New York: Scribner, (1995.). First edition - Set against the ongoing AIDS pandemic, this novel explores love, family loyalty and suffering, race, freedom and duty. Although this is a powerful novel on its own, it is also the final book in the 3 that make up 'The Great Circle' trilogy, which began with 'The Surface of the Earth' in 1975 and continued with 'The Source of Light' in 1982. Letter to booksellers from Price on the back cover. 353 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. SIGNED first edition - Both a gripping murder mystery and the story of two lives - that of a cop and a drug dealer - on a collision course, set in the gritty inner city. The title 'clockers' refers to street corner cocaine dealers. Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Basis for the Spike Lee movie of the same name. SIGNED on the title page. 599 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, 2003. SIGNED first edition - A Inspector John Rebus mystery, set in Edinburgh. Winner of the 2004 Edgar award for best novel. SIGNED on the title page with a doodle. 436 pp.

New York: Hyperion, (1999.). First edition - Author's first book, a horrifying thriller set in the 1950s in an English boy's public school. 343 pp.

New York: Morrow, (2003.). First edition - A Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks mystery, involving the disappearance of two teenage boys over a period of more than 35 years. SIGNED on the title page. 389 pp.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. First edition - Very uncommon proof of the first English appearance of this classic novel of a group of Norwegian pioneers and their struggles to build a home in the desolate prairie-land of the American Midwest. Originally published in Norwegian as two books in 1924 and 1925 and translated by Lincoln Colcord and the author. Includes a foreword by Rolvaag, introduction by Lincoln Colcord. xxii, 465 pp.

New York: Norton, (1988.). First edition - A novel of life in the Philippines, by this controversial and respected writer who became a political exile in New York in the 1970's, set during the reign of Marcos, "a time of enormous wealth and crushing poverty.. . With a spellbinding mixture of the fabulous and the terrifying, Rosca illuminates the culture, and the soul, of a nation in turmoil." 384 pp.

New York: Silver Oak (Sterling Publishing Co.), (2010.). SIGNED first edition - SIGNED in silver on the title page by both authors. Suspense novel featuring Inspector Ewert Grens. "Piet Hoffman, a top secret operative for the Swedish police, is about to embark on his most dangerous assignment yet: after years spent infiltrating the Polish mafia, he's become a key player in their attempt to take over amphetamine distribution inside Sweden's prisons" but a botched drug deal leaves a police informant dead and Hoffman trapped in prison. Winner of the 2009 award for Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year. Translated from the Swedish by Kari Dickson. Note from the authors. 489 pp

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - A stand-alone novel in his award-winning "Old Man's War" series. SIGNED on the title page and dated before publication on 6/1/2008. 335 pp.

New York: Pocket Books, (1994.). First edition - Second suspense novel by this former officer in the British Special Forces, a thriller involving the counterfeiting, and Israeli and Soviet espionage. 373 pp.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - Inspired by Charles Darwin (who devoted his last year's to the study of worms) and by her own experiences as a gardener in coastal California, Stewart explores the rloe of the earthworm in the ecosystem. how it tills the soil, destroys microscopic organisms that cause plant disease, breaks down toxins, and turns the ground into rich compost. This witty, offbeat and always entertaining book proves that any topic can be fascinating in the hands of a good writer. SIGNED on the title page. Includes a selected bibliography and a list of resources. 215 pp.

New York: Random House, 1998. First edition - Author's highly praised debut, an extremely well-written novel about a mother and daughter in a small New England mill town. Although the first printing, in Jan 1999, was a relatively large number for for a first book at 35,000 copies, it went quickly into additional printings. This advance edition, of course, is much less common than the hardcover. Strout's third novel - Olive Kitteridge - was awarded the Pulitzer.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - "Gina Santiago has devoted her life to apprehending the most heinous criminals that prey on society-and now she's after the worst one yet. On her own, with no backup, the trail takes her to a dusty, tight-knit town on the fringes of society, where everyone's a suspect." SIGNED by the author on the first page, author's business card laid in. 356 pp.

New York: Doubleday, 1988. First edition - A novel , set 300 years into the future among the survivors of the nuclear war which almost destroyed the world, which transcends the science fiction genre. Thought-provoking and a great read. My favorite of all her books.

New York: Random House, 2000. SIGNED first edition - Set in Big Stone Gap, Virginia in the year 1973. A family scandal sends the heroine, 35 year-old Ave Maria Mulligan into new levels of activity, shattering her quiet spinster life. First novel by this playwright. With a projected first printing of 150,000 copies, this ARC is much less common than the hardcover copy. SIGNED on the title page, and dated April 2000. 328 pp.

New York: St Martin's, 1999. SIGNED first edition - Her fourth novel, SIGNED on the page opposite the title page. 276 pp.

New York: Random House, 1990. Her first book, a collection of interconnected stories from this Ohio-born author - each features Gemma, a girl and then a young woman from the heartland. While this has the glossy illustrated cover found on ARCs, the text is typescript.

New York: Warner, (1995). First edition - Novel by the author of 'Bridges of Madison County.' An American author in Mexico is dealing with writer's block as his money runs low. But then "he was in the right place, or the wrong one, to be the sole witness when a shooter gunned down an American naval officer. At a cafe table with Luz, Danny Pastor saw it all, and saw the possibility of a story, a surefire, prizewinning account that could restore his pride and make him famous. And when the killer approached him, the only other Anglo around, and asked for a ride across the border, Danny, bold with tequila, said yes." 214 pp.

New York: Regan Books (Harper Collins), (2005.). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel, set in Spokane, Washington in the fall of 1980, eight days before the presidential election pitting Ronald Reagan against Jimmy Carter - a story of witness protection, petty thievery, local politics, and murder. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel. SIGNED on the title page and uncommon thus.

New York: Regan Books (Harper Collins), (2005.). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel, set in Spokane, Washington in the fall of 1980, eight days before the presidential election pitting Ronald Reagan against Jimmy Carter - a story of witness protection, petty thievery, local politics, and murder. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in October 2004 - tha is before publication - and uncommon thus. 293 pp plus author's referendum.

Boston: Little Brown, 2006. SIGNED first edition - A novel of the LAPD - those who deal with the underbelly of a "glamour city" - from drug dens to dirty street corners. SIGNED by author. Laid in is a bookmark with the LAPD shield and a list of Wambaugh's books. 338 pp.

Norman, OK: Pocket Books, (1973.). First edition - Special preview edition for the first paperback version of this massive historical novel of the events leading up to America's involvement in World War II - from the siege of Warsaw, the Battle of Britain, the march on Moscow to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Laid in is a clipping about the coming 18 hours television series based on this novel and starring Robert Mitchum. 1047 pp.