New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2024) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. "A brutal attack on one of Brunetti's colleagues by a possible gang member, concentrates his attention. Gradually, he discovers the sordid hypocrisy surrounding Monforte's past, culminating in a fiery meeting of two gangs and a final opportunity for redemption." SIGNED on a special preliminary page. Map endpapers. 259 pp. ISBN: 978-0802162540.

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: Julian Messner, (1959) dj. Hardcover first edition - The dust jacket describes this as "At last the complete story of the 'Beats'- that hip, cool, frantic generation of new Bohemians who are turning the American scale of values inside out." Although Lipton was a prolific novelist, poet and columnist, this was the book that linked him to the Beat Generation literary movement. Lipton's home in Venice, California, served as an informal center for the arts, including the movement to restore poetry as a vocal art and experimenting with jazz long before the Beats became famous. Notes, glossary. 320 pp plus an 8 pp "Venice West Picture Essay" with 30 photographs.

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.

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: 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: Flatiron Books, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in 1966, a suspenseful literary thriller about a British novelist who heads to Venice after a public breakdown. "Years have passed since the initial success of her debut novel, and Frankie has spent her career trying to live up to the expectations of her editor and fans, only to fall short with each new publication. Now, after a particularly scathing review of her most recent work, alongside a very public breakdown, Frankie retreats to her friends vacant palazzo in Venice in the hopes of recapturing some of the inspiration that once motivated her. Then Gilly appears. A precocious young admirer eager to befriend her favorite author. . " 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1250788429.

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: Harper Collins, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel in this award-winning series featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. The appeal of these books is partly based on the character of Brunetti, a devoted family man, and a dedicated police officer, who quietly abhors the powers-that-be, and also on the author's knowledge of the mileu - she was a teacher at the US air force base near Venice. The first in the series won Japan's prestigious Suntory prize as the best suspense novel of 1991. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-333-616790.

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.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1991_ dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring "diffident art historian" Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano of the Rome Art Theft Squad, combining murder and the art world, set in Venice. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 189 pp. Striking dust jacket art by Michael Chung. ISBN: 0-15-1904723.

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: Atria Books, (2008.). First edition - "In a world of violence and intrigue, who guards the truth? " Novel set in Venice in the early 1500's, at the dawn of the Renaissance. Frontispiece. 367 pp.

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, (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.

London: Harper Collins, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - one which defies categorization - it is a historical mystery, a love story, and a retelling of The Book of Tobit, from the Apocrypha. "What begins as a beautifully-written, gentle tale of a woman coming to life, slowly deepens into something more intriguing as Vickers takes up issues of good and evil, sexuality, religion and belief. Just as one can happily wander the streets of Venice until one finds oneself lost and fear sets in, the reader is lulled by her artful prose until ensnared." (Oxford Times) SIGNED on the title page. Map frontispiece and map endpapers. Author's note. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-002261154.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first stand-alone novel by this author who is best known for her prize-winning series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. This novel features Caterina Pelligrini, a musicologist working abroad who jumps at a chance to return to her native Venice, when she is hired to supervise the opening of some trunks believed to contain papers by a 17th century Baroque composer. 244 pp. ISBN: 978-0802120649.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. 260 pp. ISBN: 978-0802119797.

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: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9375.

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.

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.

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: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - A classic mystery set in Venice - the author's first book, introduces American ex-patriate Urbino Mcintryre. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-688-091806.

London: William Heinemann, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of her highly praised, and prize-winning, series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, commissario of the Venice police. SIGNED on the title page. Map endpapers. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9189.

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.