New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in 1953 San Francisco during the Korean War, this is the story of Pearlie, a dutiful housewife, living in the Sunset District, caring for her ailing husband and son with polio, trapped by the sexual and racial restrictions of the era, until a stranger shows up and she has to discover what her marriage really is. SIGNED on the title page. 195 pp. ISBN: 0-374-108668.

New York: Picador, (2004.). SIGNED - The author's second novel - set in San Francisco at the turn of the 20th century, this is the story of a boy who is born looking like a 70-year-old man but whose body grows younger and younger as he grows older. SIGNED on the title page. A selection of the Today Book Club. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-312-423810.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel - set in San Francisco at the turn of the 20th century, this is the story of a boy who is born looking like a 70-year-old man but whose body grows younger and younger as he grows older. SIGNED by the author. A selection of the Today Book Club. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-374128715.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in 1953 San Francisco during the Korean War, this is the story of Pearlie, a dutiful housewife, living in the Sunset District, caring for her ailing husband and son with polio, trapped by the sexual and racial restrictions of the era, until a stranger shows up and she has to discover what her marriage really is. SIGNED on the title page. 195 pp. ISBN: 0-374-108668.

New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, third book, set in San Francisco. 286 pp. ISBN: 1-556110723.

Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, (1997.). First edition - The first collection of poetry by this young African American writer from San Francisco. Cover praise from Diane di Prima. 67 pp. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 1-880684225.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1997.). SIGNED - Powerful collection by this writer, born in England, but closely associated with San Francisco for most of his life (Edmund White described him as "the last of the commune dwellers [...] serious and intellectual by day and druggy and sexual by night".) In 2003, he was the first poet to be awarded the prestigious David Cohen British Literature Award for lifetime achievement. SIGNED on the title page. Postcript, notes, index of titles. 495 pp. ISBN: 0-374-524335.

New York: The MacMillian Company, 1936. Hardcover first edition - The tale of a little brown goat - he was the smallest of 7 kids brought to San Francisco to be sold at the butcher shop, but a little boy and his family bought him to keep him, and so he came to live - and learn - on Telegraph Hill. Dedicated to "the Lockhart School where Billy Bunter received his education." Illustrated with lovely soft gray tone drawings throughout and six full-color full page paintings. Illustrated endpapers. 92 pp.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1954) dj. Hardcover first edition - Dick feels very sorry for himself when he wakes up to find his on Christmas morning and finds his parents have gone to the hospital, so he decides to take his guinea pig Annabella and go live with his grandmother - a trip that involves taking a ferry across San Francisco Bay in a storm, and his first cable car ride by himself. Illustrated with duotone drawings by Antonio Sotomayor. 64 pp.

Northhampton, MA: Valley View Publishing Co., 1906. Hardcover first edition - Dedicated to Edward Bellamy, this is somewhat of a sequel to his "Looking Backward" (the "1912" in the title is based on 25 years after Looking Backward was published). While written as a novel, the story only very thinly overlays the discussion of how cheap and clean electricity (mostly from hydropower) can transform the world. Includes an interesting chapter on rebuilding San Francisco after the earthquake. However, despite the fact that this is only set a few years into the future, it was far too optimistic - more than 100 years later, we are still dependent on dirty fossil fuels. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 5 glossy plates by W. L. Greene. 320 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - The second Holmes on the Range mystery - a sequel to Hockensmith's Edgar nominated novel - the crime-solving cowboy brothers, 'Old Red' and 'Big Red' Amlingmeyer, devotees of Sherlock Holmes' methods of 'detectifying' tackle another mystery, this one set aboard the Pacific Express train. INSCRIBED on the title page "For --- Happy Trails" and dated in October 2006, before publication . 411 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - The second Holmes on the Range mystery - a sequel to Hockensmith's Edgar nominated novel - the crime-solving cowboy brothers, 'Old Red' and 'Big Red' Amlingmeyer, devotees of Sherlock Holmes' methods of 'detectifying' tackle another mystery, this one set aboard the Pacific Express train.. 411 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - A Holmes on the Range mystery - a sequel to Hockensmith's Edgar nominated novel - the crime-solving cowboy brothers, 'Old Red' and 'Big Red' Amlingmeyer, devotees of Sherlock Holmes' methods of 'detectifying' tackle another mystery, this one set in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1892. SIGNED on the title page. 411 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (2008.). First edition - A Holmes on the Range mystery - a sequel to Hockensmith's Edgar nominated novel - the crime-solving cowboy brothers, 'Old Red' and 'Big Red' Amlingmeyer, devotees of Sherlock Holmes' methods of 'detectifying' tackle another mystery, this one set in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1892. INSCRIBED on the title page. 411 pp.

San Carlos, CA: Nourse Publishing Co, (1961). Hardcover first edition - Book based on the career of the pioneer lawman Isiah Lees, who joined the San Francisco police department in 1853 and served for 50 years, at a time when not only was San Francisco a young rapidly growing city due to the Gold Rush, but also when police methods were just beginning to be developed. Although Lees career was one of significant accomplishments, Holdredge in this book alleges that he was a notorious blackmailer - but without providing any proof. 244 pp.

New York: Richard Marek Publishers, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of five Black Muslims who held San Francisco in a 179-day grip of terror in the fall and winter of 1973-74, randomly selecting 23 victims from the streets of San Francisco for kidnap, rape, robbery, mutilation, and murder- and an account of the investigation and trial - at one year and 6 days, it was the longest criminal trial in California history. 405 pp. ISBN: 0-399900500.

San Francisco: Cassandra Publications, (1974.). First edition - Anthology of 35 San Francisco poets of the early 1970s - contributors include Claude Palmer, Gary Blackman, Claudia Reed, Richard Weinraub, Deborah Simon, Ed Buryn, Lynne Harris and others. 145 pp.

New York: Duffield, 1906. Hardcover first edition - Stereotypical ballads depicting Chinese American life in San Francisco's Chinatown - but these also deal with some very real events - the bubonic plague which hit San Francisco in 1900 (and which first affected Chinatown) and the earthquake of 1906. Illustrated with eight glossy plates from drawings by E.C. Peixotto. 81 pp.

Boston: Faber & Faber, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, nominated by the Los Angeles Times for best first fiction of 1997. Described by Carolyn See as 'searingly original, brutal, unique' this is the story of a young girl growing up in the sheltered world of a 1950's American family - except that her family lives on the island , in the middle of the San Fransciso Bay, that houses one of the most notorious prisons in the US where her father works as a guard. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-571-199100.

New York: Kensington, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery of legal suspense featuring San Francisco defense attorney Kali O'Brien. INSCRIBED on the title page. 308 pp. ISBN: 1-57566-3953.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, (19910, 1917. SIGNED first edition - Collects eight pieces which provide a "selective memoir of a life from approximately 1917 to 1991. Many of those years were spent as a political radical and activist in the San Francisco area. INSCRIBED on the title page "with affection and gratitude" and dated in the year of publication. 135 pp. ISBN: 0-872862631.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, (1991). First edition - Collects eight pieces which provide a "selective memoir of a life from approximately 1917 to 1991. Many of those years were spent as a political radical and activist in the San Francisco area. 135 pp. ISBN: 0-872862631.

New York: Dell, [1954, c 1952.]. Dell 749. Hardboiled private eye mystery novel featuring Johnny Liddell who "runs afoul of gamblers, goons and girls." Good girl cover art by Carl Bobertz, cover price 25c. 191 pp.

San Francisco: Androgyne, 1987. Biography of the African American beat poet, published shortly after his death in San Franciso in 1986. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Bibliography. xii, 82 pp plus publisher's ads

New York: Avon, (2004.). A funny and perceptive novel about a young woman, a third generation San Franciscan of Chinese descent. 344 pp. ISBN: 9780060560751.

New York: Avon, (2005.). First edition - Sequel to 'The Dim Sum of All Things' - continues the adventures of Lindsay, a third generation San Franciscan of Chinese descent. 277 pp. plus additional material about the author. ISBN: 9780060753221.

Berkeley, CA: Heyday, (2011.). SIGNED - Presents fifty San Francisco buildings, photographed in full color, including details and overviews of each building. Some are architectural icons, others are by well-known architects, and some are almost unknown. A book for lovers of both San Franscico and architecture. SIGNED on the title page. 111 pp. ISBN: 9781597141543.

New York: Bantam, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth mystery featuring San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli - but this time the victim is a Sherlock Holmes fanatic. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Lambda Award. 358 pp. ISBN: 0-553-804537.

New York: Bantam, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth mystery featuring San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli - but this time the victim is a Sherlock Holmes fanatic. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Lambda Award. 358 pp. ISBN: 0-553-804537.

New York: Bantam, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth mystery featuring San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli - but this time the victim is a Sherlock Holmes fanatic. INSCRIBED on the title page. Winner of the Lambda Award. 358 pp. ISBN: 0-553-804537.