New York: Harper & Row, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this Tony Award winning playwright and director - basis for the film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. 264 pp. ISBN: 0-060135514.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1965. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first espionage novel by this prolific writer introducing Dr. Jason Love, a GP in a Somerset, England, who reluctantly agrees to undertake a mission to Teheran for the British Secert Service. Basis for the 1966 film "Where the Spies Are" featuring David Niven. Leasor and Love share many things - including owing a vintage Cord automobile and serving in Burma during World War II. 210 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d. (c 1916) dj. Hardcover - One of his most popular books, a story with two intertwined romances - when Joan Randle is captured by a lawless gang on the Idaho border, she manages to shoot their leader, but nurses him back to health and romance follows. Basis of 4 film in 1918, 1924, 1930 & 1940, including one featuring Roy Rogers. Illustrated with a full color frontispiece by Lillian Wilhelm, with the illustration repeated on the front cover of the dust jacket. 366 pp plus 12 pp publisher's ads.

New York: Riverhead Books, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, third book, the basis for the 2002 film of the same name starring Hugh Grant. "The originality and fun run deep and strong in this second novel, as a playboy pretends he's a single dad so he can date single moms. This has the right mix of hilarity and irrepressible characters to attract a wide audience: an upbeat, unqualified success."(Kirkus) SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. 307 pp. ISBN: 1-573220876.

New York: Putnam, (1998). First edition - Author's second novel and third book: "A suburban New Jersey high school teacher confronts a student-body election gone haywire in this darkly comic novel." Basis for the 1999 film starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon. 200 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (1990). A novel by this wealthy Bostonian which was originally published in 1923 and which became the basis for three films. While the contemporary reviews called this story of the complex relationship between a mother and daughter "One of the most entertaining, excellently sustained and consistently developed novels of the season". (NY Times) later critics have hailed it as "a feminist gem of tough but compassionate realism." A title in the Literary Cinema Classic series, illustrated with stills from the 1937 Sam Goldwyn Production featuring Barbara Stanwyck. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-060964499.

Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - A classic ghost story, set in a windswept house formerly inhabited by a lonely old woman, on the edge of the moors, only reached by a causeway which is under water at high tide. As Arthur Kipps tells the story of his experiences many years ago, the true horror brought on by a sighting of the woman in black is gradually revealed. Basis for the long running London play and the movie of the same name starring Daniel Radcliffe. Illustrated with drawings by John Lawrence. 160 pp. ISBN: 0-879235764.