New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller set in the world of international soccer. The loss of his eye ruined British goalkeeper Ian Chapel's chances of ever playing world-class soccer again and so he turned to investigative work, When he is asked to investigate the murder of the goalie for the Los Angeles Ravens, his two worlds come together. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-312931557.

New York: Forge / Tom Doherty Associates, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The US is hosting the soccer World Cup, and two players are gunned down outside the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. James Burlane, ex-CIA, now private investigator and soccer afficionado, is hired to investigate. INSCRIBED on the half title page to noted Oklahoma book collector, Larry Owens, and dated Jan 28, 1998 at Long Beach, Washington (underneath the date, Hoyt wrote "my 57th birthday." 253 pp plus a list of the 1994 World Cup teams. ISBN: 0-312-855540.

New York: North Point Press (Farrar Strauss), (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "An Incisive Portrait of Europe's Most Beautiful, Most Disconcerting Country" - In 1999, Jones emigrated to Italy and the country he discovered there turned out to be far from the pastoral bliss described by centuries of travel writers, and instead he found one beseiged by almost unfathomable terrorism and paranoia. Notes, index. 314 pp. ISBN: 9780865477001.

London: Head of Zeus, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first thriller featuring Scott Manson, "team coach for London City FC and all-round fixer for the lads. Players love him, bosses trust him. But now the team's manager has been found dead at their home stadium" and the club owner has asked him to investigate. Fast-paced and entertaining and a tribute to the magic of the game. 398 pp. ISBN: 978-1784081539.

New York: David McKay, (1958). Hardcover - A soccer story for older boys - Greg has moved from Iowa to New York City, but he thinks that his soccer playing days are behind him after an accident with his uncle's tractor resulted in the partial amputation of his foot.. However, the coach of his new high school asks him to be the team manager, and despite his misgivings, he accepts. Illustrated title page. 151 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (1999.). First edition - 'In the summer of 1996, McGinnis... set out for the remote Italian village of Castel di Sangro, located deep within the forbidding and isolated region of the Abruzzo.' The footballers - soccer players - of this town, with a population of only 5000, had just won promotion to Serie B, the second highest professional league. This is the story of what he found there - the promotion to B was only the first of the miracles. A fascinating account and while it is a story of triumph, underneath that is a sad underton, as 'the system' wins out. 404 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Story for older children based on his father's experiences in the Soviet Union in the 1940s. " For twelve-year-old Arcady, soccer is more than just a game. Sent to live in a children's home after his parents are declared enemies of the state, it is a means of survival, securing extra rations, respect, and protection." Illustrated with drawings by the author. SIGNED on the half title page, and dated in the year of publication and uncommon thus. Yelchin's earlier children's book on life in Stalinist Russia 'Breaking Stalin's Nose" was a Newbery Honor Book. Author's note. Small square format. 234 pp. ISBN: 978-0805098440.

New York: Henry Holt, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - Story for older children based on his father's experiences in the Soviet Union in the 1940s. " For twelve-year-old Arcady, soccer is more than just a game. Sent to live in a children's home after his parents are declared enemies of the state, it is a means of survival, securing extra rations, respect, and protection." Illustrated with drawings by the author. Yelchin's earlier children's book on life in Stalinist Russia 'Breaking Stalin's Nose" was a Newbery Honor Book. Author's note. Small square format. 234 pp. ISBN: 978-0805098440.