Toronto and Chicago: Warwick Publishing, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - For wine writer Ezra Brant, the trip to help judge the annual wine competition in the Piedmontese village of Barbaresco went from being a restful interlude to a serious investigation when a fellow writer is found dead at the bottom of a quarry. 187 pp. ISBN: 1-894020898.

New York: Harper & Row, (1977). Hardcover first edition - A look both at the America of pre-Depression years - from 1925 to 1930 - as experienced by a young journalist and student, a temporary immigrant from Italy - and then a look back at those years from the perspective of an established writer. He ends by commenting that he still believes that "the world would be a better place if some of the American ideals of my youth had prevailed everywhere and first of all in the United States itself." Sadly, they did not. 329 pp. ISBN: 0-060102268.

New York: Penguin, 2005. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at Venice, telling the story of its rich history and some of its more eccentric residents, of attempts to save its archeological treasures and recreating the unique atmosphere of this city of canals, using as a starting point the 1996 fire which destroyed the Opera House. Glossary, lists of people and places. 414 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 1594200580.

New York: Penguin, 2005. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A look at Venice, telling the story of its rich history and some of its more eccentric residents, of attempts to save its archeological treasures and recreating the unique atmosphere of this city of canals, using as a starting point the 1996 fire which destroyed the Opera House. SIGNED on the title page. Glossary, lists of people and places. 414 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 1-594200580.

New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1928. Hardcover - The story of a 12 year old Italian boy from Palermo in Sicily in 1868, who could run so fast, he was called 'nimble-legs' and entrusted with taking secret messages to General Garibaldi. Illustrated by I.B. Hazelton with a color frontispiece, 4 plates on plain paper and drawings. Translated by Frederic Taber Cooper; introduction by Faith E. Smith. 191 pp.

London: Old Street, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, winner of Italy's prestigious Premio Bancarella prize, a psychological thriller with two threads inevitably converging. Lieutenant Chiti spends sleepless nights hunting for the serial rapist terrorizing his city, and the naive law student Giorgio is befriended by dangerously charismatic Francesco, and finds himself slowly lured into a corrupt world of cheating at cards (which Francesco describes as "magic"), beautiful women and casual violence, until one terrifying night Giorgio is forced to realize just how far he has left his past behind. Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis. 244 pp. ISBN: 978-1905847273.

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (1997). SIGNED first edition - Award-winning African American poet's third collection, inspired by Dante and Venice (Cassell spent 8 years living in Italy). Martin Espada these love poems "resonant, even haunting, born of an acute sensual awareness." SIGNED on the title page. 120 pp. ISBN: 1-556591241.

Boston: Little Brown, (1968) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of "ribald realism" by this award-winning writer. "In Luino, in the years just before Fascism when the 'nineteenth century drew to a long-overdue close,' Emerenziano Paronzini, a dour but distinguished looking man of 45, takes up residence, eyes the rather unattractive sisterhood - all unwed - Tarsilla, Fortunata and Camilla, and eventually proposes to Fortunata .. By the close is trigamously servicing all three sister. A wholly funny, bawdy, small story told with scapegrace irreverence and a knowing leer." (Kirkus) Translated from the Italian by Julia Martines. 180 pp.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1989) dj. Hardcover - A collection of gently humorous short stories, most originally published in the New Yorker: eight featuring Mr. and Mrs. Engel and her immediate love for Italy on her first visit, and four in the "Ladies to the Center" series. Illustrated with drawings by Susanne Suba. 189 pp.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first significant monograph on this fiftheenth century Sienese painter and sculptor's work, which had been neglected by most art historians "because this art is not strikingly original and is quite restricted iconographically, the majority of the works being representations of the Madonna and Child" but later discoveries and the cleaning and restoration of some of his works led to an increased interest in them. Quarto, bound in full navy buckram blocked in black on the spine with gilt titling. Frontispiece. xviii, 235 pp plus a 56 page section with 146 black and white plates of his works.

New York & London: Quercus, (2013). First edition - The author's first thriller, set in Rome and introducing Commissario Balistreri. Translated from the Italian by N.S. Thompson. 564 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fifth book in this series featuring amateur amateur sleuth Simona Griffo. Returning to her native Rome when her mother has breast cancer, she is immediately a witness to the murder of a young American art student. SIGNED on the title page. Recipe. Author's note. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-06017725X.

New York: Harper Collins, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth book in this series (but the first to be published under this name) featuring amateur sleuth Simona Griffo, who is joining her lover and his 14 year old son on a trip to Connecticut for the holidays and for a wedding. SIGNED on the title page. Recipe. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-060177268.

New York: Harper Collins, (2020). First edition - A thriller that follows a woman on the run from her crime boss husband and the assassin sent to kill her, set in the Italian region of Alto-Adige in the Dolomites mountain range, in the northernmost part of the county. Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis and Catherine Gregor. Issued in the US as a trade paperback original. 369 pp.

New York: Scribner, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel in this series featuring investigators Colomba Caselli and Dante Torre. "In Rome, a high-speed train hurtles into the citys main station with a carriage full of dead bodies, the macabre discovery of which falls to Deputy Police Commissioner Colomba Caselli. Subsequently, the police receive a claim of responsibility and the threat of more murders to come. But neither Caselli nor her eccentrically brilliant ally, Dante Torre, are yet ready to buy the terrorist link." Translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar. Author's note. 452 pp. ISBN: 978-1501174650.

London: Faber & Faber, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) . 277 pp. ISBN: 0-571166164.

London: Faber & Faber, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - The tenth mystery novel in the award winning series featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen - although in this one he is sent to Bologna to oversee what seems at first to be a routine murder investigation (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award). 223 pp. ISBN: 0-571-227759.

New York: Pantheon, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 7th mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) Set in Sicily against the backdrop of the ancient city of Catania. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-375-409157.

London: Faber & Faber, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) SIGNED by the author on the title page. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-571-193412.

New York: Pantheon, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 259 pp. ISBN: 0-375422692.

New York: Doubleday, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 241 pp. ISBN: 0-385-468067.

New York: Pantheon, (1998.). First edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 259 pp.

London: Faber & Faber, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 280 pp. ISBN: 0-571-216587.

New York: Doubleday, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-385-468067.

New York: Pantheon, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 261 pp. ISBN: 0-375-404295.

New York: Bantam, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense introducing Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen - Ruth Rendall described this first book as transcending its genre - "tremendously exciting ... both subtle and horrific." SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-553-05337x.

London: Faber & Faber, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) 280 pp. ISBN: 0-571-216587.

New York: Bantam, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of psychological suspense introducing Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen - Ruth Rendall described this first book as transcending its genre - "tremendously exciting ... both subtle and horrific." Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-553-05337x.

New York: Pantheon, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery and novel of humor and suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen - although this one is set in Naples. The first book in this award winning series. (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award). 247 pp. plus author's note. ISBN: 0-879-442723.

New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, set in Italy. "When Sir Alfred Aimslet hires January Esposito to investigate the disappearance of his son, Piers, Jan's peaceful days of teaching English in Verona come to an abrupt end. . . His search for Piers leads him to San Giorgio Veronese, a quaint village in the Veneto that has recently been troubled by racism, gas bomb explosions, and murder [and] he finds himself in a web of political ideology and drug dealing that takes the mystery fifty years into the village's past and its bitter memories of World War II." 263 pp. ISBN: 0-312110359.