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Hardcover with dust jacket. The deep green faux leather boards are clean, with some shelf wear visible at the bottom. The dust jacket is clean, with light rubbing at the bottom of the front cover. The title page bears an inscription. The pages are clean and unmarked throughout. Martha Stewart’s Hors d’Oeuvres: The Creation and Presentation of Fabulous Finger Foods (Clarkson N. Potter, 1984). One of Martha Stewart’s early cookbooks, published two years after her best-selling Entertaining. Photographs by Peter Bosch, design by Vincent Winter, and recipes and styling with Sara Foster. It offers 150 recipes for finger food arranged around 13 parties, including Christmas Cocktails, The Breakfast Buffet and Fancy Cocktails. Stunning, dreamlike photography and very inspiring, and a good choice for Christmas entertaining.

First edition, first printing hardcover. The deep blue boards are clean and unmarked. The dust jacket is clean and unclipped, with light rubbing around the edges. Pages are clean and free of marks throughout. A clean, collectible copy of an Edgar Award winner. First edition, first printing (Hyperion, 1997). Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke won the 1998 Edgar Award for Best Novel and introduced Billy Bob Holland, a former Texas Ranger turned defence lawyer. Burke was born in Houston, grew up on the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast, and is best known for his Dave Robicheaux novels. He has won the Edgar Award for Best Novel twice. Holland defends his teenage son against a murder charge and uncovers high-level corruption in the Texas town of Deaf Smith.

A softcover in very good condition. The covers are clean, with light shelf wear. The pages are clean throughout, except for light rubbing at the edge of page 235. The print and colour plates are sharp. Vintage Books, New York, 2025. First Vintage paperback edition, originally published in hardcover by Doubleday in 2023. David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, tells the story of the British warship Wager, wrecked off Patagonia in 1741 on a mission to seize Spanish treasure. Its starving survivors split into rival groups, and accusations of mutiny and murder end in a court martial. Named a best book of the year by The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among others. 408 pages, with colour plates.

A hardcover in very good condition. The deep green boards are clean, with light rubbing around the edges. The dust jacket is clean, with light rubbing around the edges. The pages are crisp and unopened in feels. Clarkson N. Potter, New York, 1989. Martha Stewart records one family Christmas in real time, from the days after Thanksgiving to Christmas Day, with recipes, decorations, handmade gifts and entertaining ideas. Photographs by Christopher Baker. Large format. 144 pages

A hardcover in very good condition. The purple boards show light rubbing around the edges. The dust jacket is unclipped, with light wear at the head of the spine. The pages are clean and unmarked throughout, with deckle edges. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, 2013. First Canadian edition, first printing. Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club, returns with her first novel in eight years. In the shadowed depths of Shanghai, a tale of mothers, daughters and hidden histories unfolds across fifty years and two continents. Deckle edged. 589 pages.

A hardcover in fine condition. The red boards are bright, with gilt lettering along the spine. The dust jacket is unclipped and free of marks. The pages are clean and unmarked throughout. Published by St. Martin’s Press, New York, in 2024. First edition, stated on the copyright page. A novel by American author Kristin Hannah. In the 1960s, a young nursing student named Frankie McGrath joins the Army Nurse Corps and finds courage and friendship in Vietnam, then struggles to find her place when she comes home. The author dedicates the book to the women who served. The novel debuted at number one on The New York Times fiction list. 471 pages.