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.

Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Co., (1963). Hardcover - Set in Boston in 1774, on the eve of the revolution, this is the story of a young boy, kidnapped in Liverpool and sold as an indentured servant to a cruel master, and who is bought again by a kindly - but opportunistic - printer (and counterfeiter). As the Jed begins to learn more about the rebels, he also begins to better understand their desire for freedom. Illustrated with drawings by Carol Wilde. The last children's novel, written under her married name, by this author who would become best known for the Mrs Polifax mystery series. 190 pp.

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.

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: 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: 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: Dutton, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - When single father Danny Goodman accepts a loan from a wealthy man to cover the tuition for his daughter's school, he becomes the target of a DEA investigation and is faced with an impossible choice: "an indictment for accepting drug money that he canÕt afford to fight in court, or an unthinkably treacherous undercover assignment helping the government get close to his new family friend." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 387 pp. ISBN: 978-0525054606.

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: 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: 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, (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: 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: 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.

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.

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - Sequel to his National Book Award winner. Although these two books which follow the adventures a young boy, an African slave who is at times the subject of a "scientific experiment", pampered and taught Latin and Greek at one point, brutalized at other times, have been classified as 'young adult,' they are incredibly well-written, emotionally complex, thoughtful and satisfying historical novels, ones which give a different picture of the American revolution, and ageless in their appeal. Very highly recommended. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Slightly oversized.

New York: Putnam, (2018). SIGNED first edition - After the death of Robert B. Parker in 2010, Southern crime fiction writer Ace Atkins was selected to continue the Spenser series. Reviewer Paul Saltzman commented that Atkins "has stayed true to [Parker's] voice and his literate, dialogue-driven vision while keeping his characters compelling and allowing them to grow." Spenser finds himself investigating the art theft from the Gardiner Museum which occurred more than 20 years ago. SIGNED on the title page. 319 pp.

New York: Putnam, (2018) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - After the death of Robert B. Parker in 2010, Southern crime fiction writer Ace Atkins was selected to continue the Spenser series. Reviewer Paul Saltzman commented that Atkins "has stayed true to [Parker's] voice and his literate, dialogue-driven vision while keeping his characters compelling and allowing them to grow." Spenser finds himself investigating the art theft from the Gardiner Museum which occurred more than 20 years ago. SIGNED on the title page and dated 5-2-17, in the year of publication. 319 pp. ISBN: 978-0399177019.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2010). Hardcover first edition - Novel set on Cape Cod and Boston, on the verge American Revolution. This story of story of one woman's struggle to find her own place is filled with some of the lesser known but most influential figures of America's struggle for independenceÑJohn and Samuel Adams, Henry Knox, James Otis. Historical note. 273 pp. ISBN: 978-0061782145.

Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1856. Hardcover first edition - The true history of the extradition of Anthony Burns as a fugitive slave, the court house attack and martial law in Boston. Stevens was an eyewitness to many of the events described in the book. The extradition of fugitive slaves was a rallying point for abolitionists, and violent incidents such as occured in Boston, as described in this book, marked the slide of the nation toward civil war. The historical perspective offered in these pages is compelling, especially considering the role Boston had in the nation's fight for independence. Illustrated by With 3 full page engravings. 295 pp.

New York: Harper & Row, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth in the award winning mystery series featuring Boston PI John Francis Cuddy, one which takes the reader into the seamier side of the city, a realm ruled by drug dealers and pimps. SIGNED on the title page. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0159219.

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.

New York: St Martin's, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Comprehensive biography of William Lloyd Garrison, the foremost political agitator and one of the most important American visionaries of the nineteenth century, a tireless fighter for abolition: for 35 years he edited and published 'The Liberator ' a weekly abolitionist newspaper in Boston. A National Book Award finalist. Photographs, Reference Notes, Index. xxi, 707 pp. ISBN: 0-312187408.

New York: Delacorte, (2003). First edition - The author's first novel, set in Boston, a story of the gritty underworld of cops and criminals. Stephen White called it "a harrowing memorable debut." 369 pp.

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: 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.