New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiographical fiction in the form of journals, essays, memoir and short story, The final long story - Sylvia - recounts his marriage in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. 162 pp. ISBN: 0-374263493.

New York: Harper Collins, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An advice columnist finds her own life in turmoil as her husband of twenty years says that he wants a "sabbatical" from her and their three children. SIGNED on the title page. 382 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0587245.

New York: Dutton, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer's third novel, a story of friendship, of a 'perfect life' in upheaval, and about confronting sometimes painful truths. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-525-946217.

New York: Picador, (1999.). A moving account of his life with the writer Iris Murdoch, and especially of her last years as she descended into Alzheimers. Basis of the motion picture, Iris, starring Judi Dench. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-312-253826.

New York: Bloomsbury, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth novel (tenth book), one which has "roots in her own youth in Wichita, in the neighborhood stalked by the serial killer known as BTK (Bind, Torture, and Kill). A story of wayward love and lost memory, of public and private lives twisting out of control." 229 pp. ISBN: 978-1596915756.

New York: Henry Holt, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - "Roger and Zelda were lovers. Best friends. Ardent, fun-loving . . . a perfect match. And then they got married." 304 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-2803x.

New York: Henry Holt, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - "Roger and Zelda were lovers. Best friends. Ardent, fun-loving . . . a perfect match. And then they got married." 304 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-2803x.

Pasadena CA: Ward Ritchie Press, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Humorous advice written for women on how to survive your husband's retirement - includes helpful suggestions on diverse topics such as hobbies, housing, hypochrondria, grooming, late-blooming romances, double beds, and budget management. While a lot of this seems dated now, it does contain some good practical advice - like taking a separate vacation and an argument that there should not be a mandotory retirement age. SIGNED on the front endpaper "with best wishes" and dated in 1977. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-378021559.

New York Ballantine, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel set in Victorian England - the title refers to a breach of promise suit when a young woman's fiance refuses to marry her. Mystery featuring investigator William Monk and his nurse Hester Latterly. SIGNED on the title page by the author. 374 pp. ISBN: 0-449-908496.

New York Ballantine, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel set in Victorian England - the title refers to a breach of promise suit when a young woman's fiance refuses to marry her. Mystery featuring investigator William Monk and his nurse Hester Latterly. SIGNED on the title page by the author. 374 pp. ISBN: 0-449-908496.

New York: Random House, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An unusual novel by this award-winning writer, one which is a Victorian ghost story, a literary and psychological puzzle, and a meditation on marriage, childhood, memory, and fear. The novel opens in London, in the 1880s - at the beginning of psychoanalysis and at the peak of belief in spiritualism. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 331 pp. ISBN: 978-1400062515.

New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. A completely revised and updated version of the 1983 book, 'The Biology of Religion.' Reveals how religions in all parts of the world meets the needs of ordinary people - includes discussion of such topics as sex in and out of marriage, circumsion, sickness, faith, divorce and widowhood, birth and childhood, and the challenges of modernity. Map, illustrations, notes, index. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5069749.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - New novel by this Pulitzer prize winning author, the story of one year in a marriage, a year which began and ended with a wedding - the first on Cape Cod, the second in Maine. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-375-414967.

London: Constable, . (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel (his first won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award). ISBN: 0-094695903.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2013). SIGNED first edition - Set in upstate New York where Peter Herman, the author of the influential book "Love is a Canoe" has been living a quiet life until his wife dies, and he finds himself at a loss. "A smart, funny, romantic, and hugely satisfying novel about the fragility of marriage and the difficulty of repairing the damage when well-intentioned people forget how to be good to each other." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2012 (that is, before publication). 340 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2013). SIGNED first edition - Set in upstate New York where Peter Herman, the author of the influential book "Love is a Canoe" has been living a quiet life until his wife dies, and he finds himself at a loss. "A smart, funny, romantic, and hugely satisfying novel about the fragility of marriage and the difficulty of repairing the damage when well-intentioned people forget how to be good to each other." SIGNED on the title page. 340 pp.

New York: Random House, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A bittersweet memoir about drug abuse and alcoholism in See's family for over fifty years, frank but also wryly optimistic, told with humor and grace. SIGNED on the title page by this award-winning novelist. Illustrated with photographs. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-679430261.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2004). First edition - The author's fourth novel (seventh book), set during a hot Chicago summer where Jack, newly wed and very much in love with life itself, finds his perceptions shattered by an inconsiderate neighbor's perpetual partying. 306 pp.

New York: Random House, 1929. Hardcover first edition - Essays, often humorous, by the early American clergyman and patriot best known for his life of George Washington wherein was contained the story of the cherry tree and the hatchet. Introduction by Emily E. F. Skeel, and prefatory notes to each selection. Illustrated. Bound in green and rust marbleized paper covered boards with a rust cloth spine, gilt lettering. Lacking the slipcase.

New York: Pantheon, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Winik's frank and unsentimental account of her love affair and marriage with an openly gay man, of their drug use, the brief happiness of the birth of their two children, and the gradual deterioration of his health as his AIDS progressed. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-679-445722.

New York: Pantheon, (1996.). First edition - Winik's frank and unsentimental account of her love affair and marriage with an openly gay man, of their drug use, the brief happiness of the birth of their two children, and the gradual deterioration of his health as his AIDS progressed. 271 pp.

New York: Gotham / Penguin, (2012.). SIGNED first edition - His last book - a tribute to hopes we have for our daughters - "Thousands of women have stepped inside Becker's Bridal, in Fowler, Michigan, to try on their dream dresses in the Magic Room, a special space with soft lighting, a circular pedestal, and mirrors that carry a bride's image into infinity. . . Run by the same family for four generations, Becker's has witnessed transformations in how America views the institution of marriage: some of the shop's clientele are becoming stepmothers, some are older brides, some are pregnant." SIGNED on the title page, and very uncommon thus - Zaslow was killed in an automobile crash just a month after this book was released.