London: John Murray, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first autobiography by this English art historian, museum director, and broadcaster. who is best known for the landmark television program "Civilization." In this, he recounts his Edwardian childhood, set in a world of shooting parties, life on the Riviera, yachting and gambling - but from an early age he learned how to recognize and enjoy art, and that became the center of his life. Illustrated with photographs. Index. xi, 288 pp. ISBN: 0-719529794.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2023). First edition - A novel of historical suspense combining mystery, romance and intrigue, set in Scotland in 1905 - and in the era of witch hunting in 1676. Featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves, her husband Jeremy and their three sons. Author's note. Sources 291 pp. Publisher's material laid in.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - An Edwardian Murder Mystery, a combination of murderous intrigue and high society, by an author best known for the Agatha Raisin and Hamish MacBeth series written under the pseudonym of M. C. Beaton. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-31230451X.

London: Harper Collins, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by the author of 'Girl with a Pearl Earring.' Set in London, in the early years of the 20th century, beginning with the death of Queen Victoria, this is a story of friendship, of sexual awakening, of class divides, and of changes coming both to society and to the certainities held by many. Unusual in its use of many voices - some only very occasional - to tell the story. SIGNED on the title page. 404 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-00-7108257.

New York: Viking, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Edwardian Mystery - the first novel featuring the young heiress Ursula Marlowe, an Oxford graduate, active in the suffragist movement, who hopes to become a journalist. SIGNED on the title page. 262 pp.

New York: Viking, (2007). SIGNED first edition - An Edwardian Mystery - the first novel featuring the young heiress Ursula Marlowe, an Oxford graduate, active in the suffragist movement, who hopes to become a journalist. SIGNED on the title page. 262 pp.

New York & Sutton, Surrey, UK: Severn House., (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The tenth in the series featuring master chef, Auguste Didier, distant cousin by marriage to King Edward VII. Set in an Edwardian England of old manor houses and villages still owing fealty to the lord of the manor, but also a world of international intrigue in the years before the Great War erupted. SIGNED on the title page. 282 pp. ISBN: 0-7278-54151.

New York: Plume (Dutton), (2002.). Second novel by the author of 'Girl with a Pearl Earring.' Set in London, in the early years of the 20th century, beginning with the death of Queen Victoria, this is a story of friendship, of sexual awakening, of class divides, and of changes coming both to society and to the certainities held by many. Unusual in its use of many voices - some only very occasional - to tell the story. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-452-283205.

New York: Dutton, (2001.) dj. Hardcover - Second novel by the author of 'Girl with a Pearl Earring.' Set in London, in the early years of the 20th century, beginning with the death of Queen Victoria, this is a story of friendship, of sexual awakening, of class divides, and of changes coming both to society and to the certainities held by many. Unusual in its use of many voices - some only very occasional - to tell the story. 324 pp.

New York: Dutton, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by the author of 'Girl with a Pearl Earring.' Set in London, in the early years of the 20th century, beginning with the death of Queen Victoria, this is a story of friendship, of sexual awakening, of class divides, and of changes coming both to society and to the certainities held by many. Unusual in its use of many voices - some only very occasional - to tell the story. 324 pp.