Proof from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

New York: Hyperion, 1996 advance reader's ed. SIGNED on title p. in successful author's squiggle. 293pp. paperback tall 8vo: Fine. A nice signed copy of this ARC from uncorrected proofs.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2014 advance readers' ed. 323pp. paperback 8vo: Fine.

New York: Atria Books. 2013 advance reading copy. 346pp. paperback tall 8vo: near Fine.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2000 advance uncorrected proof. paperback. 200pp. paperback 8vo: near Fine [some ink names on half-title p; else a nice crisp copy]

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2012 advance reading copy. 311pp. paperback 8vo: Fine. A nice collectible ARC of the Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist Shadid's (1968-2012) well-received account of restoring an ancestral house in Lebanon.

New York: Random House. 2002 advance uncorrected proofs. 215pp. paperback 8vo: Fine.

New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995 uncorrected advance reading copy. 465pp. paperback 8vo: near Fine [some foxing of edges; else a clean and crisp copy] Short excerpts on the subject from a variety of sources ranging from Ecclesiastes to Carl Sandburg.

New York: Wm. Morrow. 1998 uncorrected bound galleys. 270pp. paperback 8vo: Fine [some light top & fore edge foxing; else a nice crisp copy]

Frederick, MD: AmErica House. 2001 advance reading copy. 249pp. ring-bound 8vo: Fine [slight pencil score on front cover; some top edge foxing; else F] A mystery featuring gospel singing by a gospel singing writer.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. 1995 advance uncorrected proof. 283pp. paperback 8vo: Fine.

New York: Viking. 1991 advance uncorrected proof. 366pp. paperback 8vo: near Fine [bottom corner crease on back cover preceded by several last pp. with a similar crease; touch of top edge foxing; else nrF] A nice collectible proof of this spoof by the founder of Lake Wobegon.

New York: Viking. 1988 advance uncorrected proof. 288pp. paperback tall 8vo: near Fine [a light bottom corner crease on front cover; else nrF] A nice collectible proof copy of this novel by John Mortimer (1923-2009), made into a BBC television movie.

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions. 1998 advance reading copy.227pp. paperback 8vo: Fine.

New York: Hyperion, 1999 pre-first edition advance reading copy from uncorrected proofs. SIGNED title p. by author. 276pp. paperbound tall 8vo: Very Good+ [some age darkening to top & fore edge; else a crisp copy] A nice signed advance readers edition.

Sag Harbor, NY: The Permanent Press, 1994 advance uncorrected galley proof. 192pp. paperback 8vo: Fine.

New York: Putnam. 1993 advance uncorrected proof. 389pp. paperback: Fine.

New York: Picador USA. 1998 advance uncorrected proof. 213pp. paperback 8vo: Fine.

New York: Knopf. 1996 advance reader's ed. (uncorrected proof). 269pp. paperback 8vo: near Fine [hint of foxing to edges; else a nice crisp copy]

New York: Counterpoint, 2003 advance reader's copy. 251pp. paperback 8vo: Fine. In 1993 Granta called Fischer (b.1959) one of the 20 best young British writers.

Cambridge, MA: Zoland Books, 1996 advance uncorrected proof. 153pp. paperback 8vo: Fine.