Berkeley, CA: Creston Books, (2016). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Young adult historical novel set during the late Renaissance - and the time of the Inquisition -based on the life of Caravaggio, who dared to rebel against the rules for painting. SIGNED on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. 345 pp plus an author's note, timeline and bibliography. ISBN: 978-1939547293.

New York: St Martin's, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive biography of the Italian dictator, from his youth in 19th century Italy to his death in 1945. Photographs, index, bibliography. 430 pages.

New York: SOHO Press, (2001.). The first mystery featuring Marshal Guarnaccia of the Florence police force, originally published in 1981. 185 pp plus an excerpt from 'Death of a Dutchman.'. ISBN: 1-56947-2548.

New York: Atria Books, (2008.). First edition - "In a world of violence and intrigue, who guards the truth? " Novel set in Venice in the early 1500's, at the dawn of the Renaissance. Frontispiece. 367 pp.

New York: Atria Books, (2008.). First edition - "In a world of violence and intrigue, who guards the truth? " Novel set in Venice in the early 1500's, at the dawn of the Renaissance. SIGNED on the title page. Frontispiece. 367 pp.

New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1992, dj. Hardcover first edition - A celebration of 10 years of living in Montecchio in Italy by this prize-winning novelist and translator. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-15314.

New York: Grove Press, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - In addition to being a prize-winning novelist, Parks has translated many Italian books. This, his second book on living in Italy, focuses on his children (who were born in Italy) and on Italian family life. ISBN: 0-8021-1508x.

New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1992, dj. Hardcover - A celebration of 10 years of living in Montecchio in Italy by this prize-winning novelist and translator. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-15314.

New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1992, dj. Hardcover first edition - A celebration of 10 years of living in Montecchio in Italy by this prize-winning novelist and translator. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-15314.

London: Gollancz, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - True first edition of the 4th Flavia di Stefano - Jonathan Argyll mystery, combining murder and the art world. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-375-055847.

New York: Scribner's, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fifth mystery featuring art historian Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano of the Rome Art Theft Squad, combining murder and the art world, set in Rome, Florence and Norfolk, England. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-684-814609.

New York: Scribner, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Seventh mystery featuring newly married art historian Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano of the Rome Art Theft Squad, combining murder and the art world. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-12576.

London: Harper Collins (Collins Crime), (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - True first edition of this Flavia di Stefano - Jonathan Argyll mystery, combining murder and the art world. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-00-232590x.

London: Harper Collins, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Seventh mystery featuring newly married art historian Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano of the Rome Art Theft Squad, combining murder and the art world. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. SIGNED on the title page. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-002326604.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1991_ dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring "diffident art historian" Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano of the Rome Art Theft Squad, combining murder and the art world, set in Venice. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 189 pp. Striking dust jacket art by Michael Chung. ISBN: 0-15-1904723.

New York: Scribner, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Seventh mystery featuring newly married art historian Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano of the Rome Art Theft Squad, combining murder and the art world. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-12576.

Boston: Little Brown, (1962). Hardcover first edition - Charming story set in Sicily in Italy. When the Easter bells ring, Piccolina wants to be held up high by her dad so she can grow tall - but her father drives a carrozza, a shiny black carriage which delivers mail and passengers to other towns, and she is afraid he will not be back in time. Illustrated by Rita Fava. Oblong format. 48 pp.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1931. Hardcover first edition - Memoir by the daughter of the doctor and philanthropist Samuel Gridley Howe and writer Julia Ward Howe, the author of 'Battle Hymm of the Republic." Among those wth whom she grew up in Massachusetts were the Hawthornes, Louisa May Alcott and she recounts those early days, as well as her travels to London, Paris, Venice and Rome and her later days in Gardiner Maine. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 406 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (1998.). First edition - Australian writer Peter Robb's massive, complex and provocative biography of the post-Renaisance artist who revolutionized painting at the end of the 16th century, and whose works were as violent and dark as the turbulent times he lived in. Notes, index. 576 pp. This advance issue does not contain the plates found in the trade edition.

New York: Random House, (2005.). SIGNED first edition - Long-awaited new book by the author of the thought-provoking science fiction novel 'The Sparrow.' Set in Italy during World War II, and based on actual stories told Russell by the survivors, this is the almost unknown story of how the Italian people hid and sheltered almost all of the Jews in Italy - those who had lived there for generations and those who came seeking sanctuary - from the forced 'removals,' prison camps and death of the Holocaust. SIGNED on the title page. Includes an author's note and an interview with Russell. 448 pp.

New York: Random House, (2005.). First edition - Long-awaited new book by the author of the thought-provoking science fiction novel 'The Sparrow.' Set in Italy during World War II, and based on actual stories told Russell by the survivors, this is the almost unknown story of how the Italian people hid and sheltered almost all of the Jews in Italy - those who had lived there for generations and those who came seeking sanctuary - from the forced 'removals,' prison camps and death of the Holocaust. Includes an author's note and an interview with Russell. 448 pp.

New York: Random House, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Long-awaited new book by the author of the thought-provoking science fiction novel 'The Sparrow.' Set in Italy during World War II, and based on actual stories told Russell by the survivors, this is the almost unknown story of how the Italian people hid and sheltered almost all of the Jews in Italy - those who had lived there for generations and those who came seeking sanctuary - from the forced 'removals,' prison camps and death of the Holocaust. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 430 pp. ISBN: 0-375-501843.

New York: Random House, (2005.). SIGNED first edition - Long-awaited new book by the author of the thought-provoking science fiction novel 'The Sparrow.' Set in Italy during World War II, and based on actual stories told Russell by the survivors, this is the almost unknown story of how the Italian people hid and sheltered almost all of the Jews in Italy - those who had lived there for generations and those who came seeking sanctuary - from the forced 'removals,' prison camps and death of the Holocaust. SIGNED by author on title page. Includes an author's note and an interview with Russell. 448 pp.

New York: Time Incorporated, 1965. Classic and funny novel of the anti-Mussolini underground in Italy, originally published in 1935, and revised in 1955 by the author. This edition, the translation of the revised edition by Harvey Ferguson, includes an editor's preface and a new introduction by the author.

London: Oxford University Press (Lippincott on spine), 1962. Hardcover first edition - A charming tale of an orphan fisher boy from the poor side of the Italian island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples, and how, with the help of the gypsies and the magic Rainbow Bird, he won the contest for the best decorated boat. Illustrated by the author in full color. Large format, unpaginated.

Placerville, California: Placerville Times, 1940. dj. Hardcover first edition - Travels around the world by freighter in the years between the wars From the Philippines to Japan, through China, India, the Near East, and Europe, to the British Isles - recounts visits to Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat in Cambodia, hearing Mussolini speak in Italy - and much more. Illustrated with photographs. 104 pp.

New York: Walker, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - A look at Galileo's life, his discoveries, and his clash with Catholic doctrine, based on the letters of Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun and the daughter and confidant of Galileo, which the author translated them from the original Italian. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated. Chronology, bibliography, notes and index. 420 pp.

New York: Walker, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A look at Galileo's life, his discoveries, and his clash with Catholic doctrine, based on the letters of Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun and the daughter and confidant of Galileo, which the author translated them from the original Italian. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated. Chronology, bibliography, notes and index. 420 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-13432.