Boston: Little Brown, 1928. dj. Hardcover - Novel of what is a vanished way of life now (with hunt balls and other rituals of upperclass country living) as seen through the eyes of a wealthy American woman who married into a family of moderate means. Obviously a very popular novel in its time, as this second printing was in the same month - June 1928 - as the first printing. 322 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, 1926. Hardcover - A novel by this English writer of the ten years between 1914 -1924 - that is the years leading up to the Great War and just afterwards. One of the top 10 bestselling novels of 1926. 366 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of nine short stories, peopled by characters who live on the margins, with settings ranging from Seattle to Florida to Montana. The blackly comic title story and 'Xmas, Jamaica Plain' were chosen for the Best Short Stories anthologies in 1995 and 1996. 165 pp. ISBN: 0-395-78588x.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. dj. Hardcover - A collection of nine short stories, peopled by characters who live on the margins, with settings ranging from Seattle to Florida to Montana. The blackly comic title story and 'Xmas, Jamaica Plain' were chosen for the Best Short Stories anthologies in 1995 and 1996. 165 pp. ISBN: 0-395-78588x.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. First edition - Novel set in Montana by this Granta 20 author, the story of a 16 year-old boy, a runaway from a detention center where he has already spent half his life, and his younger sister who steal a car and take off on a trip leading to violence and death. 240 pp.

New York: Random House, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised young author's first collection of short stories (her second book). 272 pp. ISBN: 0-394576632.

New York: Poseidon, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Granta award winning author's third novel. SIGNED on the title page with Washington DC and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 0-671-796879.

New York: Poseidon, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Granta award winning author's third novel. ISBN: 0-671-796879.

New York: Poseidon, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Granta award winning author's third novel. ISBN: 0-671-796879.

New York: Random House, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised young author's first collection of short stories (her second book). INSCRIBED on the title page to noted book collector Larry Owens and Monica. Laid in are two brief handwritten notes, one in an envelope. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-394576632.

Tulsa, OK: Council Oak Books, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a title in the Brown Bag Mystery Series." Hired to track down a fourteen-year-old runaway named Jessica Finney, Oregon private eye Zachariah Smith leaves the small town of Mackie, heading to Portland to follow his clues. Not far down the road, he picks up a young woman named Allison, who is also clearly on the run - . . In Portland, Zachariah checks into a motel with one runaway and sets out to track down the other." SIGNED on the title page. Small hardcover format. 440 pp. ISBN: 0-933031416.

New York: Poseidon Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book and second collection of short stories, described as 'passionate, witty, domestic puzzles of American life.' Praise from such writers as Alice Hoffman and Michael Dorris. ISBN: 0-671-649248.

New York: Random House, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book, and first novel, by a highly praised young author. ISBN: 0-394-551478.

New York: Washington Square Press Books, 1990. Her second collection of short stories, described as 'passionate, witty, domestic puzzles of American life.' Praise from such writers as Alice Hoffman and Michael Dorris.

New York: Bantam, 1990. A title in the Bantam New Fiction series.

New York: Bantam, 1990. dj. First edition - A title in the Bantam New Fiction series.

New York: Bantam, 1990. First edition - A title in the Bantam New Fiction series.

New York: Poseidon Press / Simon & Schuster, (1992). First edition - A literary mystery, set in an eccentric community of expats living in Crete in 1975 - including Horace, a gay American writer of crime novels. 239 pp

New York: Riverhead Books, 1996. Author's first book, a series of interconnected short stories.

New York: Riverhead Books, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book by an award winning essayist which explores the complicated American relationship with food - it ranges over hundred of years of American and European history,looking at the rise of "time-saving" refinements in life - what are we giving away simply to have convenient food? Included in the discussion is how white sugar and white flour were sold to the public as good, and the ways in which advertisers get the public to use products they don't really need and might not even want if they took the time to think about alternatives. A book which is informative, fun to read and also thought-provoking. SIGNED on the title page. Bibliography. 311 pp. ISBN: 1-573221309.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1963.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thirty years after Stein wrote "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," Toklas herself has "provided her own entertaining account of her life with Gertrude Stein, recapturing not only the essence of her friend's remarkable personality but the essence of a remarkable time." Photographs. Index. 186 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel suggested by the early years in the life of Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette, known throughout the world as the great French novelist Colette.

London: Methuen, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - The title refers to an unwanted child, aborted, but living on to haunt the memories and lives of its parents. ISBN: 0-413-69810-7.

New York: Random House, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - A witty, satirical novel by one of the masters of the form.

New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third highly praised novel: "a strange and magical story that parallels the plot of Mozart's opera 'The Magic Flute.'....complex and ambitious with much to say about friendship, family and growing up.". ISBN: 0-8021-14229.

New York: Viking, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fifth novel, one which shift from Scotland to Rome, from London to the Cotswolds. It begins with the accidental death of a young woman, an event that touches many lives in sometimes surprising ways, a book both funny and touching. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-670-883573.

New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third highly praised novel: "a strange and magical story that parallels the plot of Mozart's opera 'The Magic Flute.'....complex and ambitious with much to say about friendship, family and growing up.". ISBN: 0-8021-14229.

London: Gollancz, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second novel, a wry account of a mismatched marriage and the survival of love at all odds. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-575-035013.

New York: Viking, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fifth novel, one which shift from Scotland to Rome, from London to the Cotswolds. It begins with the accidental death of a young woman, an event that touches many lives in sometimes surprising ways, a book both funny and touching. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-670-883573.

New York: Summit Books, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's fourth book - her first collection of short stories. In 1983, Tremain was one of 20 writers chosen as the "Best of Young British Novelists." 174 pp. ISBN: 0-671-504630.