New York: St Martin's, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Berlin in the 1930's as the city is on the brink of World War II, and in 1946 in the aftermath of the war. 505 pp. ISBN: 0-312-063776.

New York: Grove Press, (2010). First edition - Novel set in 1950s Sudan, as British rule is coming to an end, by this award winning author, the story of a powerful dynasty trying to reconcile the pull of tradition and the need to move forward in a rapidly changing country. 308 pp plus author's note.

New York: Doubleday, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in Victorian England, in London in 1880, when a series of brutal murders shook the district known as Limehouse. A novel with Ackroyd's usual fiendish - and brilliant - mixing of fact and fiction, 261 pp. ISBN: 0-385-477074.

New York: Doubleday, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in Victorian England, in London in 1880, when a series of brutal murders shook the district known as Limehouse. A novel with Ackroyd's usual fiendish - and brilliant - mixing of fact and fiction, 261 pp. ISBN: 0-385-477074.

New York: Doubleday, 1995. First edition - Historical novel set in Victorian England, with Ackroyd's usual fiendish - and brilliant - mixing of fact and fiction.

Boston: Little Brown, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel to be published in English, set in the mid-1950s, two years after the death of Stalin "in an unnamed East European country (strikingly similar to Hungary) on the eve of revolution, [it] portrays one of the great, intricate conflicts of modern history at the most human level." 422 pp. ISBN: 0-316008966.

New York: Broadway Books, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, one which takes us to Civil War battlefields, war hospitals and Central Park where we find Walt Whitman. Gob Woodhull is the fictional son of the real Victoria Woodhull, an early feminist of the nineteenth century. In 2010, Adrian was chosen by the New Yorker as one of the 20 best writers in the US under the age of 40. SIGNED on the title page. 356 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 0-7679-02815.

London: Orion / Indigo, (1999). "A Jane Austen Entertainment" - Aiken, who has been praised for her novels set in the world of Jane Austen, seems to veer into Bronte territory here. Nevertheless, it is an enjoyable historical novel. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-575402008.

New York: Random House, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - An epic historical novel, set in the Soviet Union, during Stalin's reign and the Great Terror of 1937-38 and World War II, one which follows the Gradov family from 1925 to 1945. Translated from the Russian by John Glad and Christopher Morris. Selective glossary. 592 pp. ISBN: 0-39456961X.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2006). SIGNED (on a bookplate), hardcover first edition - The first Sister Pelagia mystery, set at the end of the 19th century in a small town in Russia, where a bulldog has been found poisoned. When Sister Pelagia is summoned by the bishop to investigate this, things take a more sinister turn with the headless body of a man and a young boy found in the river. Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield. SIGNED bookplate laid in. 295 pp. ISBN: 0-297848623.

New York: Translation Publishing Company, (1914). Hardcover first edition - A romantic adventure story set in 1848 by this Spanish novelist, war correspondent and member of Parliament, among other things. This is considered one of de Alarcon's best works. Includes both a translator's and an author's foreword. 103 pp.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel (third book) by this Mexican American writer which begins in the Sonoran desert of Mexico in the 1870s, and following the stories of three generations of women. SIGNED on the title page. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-8118-19167.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1998). SIGNED first edition - Second novel (third book) by this Mexican American writer which begins in the Sonoran desert of Mexico in the 1870s, and following the stories of three generations of women. SIGNED on the title page. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-8118-19167.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel by this Mexican American writer set in Mexico City in the late 1800s. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-8118-14475.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1964) dj. Hardcover first edition - Adventure novel for older children set in the Massachusetts colony in 1675, during the Indian uprising which became known as King Philip's War. Bibliography. 191 pp.

Los Angeles: Maxit Publishing, Inc, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in the author's California Chronicles. "In 1849, San Francisco"s gold fever sparked an unprecedented maelstrom of opportunity that drew the eccentric, corrupt, powerful and cunning from every corner of the known world. In the eye of this Midas storm comes an unusual woman form the South" - Mary Ellen Pleasant, born into slavery, but in San Francisco she achieved political and financial power and used that to support the cause of abolition. INSCRIBED on the title page. Illustrated. Includes author's afterword, a timeline of California history, bibliography and a preview of the second book in the series. 588 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Book of the Year Award Winner, Foreword Magazine, sticker on front cover. ISBN: 0-970017413.

New York: St Martin's, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - A WWII love story- between a German Luftwaffe pilot and a young English woman who is a radar operator. The second novel written under the pseudonym of Kate Alexander.

New York: St Martin's, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel written by this author under this pseudonym -Beginning in 1939, this is a "tale of love and conflict in wartime England." 442 pp. ISBN: 0-312288425.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in Paraguay in 1869, in a land devastated by years of war. SIGNED on the title page. 302 pp plus an historical note. ISBN: 978-1250004536.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in Paraguay in 1869, in a land devastated by years of war. SIGNED on the title page. 302 pp plus an historical note. ISBN: 978-1250004536.

Santa Barbara: John Daniel & Co., 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the Hollywood of the 1920s and 1930s during the era of silent films, the story of a Jewish-Italian boy from the Bronx, presented to the public as a new Latin lover, Paramount's answer to Valentino. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-936784652.

New York: Bantam, (2003.). First edition - The author's first book, published as a trade paperback original, set in India and Afghanistan in 1838-9, against the backdrop of what we now call the 'First Afghan War, and when the 'Great Game' - the 19th century struggle between Britain and Russia to dominate central Asia - was gathering speed. This is an account of a young woman who is traveling with Lord Auckland's entourage. Historical note, glossary of Urdu words. 352 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel inspired by the life of Ovid and his banishment to the edges of the Roman empire. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-374231796.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1938) dj. Hardcover first edition - A romantic novel of the Civil War, one based entirely on reminiscences by veterans, both North and South and by the people who lived in the area covered by the story (although some of the names were changed.) Map. 369 pp.

New York & Toronto: Rinehart, (1948) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Historical novel which begins in 1764 in Pennsylvania, the third volume in "The Disinherited" series. Frontispiece and dust jacket art by Andrew Wyeth. SIGNED on a special bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper, noting that this autographed copy is "presented to -- in appreciation and as a souvenir of the historical background of Carlise, Christmas 1948." 458 pp.

New York: HarperPerennial, (2006.). A lively retelling of the legend of the masked hero, born the son of two cultures, the child of an aristrocratic Spanish military officer and landowner in Southern California and of a mother who was a Shoshone warrior. Set in the early 19th century. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Double page map. 390 pp. plus an interview with Allende, reading guide, etc. ISBN: 0-06-0779004.

New York: Harper Collins, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel based on the life of conquistadora Ines Suarez, who together with Pedro de Valdivia, struggled to build the city of Santiago. "Born into a poor family in Spain, Ines, a seamstress, finds herself condemned to a life of hard work without reward or hope for the future. It is the sixteenth century, the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and when her shiftless husband disappears to the New World, Ines uses the opportunity to search for him as an excuse to flee her stifling homeland and seek adventure." Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Bibliographical note. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-061161535.

New York: Harper Collins, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A lively retelling of the legend of the masked hero, born the son of two cultures, the child of an aristrocratic Spanish military officer and landowner in Southern California and of a mother who was a Shoshone warrior. Set in the early 19th century. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Double page map. 390 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0778970.