Cloverdale, CA: Buti Publications, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel of an Italian immigrant family's life in San Francisco and Amador County in 1922 during Prohibition. SIGNED on the front endpaper with the words "Hail to Bacchus and Eros, the Roman gods of wine and love." Illustrated with drawings by Dug Waggoner. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-64896001.

New York: Carroll & Graf, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A successful musician and artist, living a life of spendor and seclusion, south of San Francisco is visited by a friend from his younger days in North Beach and Mexico, a friend thought long dead - and who claims that the music and the ideas were his, and now he wants it all back. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-881848018.

New York: Carroll & Graf, 1992. SIGNED first edition - INSCRIBED by the author on the title page 'with thanks for all your help' and with a small drawing of a ghost, dated in the year of publication. A successful musician and artist, living a life of splendor and seclusion, south of San Francisco is visited by a friend from his younger days in North Beach and Mexico, a friend thought long dead - and who claims that the music and the ideas were his, and now he wants it all back. 307 pp.

New York: Carroll & Graf, 1992. dj. Hardcover - A successful musician and artist, living a life of spendor and seclusion, south of San Francisco is visited by a friend from his younger days in North Beach and Mexico, a friend thought long dead - and who claims that the music and the ideas were his, and now he wants it all back. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-881848018.

New York: Carroll & Graf, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A successful musician and artist, living a life of spendor and seclusion, south of San Francisco is visited by a friend from his younger days in North Beach and Mexico, a friend thought long dead - and who claims that the music and the ideas were his, and now he wants it all back. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-881848018.

New York: Picador, (2016). SIGNED first edition - A collection of provocative essays which "look at the recent tragedies and widespread protests that have shaken the country. [This book] links #BlackLivesMatter to #OscarsSoWhite, Ferguson to Washington D.C., the Great Migration to resurgent nativism. Chang explores the rise and fall of the idea of 'diversity,' the roots of student protest, changing ideas about Asian Americanness, and the impact of a century of racial separation in housing." SIGNED on the title page. Notes. 182 pp. ISBN: 978-0312429485.

New York: Dial Press - Penguin, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second book which follows the adventures of Moose Flanagan, growing up on Alcatraz as the son of a prison guard in 1935 when Capone was an inmate of Alcatraz. Humorous, but dealing with some serious topics, and very well-written. SIGNED on the title page by the author, with Capone's stamped signature. Author'r notes and references. 272 pp. Signed by Choldenko. Humorous & well-written Young Reader's novel on. ISBN: 0-8037-3460-3.

New York: Putnam, (2004.) dj. Hardcover - A coming of age novel of two kids in1935, set against the backdrop of Alcatraz Island - the rock in the middle of San Francsico Bay with a maximum security prison - when Al Capone was confined there. Written with humor and sensitivity. A Newbery Honor Award book. Map of the island, notes. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-399-238611.

New York: Macmillan, 1962. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A Candid Close-up of a Forceful Man and His Often Controversial Impact on a Great City." Biography of the 34th mayor of San Francisco (from 1956 to 1963) - Greek-born Christopher was credited with a strong record on civil rights and bringing the Giants to San Francisco, but also with redevelopment that destroyed much of the character of the city and displaced many of the ethnic groups - especially African Americans. SIGNED on the front endpaper by both Geoge Christopher and author George Dorsey. Photographs. 238 pp.

New York: Macmillan, 1962. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A Candid Close-up of a Forceful Man and His Often Controversial Impact on a Great City." Interesting association copy of this biography of the 34th mayor of San Francisco (from 1956 to 1963) INSCRIBED to his secretary as follows "To Peg - who does all the good things I get credit for, and adroitly hides my mistakes! Thanks to the most efficient and proficient secretary in the world!" and dated 6/15/62. Greek-born Christopher was credited with a strong record on civil rights and bringing the Giants to San Francisco, but also with redevelopment that destroyed much of the character of the city and displaced many of the ethnic groups - especially African Americans. Photographs. 238 pp.

San Francisco: Mercury House, (1991). First edition - A coming-of-age novel set in 1950s San Francisco's bohemian North Beach. The story of three generations of an Irish family - 11 year old Pearce, his father Joe, and Joe's father MJ. Haunted by his past with the IRA, MJ hides his crimes - and condemns his son for supporting the IRA, driving a wedge into the family. 273 pp.

New York: Ballantine, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which tells the story of a journey down the San Andreas fault, "searching for the places and the people who could perhaps answer the provocative question: What is it like living in a place that no matter how beautiful, might suddenly, while you opened the cereal, combed your hair, or bathed the baby, strike you dead?" Recounts the histories of Wiyot Indians and their earthquake legends, investigates the conflict between California's logging industry and environmentalists, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, visits Palm Springs and the Salton Sea and more. A mixture of sociology, history, personality, and seismology. Map, bibliography. 417 pp. ISBN: 0-345385667.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. dj. Hardcover first edition - " Warm and deeply human, this book offers a picture of Jewish life in America as entertaining as it is richly informative." Includes contributions from Irving Howe, Morris Freedman, Ruth Glazer, Herbert J. Gans, Harry Gersh, Earl Raab, Milton Kaplan and more. Introduction by David Riesman, preface by Elliot Cohen. xxvi, 337 pp.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A very personal story drawn from letters, documents, and extensive interviews about the man whose irrepressible spirit would inspire so many. Frank was a physicist who worked on the atomic bomb like his more famous brother Robert, and they both had their careers destroyed by the Red Scare. Unlike Robert, who died a ruined man, he went on to create the Exploritorium in San Francisco - a place where something wonderful does indeed happen. SIGNED by the author, K. C. Cole on the title page. Foreword by Murray Gell-Mann. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. xiv, 396 pp. ISBN: 9780151008223.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1952) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Second book by this San Francisco writer and restaurateur - a novel based on the death of Manuel Laureano Rodr’guez S‡nchez, the legendary Spanish bullfighter known as Manolete, a fictionalized version of his final appearance in the ring in 1947, when he came out of retirement and was fatally gored. The year after this book was published, Conrad opened his famed restaurant "El Matador" in San Francisco, with the proceeds from the novel. Illustrated with drawings by the author. SIGNED on the title page. Laid in is an invitation to the opening of the restaurant. 213 pp.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel inspired by the earthquake and fire in San Francisco in 1906. Afterword. 361 pp. ISBN: 0-8118-43130.

New York: Doubleday, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Fremont Jones mystery, set in San Francisco in the days following the Great Earthquake of 1906. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-385-475500.

New York: Doubleday, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 4th Fremont Jones historical mystery, set in San Francisco in 1908, just 2 years after the big earthquake. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Frontispiece photograph of Emperor Norton. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-385-486081.

New York: Doubleday, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 4th Fremont Jones historical mystery, set in San Francisco in 1908, just 2 years after the big earthquake. A presentation copy INSCRIBED on the title page "--- with thanks for a lovely luncheon" and dated in the year of publication. Frontispiece photograph of Emperor Norton. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-385-486081.

New York: Doubleday, 1998. First edition - The 4th Fremont Jones historical mystery, set in San Francisco in 1908, just2 years after the big earthquake. Publisher's letter laid in.

New York: Doubleday, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 4th Fremont Jones historical mystery, set in San Francisco in 1908, just 2 years after the big earthquake. Frontispiece photograph of Emperor Norton. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-385-486081.

New York: Doubleday, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second Fremont Jones mystery, set in San Francisco in the days following the Great Earthquake of 1906. INSCRIBED on the title page. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-385-475500.

New York: Doubleday, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second Fremont Jones mystery, set in San Francisco in the days following the Great Earthquake of 1906. SIGNED on the title page. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-385-475500.

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, (2011.). First edition - His tenth book of poems, many reflecting life on the streets in San Francisco where Di Piero now lives. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 65 pp. ISBN: 9781556593802.

San Francisco: Persona Press. (1982.). First edition - A novel about a young man's coming to terms with his sexuality in 1958 San Francisco. An interesting picture of the late beat scene with some of the poets and writers appearing under their own names (Ginsberg at the Fughazi reading, David Meltzer who was critical of the protagonist's poem at a reading) and others under thinly disguised names - Gary Ryder, etc. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-931906-032.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion" (Scott Westerfield) for young adult readers, involving a terrorist attack in San Francisco (the title is a reference to 'Big Brother' in Orwell's 1984). Winner of the 2009 John W. Campbell Award. Afterword, bibliography. 382 pp. ISBN: 0-765319853.

New York Scribner's, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in Seattle, San Francisco, Montana, and Alaska,this novel is the story of a generation, shaped by the sixties, which has reached its time of reckoning, and of a man who must uncover secrets of his past. 316 pp. ISBN: 0-684-83295X.

New York Scribner's, (2000.). Set in Seattle, San Francisco, Montana, and Alaska,this novel is the story of a generation, shaped by the sixties, which has reached its time of reckoning, and of a man who must uncover secrets of his past. 314 pp plus a 4 pp reading group guide. ISBN: 0-684-865696.

New York: Riverhead Books, (2009.). SIGNED - The author's truly unique first novel - not quite a horror story, nor just a mystery story or an offbeat police procedural. Set in Colma, California - is the only incorporated city in America where the dead outnumber the living. The longtime cemetery for San Francisco, it is the resting place of the likes of Joe DiMaggio, Wyatt Earp, and aviation pioneer Lincoln Beachey." Winner of the 2009 Emperor Norton award and shortlisted for the Pen-Faulkner. Selected by San Francisco Reads for the "One City, One Book" program. SIGNED on the title page.437 pp. ISBN: 978-1594483820.