Toronto: ECW Press, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring lLawyer and bluesman Monty Collins and his friend Father Brennan Burke. The blood-drenched body of Reinhold Schellenberg, a world-renowned German theologian, has been found on the altar of an old church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, during Vespers on Saint Cecilias day, at the beginning on an international course on the Catholic church's musical past. Sources. 302 pp. ISBN: 978-1550228618.

New York: Vanguard, (1978) dj. Hardcover - Award-winning Canadian author's second collection of seven short stories. 130 pp. ISBN: 09814908551.

Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian author's first novel - "Eugene H. is a failed, womanizing writer from Toronto. After a nasty flare-up with his ex-wife, he snatches their five-year-old daughter from school and flees to Jamaica. Over the next eighteen hours he muddles over his life, fumes, plots, drinks rum, regrets, reminisces, encounters a young woman with grey eyes, a coffin maker, a black Napoleon on his motorcycleand a host of other creatures from the Jamaican night." Cover praise from William S. Burroughs and Northrup Frye, among others. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-879052708.

Woodbury, MN: Mystery Ink, (2013). First edition - Set in San Francisco, this is the second mystery featuring crime-beat journalist Dixie Flynn. ISBN: 9780738734996.

Woodbury, MN: Mystery Ink, (2012). First edition - Set in San Francisco, this mystery introduces crime-beat journalist Dixie Flynn - she thinks fast, and talks even faster. 324 pp. Review copy with publisher's letter laid in.. ISBN: 9780738734156.

Harpenden, Herts: No Exit Press, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fifth mystery by this Canadian born writer, set in New York at the fabled Chelsea Hotel. SIGNED on the front endpaper with the stamped number 744. This UK edition preceded the US edition. 240 pp. ISBN: 1-90198298x.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2003.). First edition - Canadian author's first book, a novel based on the life of Mabel Stark, the greatest female tiger trainer in history. In the 1910's and 20's, during the golden age of the big top, she was the superstar of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. A tiny blonde in a white leather bodysuit, Mabel was brazen, sexually adventurous and suicidally courageous. "You can't mix tigers and husbands, and anyhow, I prefer the tigers." Winner of the Trillium Award. 428 pp.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this Canadian author. A millionaire fur dealer has disappeared and the hunt for him extends through the Soviet Union, Europe and America, uncovering secrets from 50 years ago. 279 pp. ISBN: 0-241115906.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First edition - An international thriller, set in Taiwan, HongKong and prewar Shanghaii.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First edition - An international thriller - a story of Cold War espionage and drama. China Lake is the name of a top-secret naval weapons base near the Mohave Desert.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this Canadian author. A millionaire fur dealer has disappeared and the hunt for him extends through the Soviet Union, Europe and America, uncovering secrets from 50 years ago. 321 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-394-544439.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - and her first book to be published in the US. This story of a young deaf woman was written as a tribute to Itani's grandmother who was deaf from the age of 18 months as a result of scarlet fever. Very highly praised: among the dust jacket comments is this by Alistair MacLeod: 'This exceptional novel moves from the silence of the deaf to the cacophony of 'the front' during World War I. .. From the haunting effects of a childhood disease to the random horrors of war, the uncertainties that become our certainties have seldom been so well explored. Tremendously moving... a remarkable accomplishment.' INSCRIBED on the title page. 378 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9022.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - and her first book to be published in the US. This story of a young deaf woman was written as a tribute to Itani's grandmother who was deaf from the age of 18 months as a result of scarlet fever. Very highly praised: among the dust jacket comments is this by Alistair MacLeod: 'This exceptional novel moves from the silence of the deaf to the cacophony of 'the front' during World War I. .. From the haunting effects of a childhood disease to the random horrors of war, the uncertainties that become our certainties have seldom been so well explored. Tremendously moving... a remarkable accomplishment.'. ISBN: 0-87113-9022.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - and her first book to be published in the US. This story of a young deaf woman was written as a tribute to Itani's grandmother who was deaf from the age of 18 months as a result of scarlet fever. Very highly praised: among the dust jacket comments is this by Alistair MacLeod: 'This exceptional novel moves from the silence of the deaf to the cacophony of 'the front' during World War I. .. From the haunting effects of a childhood disease to the random horrors of war, the uncertainties that become our certainties have seldom been so well explored. Tremendously moving... a remarkable accomplishment.'. ISBN: 0-87113-9022.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. First edition - The author's first novel - and her first book to be published in the US. This story of a young deaf woman was written as a tribute to Itani's grandmother who was deaf from the age of 18 months as a result of scarlet fever. Very highly praised: among the dust jacket comments is this by Alistair MacLeod: 'This exceptional novel moves from the silence of the deaf to the cacophony of 'the front' during World War I. .. From the haunting effects of a childhood disease to the random horrors of war, the uncertainties that become our certainties have seldom been so well explored. Tremendously moving... a remarkable accomplishment.'

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - and her first book to be published in the US. This story of a young deaf woman was written as a tribute to Itani's grandmother who was deaf from the age of 18 months as a result of scarlet fever. Very highly praised: among the dust jacket comments is this by Alistair MacLeod: 'This exceptional novel moves from the silence of the deaf to the cacophony of 'the front' during World War I. .. From the haunting effects of a childhood disease to the random horrors of war, the uncertainties that become our certainties have seldom been so well explored. Tremendously moving... a remarkable accomplishment.' SIGNED on the title page. 378 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9022.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. The author's first novel - and her first book to be published in the US. This story of a young deaf woman was written as a tribute to Itani's grandmother who was deaf from the age of 18 months as a result of scarlet fever. Very highly praised: among the dust jacket comments is this by Alistair MacLeod: 'This exceptional novel moves from the silence of the deaf to the cacophony of 'the front' during World War I. .. From the haunting effects of a childhood disease to the random horrors of war, the uncertainties that become our certainties have seldom been so well explored. Tremendously moving... a remarkable accomplishment.' 378 pp.

Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A suspenseful tale of espionage and romance set against the dramatic events of the Second World War." It is 1937, and Nazi Germany is struggling to build its war machine - but in Antwerp, a diamond salesman is determined to stop them from obtaining the industrial diamonds they need so desperately. 377 pp. ISBN: 0-77372415X.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third mystery in the award winning series featuring policeman William Murdoch, set in Toronto at the turn of the twentieth century and basis of the TV series The Murdoch Mysteries. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-312268920.

New York: Forge / TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2016). Hardcover first edition - The third book in this Canadian author's trilogy set in Shangaii against the backdrop of World War II. "It's 1944 and the Japanese are losing the war, but Shanghai is more dangerous than ever. After fleeing Nazi Europe, Dr. Franz Adler and his daughter, Hannah, have adjusted to life in their strange adopted city, but they are now imprisoned in the Shanghai Ghetto for refugee Jews. Franz is compelled to work as a surgeon for the hated Japanese military, while his Eurasian wife, Sunny, is recruited into a spy ring, providing crucial information to the Allies about the city's port." 404 pp. ISBN: 978-0765383808.

New York: Harper Collins, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of "ghostly baseball stories" by the Canadian author best known for "Shoeless Joe" which was made into the film "Field of Dreams." 180 pp. ISBN: 0-06017188X.

Port Moody, British Columbia: Gypsy Moon Press, 1995 (1997). SIGNED - Thriller introducing Alex Bellamy a "Revenue Canada auditor, who has always dreamed of adventure. During a field audit, he discovers evidence of fraud. Alex learns that others, including someone inside Revenue Canada, are involved. He persuades his colleague, Andy Gowan to help him investigate, but Andy is murdered . . Soon, Jillian's fears and Alex's search for a killer embroil them in a bizarre and disturbing nightmare not everyone will survive." SIGNED on the title page with the word "Enjoy." 220 pp. ISBN: 0-96992110.

New York: Walker, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Vancouver author's first book, an eloquent description of how he makes objects out of wood, but even more a meditation on the universal meaning of craft and creativity. Each of the chapters is organized around one of the Taoist symbols of life energy. SIGNED on the title page. Photographs,notes. 187 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-13890.

Richmond, KYL: Wings ePress, (2003). First edition - The "female captive of war scenario" updated for our times. 236 pp.