New York: Warner, (2002.). First edition - EXCERPT only: "A sneak reading preview of the first nine chapters." Paul Brenner is called out of early retirement to investigate the death of a young Army lieutenant in Vietnam 30 years, a death which now appears to be a murder. 140 pp.

New York: Viking, (2008). First edition - A taste of this epic fantasy novel. Small format, 4 1/8 inches by 6 1/8 inches, 20 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster / Touchstone Books, (2011.). SIGNED first edition - Advance excerpt which includes the Introduction by David Baldacci and chapters by Andrew F. Gulli, Raymond Khoury, Jeff Lindsay, Alexander McCall Smith, and Jonathan Santlofer, SIGNED by FOUR authors on the title page: John Lescroart, T. Jefferson Parker, Phillip Margolin and Peter James. 66 pp.

New York: Ballantine, (1998). A free "exclusive preview" edition to the first book in a new epic fantasy series.Includes a note to the reader by Salvatore. Unpaginated, but this only includes the first nine chapters in the novel, not the entire book! A rather uncommon publicity piece.

New York: Hyperion, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - A new novel about a hero's quest by the author of the Bartimaeus Trilogy. This "exclusive excerpt" is SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in May 2008 before publication. 31 pp.