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Michel Faber : The Apple Canongate, Edinburgh, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Faber revisits his best selling Crimson Petal and the White with new stories. Fine in fine dust jacket. Slipcased. F/F. $65.00.

Michel Faber : The Courage Consort Harcourt, New York, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. SIGNED. Three novellas: The Courage Consort, The Ninety-Nine Steps, and The Fahrenheit Twins. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $50.00.

Michel Faber : The Fahrenheit Twins Canongate, Edinburgh, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Short Stories. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $60.00.

Michel Faber : Under the Skin Canongate, London, 2000. Trade Paperback. First Edition. SIGNED. An extraordinary novel about a young woman who drives the roads of Scotland obsessively picking up young men. In wraps as issued. Author's First Novel. Fine. $65.00.

Jon Fasman : The Geographer's Library Penguin Press, New York, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Author's First Novel. An unread copy in fine dustjacket, marred by bump top front board. NF/NF. $35.00.

Sebastian Faulks : Birdsong Random House, New York, 1996. Hardcover. First US Edition. Classic story of love and war set in France during World War I. F/F. $65.00.

Sebastian Faulks : On Green Dolphin Street Random House, New York, 2001. Hardcover. First US Edition. A novel set in New York and Washington in the year 1960. F/F. $5.00.

Anne Fausto-Sterling : Sexing the Body Basic Books, New York, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. Sex difference seems to be fundamental to our conception of human identity. But the author shows it is much more complicated than we realize. F/F. $20.00.

Niall Ferguson : The Pity of War Allen Lane, London, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. A history of World War I which will transform the way we think of that conflict. F/F. $10.00.

Dan Fesperman : The Prisoner of Guantanamo Knopf, New York, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $25.00.

Dan Fesperman : The Warlord's Son Knopf, New York, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. American journalist and Pakistani translator travel in present day Afghanistan. F/F. $30.00.

Jasper Fforde : Lost in a Good Book Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Featuring literary sleuth, Thursday Next. Author's black and white postcard laid in. F/F. $65.00.

Jasper Fforde : Something Rotten Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Featuring literary sleuth, Thursday Next. Published simultaneously in the UK and US. Uniform format. Author's four-color postcard laid in. F/F. $50.00.

Jasper Fforde : Something Rotten Viking, New York, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Featuring literary sleuth, Thursday Next. Published simultaneously in the US and US. Author's four-color postcard laid in. F/F. $30.00.

Jasper Fforde : The Big Over Easy Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. The first investigation by the Nursery Crime Division. B format. F/F. $30.00.

Jasper Fforde : Well of Lost Plots Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Featuring literary sleuth, Thursday Next. Author's black and white postcard laid in. F/F. $60.00.

Martin Fido : A History of British Serial Killing Carlton Books, New York, 2001. Hardcover. First US Edition. An exploration of British killers, from Jack the Ripper to Fred and Rosemary West. Review copy with publisher's materials laid in. F/F. $5.00.

Anne Fine : The Killjoy Mysterious Press, New York, 1987. Hardcover. First US Edition. Ian Laidlaw leads an uneventful life until Alicia Anne Davie laughs in his face. F/F. $10.00.

Giles Foden : Zanzibar Faber & Faber, London, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition. Nick Krolides, a marine biologist working off Zanzibar, finds himself involved in a terrorist conspiracy. F/F. $20.00.

Ken Follett : World Without End Macmillan, London, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Sequel to The Pillars of the Earth. Fine ijn fine dust jacket. F/F. $65.00.

Leslie Forbes : Waking Raphael Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. When Count Malaspino returns to the small city of Urbina after years away, his support for the restoration of Raphael's La Muta drives a living mute to an act of violence. F/F. $10.00.

Frederic Forsyth : The Afghan Bantam Press, London, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Espionage and Al Qaeda. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $45.00.

Christopher Fowler : Seventy-Seven Clocks Doubleday, London, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. A Bryant and May mystery. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $55.00.

Clare Francis : A Death Divided Macmillan, London, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Joe, struggling to survive his job in a high-powered law firm, is faced with the challenge of finding his childhood friend, Jenna, who has been missing for four years. Psychological suspense. F/F. $10.00.

Dick Francis : The Edge Michael Joseph, London, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Mystery set in the world of horse racing. F/F. $30.00.

Tom Franklin : Poachers Wm. Morrow, New York, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Short stories from the deep south, including the title story which won an Edgar Award. Author's First Book. F/F. $30.00.

Jonathan Franzen : The Corrections Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Much hoopla surrounded this novel. Reversed pages and erratum note. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER. F/F. $200.00.

Michael Frayn : Spies Faber & Faber, London, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Two boys suspect that the mother of one of them is a spy. Set in wartime London. Winner of the WHITBREAD AWARD. F/F. $125.00.

Brian Freeman : Immoral St. Martin's Minotaur, New York, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. Author's First Novel. Nominated for an Edgar Award. Obsession, sex and revenge set in Duluth, Minnesota. F/F. $20.00.

Pierre Frei : Berlin Grove Press, New York, 2006. Hardcover. First US Edition. A killer is on the loose in occupied Berlin one month after the end of WWII. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $10.00.

Celia Fremlin : Appointment With Yesterday J.P. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1972. Hardcover. First US Edition. Milly Barnes is considered a treasure by her employers. That's because they know nothing about her. If they did they might not let her in to clean their houses. Great psychological mystery from this underappreciated author. Dustjacket has only the slightest rub. There is a stain on ffe. NF/NF. $5.00.

Celia Fremlin : Don't Go To Sleep In The Dark: 13 Short Stories J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1970. Hardcover. First US Edition. A wonderful selection of Fremlin who writes horror and suspense made more awful by the everyday settings she chooses. This is Fremlin at her darkest best. Lovely copy. F/F. $5.00.

Celia Fremlin : Listening In The Dusk Doubleday, New York, 1990. Hardcover. First US Edition. After her marriage breaks up Alice Saunders rents a room in a London boarding house. There she meets Mary who is clearly terrified of something, or someone. A beautiful copy. F/F. $5.00.

Celia Fremlin : The Hours Before Dawn J.P. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1958. Hardcover. Maybe it's because her baby cries all night, but Louise Henderson seems to be at the end of her tether. The neighbours complain about her child, she thinks she's being watched, and her husband seems to know their tenant from somewhere else. This first mystery by Fremlin won the EDGAR AWARD. This looks to be a Book Club Edition although the dustjacket is cut as though price-clipped. Bright dj with only the slightest wear at the bottom of spine. A scarce title in any condition. NF/NF. $5.00.

Celia Fremlin : The Long Shadow Doubleday, New York, 1976. Hardcover. First US Edition. When a celebrated, cruel and egocentric Classics Professor dies, his third wife receives a telephone call accusing her of murder. Psychological suspense from this underappreciated author. White dustjacket has some marks. Small tape mark on ffe. NF/NF. $5.00.

Nicci French : Beneath the Skin Michael Joseph, London, 2000. Hardcover. First UK Edition. SIGNED. Zoe, a schoolteacher, Jenny, model mother and wife, and Nadia, irrepressible free spirit, have nothing in common. Except they are all being stalked by a sadistic killer. Signed by both authors. US edition precedes the UK. F/F. $30.00.

Nicci French : Killing Me Softly Michael Joseph, London, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Alice Loudon has everything she could want in life. Then she meets a stranger and impulsively gives up her safe, ordered existence for a passionate affair. Gradually she learns about Adam and enters his world of risk and adventure until everything, including her life, is threatened. This title scarce. F/F. $50.00.

Nicci French : Secret Smile Michael Joseph, London, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Signed by both authors. Wrap-around promotional band in place. F/F. $30.00.

Nicci French : The Red Room Michael Joseph, London, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Kit Quinn, horribly wounded in a brutal attack, is asked by the police to advise them on a simple murder inquiry. A young runaway has been found killed by a London canal and the chief suspect is the man who wounded Kit. F/F. $35.00.

Alan Furst : The Book of Spies Modern Library, New York, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. SIGNED. An anthology of literary espionage with excerpts from the work of Eric Ambler, Graham Greene, John Le Carre, etc. Edited, Introduced, and SIGNED by Alan Furst. F/F. $40.00.

Frances Fyfield : A Clear Conscience Pantheon, New York, 1994. Hardcover. First US Edition. SIGNED. Winning cases is not longer as satisfying as it once was for Crown Prosecutor Helen West. Then she becomes involved in the private and legal life of a battered woman. GRAND PRIX DE LITTERATURE. F/F. $10.00.

Frances Fyfield : Blind Date Bantam, London, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Everyone loved Emma Davey, until someone put a garbage bag over her head and kicked her to death. Elisabeth Kennedy, Emmas' older sister and a disgraced ex-police officer, is hauntd by Emma's death and her own humiliating attempts to lure the killer into a confession. Then she is attacked. F/F. $10.00.

Frances Fyfield : Not That Kind of Place Pocket Books, New York, 1990. Hardcover. First US Edition. SIGNED. Helen West, Crown Prosecutor, and Detective Chief Superintendent Geoffrey Bailey are sharing a house just outside London. It is an experiment in living together. The naked, hastily buried body of a woman is found in the woods near their home. F/F. $10.00.

Frances Fyfield : Question of Guilt Heinemann, London, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Eileen Cartwright is not just another rich, middle-aged, widow, she also has a passion for revenge. When she falls in love with her solicitor, she cold-bloodedly arranges for the murder of his wife. Introduces Crown Prosecutor Helen West who is assigned this disturbing, twisted case. Author's First Novel. F/F. $65.00.

Frances Fyfield : Shadow Play Pantheon, New York, 1993. Hardcover. First US Edition. Mr. Logo is frequently brought before the magistrate for indecent assault but he is inevitably acquitted because, although he scares the little girls he follows, nobody can prove he ever touches them. Crown Prosecutor Helen West strikes up a friendship with a young clerk in her office and, unwittingly, sets in motion dangerous complications for the woman and Mr. Logo. F/F. $10.00.

Frances Fyfield : The Nature of the Beast Little Brown, London, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. When a passenger train traveling from Kent to London crashes, one passenger uses the opportunity for murder while another sees a chance to leave her life behind. F/F. $10.00.

Frances Fyfield : Without Consent Bantam, London, 1996. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. DS Ryan, friend of Superintendent Geoffrey Bailey, is accused of rape. He swears he didn't do it but all the evidence points his way. Slowly, the rapist begins to emerge - he is a man who knows the law and who believes there is no such thing as rape. F/F. $20.00.

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