Boston: Little, Brown, 1989. Octavo, red and gray boards. Fine. Dust jacket has light rubbing to front panel, else fine. Third crime novel in the excellent Dave Robicheaux series. It won the 1990 Edgar Award for best novel.

Markham, ON: Viking / Penguin, 1989. Tan and brown boards. Fine in fine, price-clipped jacket.

Paris: Charles Amat, 1912. [4], (xx), (359) pp + plates and one folding map. Canadian issue, bound in publisher's half grey-green cloth and marbled boards, with "Beauchemin" spine imprint. Tanning to endpapers from binding materials; small corner torn from front free endpaper; one inch tear to fore margin of half-title leaf neatly repaired with clear archival paper tape (no text affected); spine very lightly darkened; else a fine tight copy, no owner names. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, (c1987). Second printing. Yellow cloth. Fine copy, no owner names. Yellow dust jacket has lightly sunned spine, a few nicks, VG.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Large octavo, 140, (2) pp. Cloth and boards with printed clear plastic wrapper. 16 pp of period photos at front. Soft ripples to front free endpaper, else fine, no owner names. Wrapper has light surface rubbing, bit of rubbing to the flap copy, VG. Nice edition of this American literary classic originally published in 1899, set in New Orleans.

London: Souvenir Press, 1976. Light brown boards. pp 317, [3]. Text paper slightly toned, as usual; small light grey spot to fore margin of title page; else a fine copy, no owner names, in fine jacket, flap price (£3.50) intact. The second volume in the Dragonard Trilogy by this author from the Caribbean island of Nevis. An historical novel set in 18th century Louisiana. Masters and black slaves, whips, high black boots and tight pants.