New York: Harper Collins, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a "mystery that doubles as an exhilarating expedition to the edges of the world. . . An invitation from a dead man propels a Chicago plumber on a perilous journey from blue-collar America to the exotic Far East - and beyond into dangerous, unchartered territory, a treacherous world of artists and smugglers, duplicitous friends and seductive enemies." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 340 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-060392274.

New York: Putnam. (1988.) dj. Hardcover - Travelling through China as the Chinese do, from Peking to Urumchi near the Siberian border. An entertaining and enlightening book by one of our best and most adventurous travel writers. 480 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-399-133097.