Lausanne: Editions Castella, (1967). First edition - Edition originale, un des 900 exemplaires numerotes sur Canson et Ingres et imprimee sur les presses de l'Imprimerie Chabloz a Renens. Ouvrage illustre de 12 photographies d'Henriette Grindat. (#650 out of 900 copies of the regular edition). A relatively early work of this Belgian poet, active in the Resistance during World War II, a lawyer and psychoanalyst, who moved to Paris in 1946 where he was friends with Camus and Gide, among others. Swiss photographer Henriette Grindat (1923 - 1986) was known for her complex surrealistic images which were often achieved by means of collage, photograms, or solarisation - many of which, like the ones in this book, depicted the effects of light and water. Unpaginated (36 pp including the colophon), Large format.

New York: Penguin, 2005. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at Venice, telling the story of its rich history and some of its more eccentric residents, of attempts to save its archeological treasures and recreating the unique atmosphere of this city of canals, using as a starting point the 1996 fire which destroyed the Opera House. Glossary, lists of people and places. 414 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 1594200580.

New York: Harmony, (1982) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by this actor turned writer and screenwriter, a pyscho-thriller set in Southern California: "You are about to meet a deranged sex killer, a human so driven by a force so perverted that you will never again feel completely safe. It's Christmas Eve and Simon Moon is losing his mind. Herrara Fiddleman is chief of detectives for the Venice, California police department.. . . So begins a desperate manhunt that brings chaos to a lush suburb of Los Angeles." A presentation copy very personally INSCRIBED ("to Sid Machtinger the best tax man west of the Mississippi") on the half title page and dated in 1983. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-517546922.

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (1997). SIGNED first edition - Award-winning African American poet's third collection, inspired by Dante and Venice (Cassell spent 8 years living in Italy). Martin Espada these love poems "resonant, even haunting, born of an acute sensual awareness." SIGNED on the title page. 120 pp. ISBN: 1-556591241.

New York: Random House, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An epic novel of life in Renaissance Italy - this begins in 1527 when the courtesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, escape from the sacking of Rome and head for Venice. Author's note, bibliography. 371 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 140063817.

New York: Dial Press, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of a Venetian fairy tale in which brotherly love triumphs over sorcery and suspician. Illustrated in full color by Laszlo Gal. Large format. Unpaginated.

New York: Baen Books, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second book in this series, set on Corfu in the sixteenth century. SIGNED on the title page by Eric Flint. Maps, list of characters, glossary. 822 pp. Dust jacket art by Larry Dixon. ISBN: 0-7434-71490.

New York: Baen Books, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in 1537 in an 'other-worldly, new-age' Venice, a city where magic thrives, a bastion of independence and toleration, and riddled with corruption and intrigue. SIGNED on the title page by Eric Flint. Maps, family tree, list of characters, glossary. 825 pp. Dust jacket art by Larry Dixon. ISBN: 0-7434-35230.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in 14th century Venice and the Dalmatian islands. Iillustrated by Howard Pyle with 4 color plates plus decorations on each page. 106 pp. Top edge gilt.

New York: St Martin's, 1984. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh mystery featuring reprobate English antiques dealer Lovejoy - this one set among the treasures of Venice. SIGNED on the title page. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-312-338287.

New York: St Martin's, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - The seventh mystery featuring reprobate English antiques dealer Lovejoy - this one set among the treasures of Venice. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-312-338287.

New York: St Martin's, 1984. dj. Hardcover - The seventh mystery featuring reprobate English antiques dealer Lovejoy - this one set among the treasures of Venice. ISBN: 0-312-338287.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring Alan Craig, an ex-Scotland Yard detective, now a private investigator, who is the "expert crime solver" on a mystery junket from Venice aboard the Orient Express - but what starts out as fun turns out to all too real a case of murder. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-38524309X.

Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1997. Official journal of the World History Association, published twice a year. Articles by the above contributors include a studies of Venice's cartographers in the 16th century, the Polynesian-European culture contacts, and expansion and 19th century Chinese missions abroad.

New York: Henry Holt, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fourth novel, a story of "revenge love and murder set in post-war Venice." Set in 1946, in a Europe slowly beginning to recover from the ravages of war, where a US Army war crimes investigator has come for a break from the horrors of his work, only to discover that in a seemingly unchanged Venice, everyone was compromised by the Occupation. SIGNED on the title page. 405 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-8050-7886x.

New York: Henry Holt, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - His fourth novel, a story of "revenge love and murder set in post-war Venice." Set in 1946, in a Europe slowly beginning to recover from the ravages of war, where a US Army war crimes investigator has come for a break from the horrors of his work, only to discover that in a seemingly unchanged Venice, everyone was compromised by the Occupation. 405 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-8050-7886x.

New York: Doubleday, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel of romance and adventure set against the backdrop of eighteenth century Venice. 422 pp. ISBN: 0-385-421907.

New York: The Viking Press, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourteenth in the Homer Kelly mystery series - in this, Homer is attending a rare book conference in Venice, and Mary is glorying in being an ordinary tourist. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Afterword. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-670-882100.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 28th title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. As a favor to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count's best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son. Short-listed for the Gold Dagger Award. Map endpapers. 259 pp. ISBN: 978-0802129116.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Another title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. "On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a man is killed in a fight in Campo Santo Stefano. The closest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death. The dead man was working as a vu cumpra, one of the many Black Africans selling goods outside normal shop hours without a work permit. Arriving on the scene, Commissario Brunetti's response matches that of everybody involved: why would anyone kill an illegal immigrant?" 276 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-87113-8875.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 29th title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. Map endpapers. 278 pp. ISBN: 978-0802148674.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2012.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. 296 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 978-0-8021-20236.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 16th title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. 264 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-960x.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. "On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a man is killed in a fight in Campo Santo Stefano. The closest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death. The dead man was working as a vu cumpra, one of the many Black Africans selling goods outside normal shop hours without a work permit. Arriving on the scene, Commissario Brunetti's response matches that of everybody involved: why would anyone kill an illegal immigrant?" SIGNED on the title page. 276 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-87113-8875.

London: Heinemann, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - True first edition of the tenth book in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. SIGNED on the title page. 247 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-3336573751.

London: Pan / Macmillan, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - True first edition of the sixth book in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-3336573751.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. 276 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 978-0871139801.

London: Heinemann, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 16th title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. SIGNED on the title page. 264 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-43401625X.