New York: Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover - Originally published in 1899. Includes his impressions of New York City ("much maligned") including the new rapid transit system there, and of Washington, Boston and Chicago, as well as comments on the differences between the North and the South, the American language, the postal system, universities and more. A title in the Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-405-054416.

New York: Warner, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Thriller featuring former Secret Service agents turned private investigators, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated map endpapers and double page map of Babbage town. 420 pp. ISBN: 0-446-580341.

New York: St Martin's, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Montana mystery featuring Gabriel duPre, a Metis Indian rancher, widower, father, fiddler and lover. 201 pp. ISBN: 0-312-118961.

New York: St Martin's, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Montana mystery featuring Gabriel duPre, a Metis Indian rancher, widower, father, fiddler and lover. 201 pp. ISBN: 0-312-118961.

New York: McGraw-Hill, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel about politics and about two very different political wives, one a recovering alcoholic and the other a ruthless "dragon lady." In the 1980 presidential election neither candidate wins a majority in the Electoral College and the selection of a chief executive is deadlocked in the House. When the Vice President is sworn in, his wife becomes the temporary first lady. Meanwhile the wife of the Republican contender feels that the position has been stolen. 429 pp. ISBN: 0-070076480.

New York: Random House, (1999). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, set in the strange land of Washington, D.C., "a millennial comedy of manners about aliens and pundits . . . and how much they have in common." SIGNED on the title page. 300 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 0-679452931.

Sacramento: California Journal Press, (1977). First edition - A look at how the press worked in the post-Watergate era - among other things, it describes the relationship between reporters and politicians both in California and in Washington D.C. Bibliography, index. ix, 308 pp. ISBN: 0-930302133.

Akron, OH: Saalfield. (1927). Hardcover - Adventure story for boys set in the years after the Great War - World War I - a young aviator, an orphan with no knowledge of his ancestry, is selected to operate a dirigible to transport important secret documents and funds. Plain frontispiece. 168 pp.

Akron, OH: Saalfield. (1927) dj. Hardcover - Adventure story for boys set in the years after the Great War - World War I - a young aviator, an orphan with no knowledge of his ancestry, is selected to operate a dirigible to transport important secret documents and funds. Plain frontispiece. 168 pp.

New York: Berkley, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifteenth book in the Coffeehouse Mystery series. "After the White House asks coffeehouse manager and master roaster Clare Cosi to consult on the coffee service for a Rose Garden Wedding, she discovers a historic pot was used as a CIA 'dead drop' decades before. Now long-simmering secrets boil over, scalding Clare and the people around her..." Includes a large selection of "Great American" recipes. 411 pp. ISBN: 978-0425276099.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Ashley Books, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American's first book - a story of racial conflict in Philadelphia, murder in Washington, D.C. ending with a tense courtroom trial. Cover praise from Ossie Davis who called Jefferson "one damned good storyteller." 308 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third book in his Washington trilogy featuring attorney Brad Miller and private investigator Dana Cutler. SIGNED on the title page. 342 pp. ISBN: 978-0062069887.

New York: Harper Collins, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third book in his Washington trilogy featuring attorney Brad Miller and private investigator Dana Cutler. SIGNED on the title page. 312 pp. ISBN: 976-0061926518.

New York: Random House, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a "shattering and unflinchingly honest autobiography" by this Washington Post reporter. McCall did not fit the stereotypes: he was a smart kid from a caring family in a suburban black working-class neighborhood, but still wound up involved with drugs and gangs, and eventually in prison for armed robbery. This is not just an account of his troubled youth and how he turned his life around, but a look at how young black men feel in a society that does not value them. 404 pp. ISBN: 0-679412689.

New York: Warner, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller set in Washington, D.C. where two senior Congressional staffers, bored and disillusioned with their jobs, become involved in "the clandestine Zero Game, but when someone close to them turns up dead, they discover the sinister intent of the 'game' and realize that they are intended to become the game's next victims." SIGNED on the title page. 460 pp. ISBN: 0-446530980.

New York: The Viking Press, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this Washington, D.C. based journalist (who had reported on the Watergate and Nixon impeachment hearings among other topics) A reporter investigates the murder of another reporter and finds that a lot of very powerful people are involved. Long and thoughtful praise from Ross Macdonald on the back cover in which he calls this "a novel so intriguing one hates to see it end." 214 pp. ISBN: 0-670-20336X.

New York: The Viking Press, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this Washington, D.C. based journalist (who had reported on the Watergate and Nixon impeachment hearings among other topics) A reporter investigates the murder of another reporter and finds that a lot of very powerful people are involved. Long and thoughtful praise from Ross Macdonald on the back cover in which he calls this "a novel so intriguing one hates to see it end." Review copy with photograph of author laid in. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-670-20336X.

London: The Crime Club / Collins, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - When the wife of the US ambassador of the newly independent Caribbean country of Tampico is found dead at an embassy part, Henry Tibbett is called in, semi-officially, to assist in the investigation. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-002310570.

New York: Simon & Schuster (Atria Books), 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - This authorized biography tells the remarkable story of controversial US Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, an impassioned civil rights crusader and a hard-driving legislator. Foreword by Coretta Scott King. Illustrated with photographs, extensive notes, index. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-7434-07873.

New York: Simon & Schuster (Atria Books), 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover - This authorized biography tells the remarkable story of controversial US Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, an impassioned civil rights crusader and a hard-driving legislator. Foreword by Coretta Scott King. Illustrated with photographs, extensive notes, index. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-7434-07873.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A medical and a political thriller - terrorists have unleased a highly contagious virus into the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. SIGNED on the title page. 404 pp. ISBN: 9780312587529.

New York: Delacorte, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Pearson's sixth novel, a forensic thriller set in Washington state where a specialist in training pilots is found dead in a flight simulator and in Washington D.C. SIGNED on the title page. 403 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-385301383.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2015). First edition - Pelecano's first collection of stories - "A seasoned claims investigator tracks a supposedly dead man from Miami to Brazil, only to be thrown off his game by a kid from the local slum. An aging loser takes a last stab at respectability by becoming a police informant. A Greek-American couple adopts an interracial trio of sons and then struggles to keep their family together, . . In the title novella . . - we go behind the scenes of a television cop show, where a writer gets caught up in a drama more real than anything he could have conjured for a script." 292 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The "story of three cops - one good, one bad, one broken - and the murder that reunites them in a showdown decades in the making." SIGNED on the title page. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-316-156507.

New York: Counterpoint, (2005). First edition - The author's third novel, a story of "love, lust, discovery and the strangely interwoven tales of six lonely people at a Washington DC hotel." 242 pp.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a legal thriller set in Washington, D. C. Joseph Finder calls this 'an absolutely phenomenal kick-ass thriller.' SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp. ISBN: 978-0316198622.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2014) dj. Hardcover - The author's second thriller, a plot by two brothers from a DC crime family - one trying to leave his family behind, the other causght up in it - to discover a secret decision of the Federal Reserve Bank, a decision that will affect billions of dollars. 356 pp. ISBN: 978-0316198646.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2012). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a legal thriller set in Washington, D. C. Joseph Finder calls this 'an absolutely phenomenal kick-ass thriller.' SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 326 pp.