New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1925, in the post-war world of New York City and southern France. "On a snowy night in February, in a penthouse high above Fifth Avenue, Delphines mystical talent leads to a tragedy between two brothers. Devastated and disconsolate, Delphine renounces her gift and returns to her old life in the south of France where Picasso, Matisse, and the Fitzgeralds are summering." Author's note. 356 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 978-1476778129.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth novel by this important and award-winning French writer. Set against the backdrop of the Algerian crisis in the summer of 1962 this is a "novel teeming with life. . Like Camus's later work, it grapples with the basic themes of man's existence: the meaning of God, the possibilities of love, the nature of mortality." Translated from the French by Herma Griffault. 408 pp.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1963) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of this often misunderstood queen of France, based on her own memoirs and correspondence. Illustrated with photographs. Sources, notes on translation, map, family tree, index. 307 pp.

London: Doubleday, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - True first edition of Harris's best known book, inspired by her own childhood in France (her great-grandmother was known locally as a witch) and the basis for the movie of the same name, starring Johnny Depp and Juliet Brioche.) SIGNED on the title page. Shortlisted for Whitbread Best Novel Award. 394 pp. ISBN: 0-670-881791.

New York: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard, (2006). The author's first novel - a "literary mystery about a womans search for her long-missing sister [which] takes readers to the ruggedly beautiful Dordogne region of Franceand into the exotic world of orchid-hunting, where the discovery of a new species can be deadly." 301 pp. ISBN: 1400079527.

New York: Morrow, (2004.). First edition - Historical novel by the author of "Chocolat", a story which begins in the year 1605, when a young, pregnant widow seeks sanctuary at the Abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-Mer off the coast of Brittany in France. 355 pp.

New York: Granta USA, 1997. First edition - "The Magazine Of New Writing" This issue "presents fresh voices from a country searching for a new idea of itself." Includes contributions by Luc Sante, Michel Houellebecq, Ivan Klima, Harold Pinter, a selection of photographs by Raymond De pardon and more. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0141472.

New York: Sheed and Ward, (1964) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel about two lives dedicated to the service and God, and two minds at war on how to do this; The author had herself entered a convent. Originally published in French as Deux Mondiales in 1962, and a finalist for the Prix Goncourt; translated into English by Emma Crawford. 221pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Prize-winning author's second novel. "A war criminal returns to the scene of the crime. It's 1999 and Emile Poulquet awaits sentencing in a Paris court for deporting thousands to almost certain death during World War II. But haunted by ghosts from his past, and determined to confront his dark legacy, he escapes and heads toward his beloved Finier, a rural town in the south of France where he once served as prefect." 445 pp. ISBN: 0-374130752.

London: Doubleday, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel by the author of 'Chocolat', set in France. SIGNED on the title page. "Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her daughters, Rosette and Annie, live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped - at leats for a while. Then into their lives blows Zozie de l'Alba, the lady with the lollipop shoes." 459 pp. ISBN: 978-0385609487.

Glendora, CA: Sodef Press, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, introducing Maggy and Fred Renard, set on an island off the coast of France. 202 pp. Publisher's material laid in with the handwritten notation "for the Edgar submissions.". ISBN: 0-965438201.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929.) dj. Hardcover - The fifth title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. This is the story of two little French girls and how they met - one grew up in a poor war-torn village, the other in a beautiful apartment in Paris. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. Vocabulary list. 190 pp. Flap of dust jacket lists to #11 in this series.

Boston: Little Brown, 1913. Hardcover first edition - As with many of his novels, this is a blend of international intrigue and romance, Oppenheim is considered one of the first writers of modern espionage novels. This is the story of a London politician who is framed in a sex scandal, flees to Paris, in the years just before the first World War. Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and three inserted glossy plates by Hanson Booth. 372 pp.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the unusual coming-of-age story of Rosie, an American au pair in Paris. SIGNED on the title page.A New York Times Notable book, winner of the Barnes and Noble Discover Award. 237 pp. ISBN: 0-871137542.

New York: Putnam, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - " In the winter of 1928, still seeking resolution, Freddie is travelling through the French Pyrenees. During a snowstorm, his car spins off the mountain road. He stumbles through woods, emerging in a tiny village. There he meets Fabrissa, a beautiful woman also mourning a lost generation. Over the course of one night, Fabrissa and Freddie share their stories. By the time dawn breaks, he will have stumbled across a tragic mystery that goes back through the centuries" - the story of the massacre of the Cathars by the Inquisition. An attractively produced book with illustrations at the beginning of each chapter, illustrated endpapers. Author's note. 265 pp. ISBN: 9780399157158.

New York: The Viking Press, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring French police inspector Henri Castang mystery. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-670-143987.

New York: Crown, n.d. (ca 1970) dj. Hardcover - Monograph translated from the French by L.G. Rofe & A.P.H. Hamilton. Illustrated throughout with numerous full color reproductions of his works, plus many black and white sketches. Biographical chronology and bibliography. 93 pp. plus list of illustrations. Large format.

New York: Morrow, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel by the author of "Chocolat", a story which begins in the year 1605, when a young, pregnant widow seeks sanctuary at the Abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-Mer off the coast of Brittany in France. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-060559128.

New York: Harper Collins, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - This Czech writer's "lightest novel, a 'divertimento', an 'opera buffa', with, as the author himself says, "not a single serious word in it"; then, too, it is the first of his novels to have been written in French." A story of two seductions separated by 200 years - set in the same chateau in the 18th and late 20th centuries. Translated from the French by Linda Asher. 156 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0173696.

New York: Vintage Books, 1992. The author's wonderful account of what it was like to move into a 200 year old farmhouse in a remote region of the Luberon. ISBN: 0-679731148.

New York: Scholastic, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 1769, thirteen year old Maria Antonia, daughter of Empress Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her days at the Austrian court and preparations for her to become queen of France. Illustrated with photographs.A title in the Royal Diaries Series. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-439-076668.

New York: Morrow, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel by the author of "Chocolat", a story which begins in the year 1605, when a young, pregnant widow seeks sanctuary at the Abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-Mer off the coast of Brittany in France. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-060559128.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in 14th Century France. SIGNED on the title page. Map endpapers. 344 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Kinuko Y. Craft. ISBN: 0-395-488281.

New York: Penguin, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's wonderful and magical first book, inspired by her own childhood in France (her great-grandmother was known locally as a witch) and the basis for the equally charming movie of the same name, starring Johnny Depp and Juliet Brioche.). ISBN: 0-670-881791.

New York: Villard, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of his own attempt to win the love of a woman as they travel in Paris and throughout France interspersed with other tales of men famous for their romantic passion. Bibliography. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-685-63495-7.

Philadelphia & Newbury, UK: Casemate, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "This is a rarely detailed 'you are there' account of World War II combat [by the grandson of one of the American officers involved in the battle], describing a brief but bloody tank/infantry action in August 1944. Based on six years of research - drawing from interviews, primary documents, and visits to the battlefield. [this] transports the reader into the ranks of L Company, 15th Regiment, Third Infantry Division, and its supporting M4s of the 756th Tank Battalion as they grapple head-on with the Wehrmacht. " Photographs, maps, bibliography, notes, appendices, index. xxv, 365 pp. ISBN: 978-1932033700.

New York: Perennial - Harper Collins, (2002.). Her fifth novel, a story of mothers and daughters, set in a small village in France. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0198133.

New York: Morrow, (1947.) dj. Hardcover - His first book, a novel about counter-espionage and romance in France during World War II - .the story of an American who is given a mission to work with French collaborator Jean-Louis Mercanton, gain his confidence and then turn him over to the authorities for trial and execution. Although this is possibly slightly autobiographical - Merrick served a counter-intelligence agent in the OSS - the predecessor to the CIA - in Algeria and France, the homosexuality themes are unstated and implicit, and only noticeable in light of his later fame as a pioneering American author of gay-themed novels. 248 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1949. dj. Hardcover first edition - A light-hearted look at saints, holiness and miracles by the American-born wife of the French sculptor Aristide Mian, and inspired by the years when she and her family summered in an abandoned coffin - in this version, when the nuns move out of a convent they convert it into a Saints' Rest Home, but when Satan finds out, havoc follows. Illustrated with drawings by Susanne Suba. 132 pp.