New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1974.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book of non-fiction - consists of parodies, political satire and fables. 165 pp. ISBN: 0-374-167370.

Boston: Little Brown, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a parody of the traditional hard-boiled private investigator novel, set on the mean streets of Trenton, New Jersey and introducing Nick Magaracz trying to fill the steps of Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe. 137 pp. ISBN: 0-316302880.

New York: St Martin's, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel featuring Nick Magaracz, a private investigator trying to fill the steps of Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, who is branching out into industrial espionage, and has a job trying to get to the bottom of the poisonings at a New Jersey pharmaceutical company. 164 pp. ISBN: 0-316302880.

Boston: Little Brown, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set on the mean streets of Trenton, New Jersey and featuring Nick Magaracz, the "poor man's Sam Spade" who continues to work for the State of New Jersey because he needs the insurance benefits for his daughter's braces. Then a simple case of inheritance tax fraud takes a deadly turn. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 154 pp. ISBN: 0-316302996.

New York: HarperPerennial, (2002). SIGNED - The second novel for adults, written under his own name, by the author best known for his Lemony Snicket books. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-06-093817X.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1962) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first combined edition of Potter's series of humorous books on how to secure an unfair advantage. The first one - Gamesmanship, written to show how poor players can beat better ones by subtle psychological ploys - was originally published in 1947. These books were adapted for the cinema in the 1960s ('School for Scoundrels' adapted by Peter Ustinov, recapitulates many of the 'one-up' ideas) and later for television in the 1970s. Illustrated with drawings by Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson. Index. vii, 487 pp.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2016). SIGNED first edition - Here are "the most outrageous wrecks in Shipwreck's three-year history, drawn kicking and moaning from twenty-three of history's most cherished books and illustrated for your pleasure." Contributors include Seanan McGuire (who wrote the introduction as well as the first selection on The Great Gatsby), Mara Wilson, Joseph Fink, John Scalzi, Carolyn Ho, Jacquelyn Landgraf, Alexander Chee, and many others. SIGNED on the title page. Index. 285 pp. ISBN: 978-1455566426.