from Amis - a "gritty, credible, totally captivating mystery about an American female homicide detective." 181 pp.

New York: Random House, (2002). First edition - The sixth volume in Angelou's autobiography which began with "I Know Why a Caged Bird Sings." This opens as she is returning from a trip to Africa, and to the news that Malcolm X had been assassinated. 159 pp.

New York: Bantam, 1988. First edition - The first book in this series, issued a paperback original. Contains 25 original stories by Lisa Goldstein, Gregory Benford, Thomas M. Disch, Jack McDevitt, Norman Spinrad, Nancy Kress, James Morrow, Pat Murphy, Kevin J. Anderson, Charles Oberndorf and many others. Introduction by Lou Aronica. 384 pp.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by FOUR authors at their contributions: Robert Silverberg, Sean McMullen, Harry Turtledove and Dean Wesley Smith. Also includes an appendix of the SFWA, The Guild, about the Nebula Award and The 1996 Nebula Awards ballot, and the past Nebula Award Winners from 1965 to 1995. 326 pp.

New York: Bantam, (1995.). SIGNED first edition - Contains 28 cutting edge original stories. SIGNED by THREE authors twice - each author signed the title page and also signed at their stories: Karen Joy Fowler, Doug Beason and Howard V. Hendrix. Also includes contributions from Jonathan Lethem, Neal Stephenson, Gene Wolfe, Patricia McKillip, Lawrence Watt-Evans and many others. 478 pp.

Freedom, California: Crossing Press, (1991). SIGNED first edition - Collects 15 stories by women writers. SIGNED by S, J. Rozan at her story 'Prosperity Restaurant.' Also includes stories by Caroline Stafford, Barbara Wilson, Judith Post and others. Notes on contributors. 194 pp.

New York: New American Library - NAL / Signet, 1979. First edition - "Who was the assassin called Phoenix?" Espionage novel published simultaneously in hardcover and paperback - this proof is for the pocket paperback edition. 298 pp.

New York: Doubleday, 1994. First edition - Published posthumously, this third of Asimov's autobiographical works looks at events over his entire life and how they influenced his writings and thoughts. A more reflective book than his earlier chronological ones. Includes an epilogue by his wife, Janet Asimov. 552 pp.

New York: Ace Books, 1994. First edition - The third book in this series which continues to explore Asimov's three laws of robotics. 304 pp.

New York: Berkley, (2010.). SIGNED first edition - The fifth in her award-winning series featuring Bureau of Land Management agent Jamaica Wild, and her wolf Mountain. Set in New Mexico - the culture of the Pueblo Indians is an important part of each novel. SIGNED on the title page and dated in March 2010, in the year of publication. Promotional brochure laid in. 297 pp.

San Francisco: McAdam / Cage, 2007. First edition - "Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair, and a multi-million dollar gaming business lie at the heart of Iain Banks' fabulous new novel. The Wopuld family built their fortune on a board game called Empire, now a wildly successful computer game. So successful the American Spraint Corporation want to buy the Wopulds out.. . a story of family turmoil, compromised loyalties, and hidden origins." 390 pp.

New York: Dutton, 1994. First edition - The second book in her highly acclaimed World War I trilogy, and winner of the Guardian Prize for fiction. The third book in the series, "The Ghost Road" won the Booker Prize. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-525-938087.

New York: Ballantine / Del Rey, (2005.). First edition - The third novel in his highly praised 'Destiny's Children' trilogy, set in the near future. 488 pp.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1995.). First edition - The prequel to "Eon." 326 pp.

New York: Dutton, 2002. First edition - Continues the adventures of Fudge and his 12 year old brother, Peter (who always seems to have to straighten out the messes Fudge makes.) A very uncommon early advance issue which says 'not for review, for sales only'; contains 230 pages, although the 'tentative' number of pages for the final book is shown as 180.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1963.). First edition - An uncommon advance issue of Borland's most popular novel, a sensitive coming of age story of a young Ute boy in Colorado and a classic of Western fiction. Basis for the movie of the same name. 288 pp.

New York: Doubleday, 1994. First edition - His fourth collection of on baseball, including articles on Pete Rose's gambling problems, the Oakland A's World series, manager Whitey Herzog, the triumphant career of Nolan Ryan and much more. 352 pp. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First edition - Edgar award winning first mystery - introduces Doc Adams, an oral surgeon and a "regular guy" whose curiosity about an apparently stranded fishing boat off Cape Cod leads him into danger and death. 272 pp.

New York: Speak / Penguin, (2005). First edition - A collection of fifteen short stories, selected for their appeal to young adults, including the first book publication of "Almost Shooting an Elephant." Afterword by Boyle in which he discusses storytelling, and these stories. 179 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002). First edition - An easy to read chapter book, illustrated with line drawings by Mary Rayner. "Hobart and his talented pig family, who love to dance, sing, and write poetry, must prove their value to Farmer Mills before they become a side of bacon!" 58 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. First edition - His second collection of short stories, spanning three decades, and arranged in chronological order. Bibliographical note. 602 pp.

New York: Hyperion, (1995). SIGNED first edition thus- An advance copy of this trade paperback reissue of Burke's long out of print first novel, the story of three men in Louisiana struggling to escape their lives (the back cover notes that this title had been unavailable since 1969). SIGNED on the title page. An uncommon advance issue, and scarce signed. 279 pp.

New York: The Viking Press, (1984). First edition - The sixth Detective Gabe Wager mystery, in which he goes undercover as a drug dealer to investigate the murders of two strippers in Denver. 255 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First edition - A "novel of family and redemption, as a mother struggles to save her eighteen-year-old daughter from the devastating consequences of mental illness by forcing her to deal with her bipolar disorder" by this award-winning African American author. 319 pp.