New York: Bantam, (2006.). SIGNED hardcover - 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: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli, nominated for the Edgar Award. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-312-140770.

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 and dated in the year of publication. Winner of the Lambda Award. 358 pp. ISBN: 0-553-804537.

New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli, nominated for the Edgar Award. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-312-140770.

New York: Dutton, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, one which moves from the ethnic communities of the San Francisco area to the teeming "new" cities in India, to remove villages. A love story, and a cautionary tale of culture clash. SIGNED on the title page. 327 pp. ISBN: 0-525943676.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mix of memoir and reportage, this moves from Krasny's coming of age during the 1960s in the San Francisco area, with their blend of the civil rights movement and political activism, to his career as a struggling novelist, as an educator and, almost by accident, as a radio host. Each chapter highlights interviews with four authors, from Joyce Carol Oates, to Rusell Banks, David Mamet, Edward P. Jones, Alice Walker, Paul Auster, Studs Terkel, and Umberto Eco, to name only a few. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Photographs. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-804756716.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. SIGNED hardcover first edition - #123 of 260 signed numbered copies (of which 10 are for presentation.) A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. 344 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Hardcover first edition - A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. 344 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 344 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 344 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 344 pp.

New York: Putnam, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first suspense novel, set in the Mission district of San Francisco, and introducing San Francisco homicide detective David Cruz, a flawed but very human character. "Cruz is caught between two waring factions from El Salvador, when the body of Gloria Soto is found shot, execution style. Sifting through Gloria's fmaily, friends, and enemies, he soon realizes that the illegal refugees have brought their hatreds and feuds with them, and if he is not careful a full-scale confrontation will erupt." INSCRIBED to the late noted Oklahoma collector Larry Owens on the half title page. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-399133003.

New York: Putnam, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first suspense novel, set in the Mission district of San Francisco, and introducing San Francisco homicide detective David Cruz, a flawed but very human character. "Cruz is caught between two waring factions from El Salvador, when the body of Gloria Soto is found shot, execution style. Sifting through Gloria's fmaily, friends, and enemies, he soon realizes that the illegal refugees have brought their hatreds and feuds with them, and if he is not careful a full-scale confrontation will erupt." 288 pp. ISBN: 0-399133003.

New York: Delacorte, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, an offbeat suspense story introducing San Francisco private investigator Nick Merchant, who specializes in finding lost heirs, Nominated for the Edgar, 356 pp. ISBN: 0-385-333633.

New York: Delacorte, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, an offbeat suspense story introducing San Francisco private investigator Nick Merchant, who specializes in finding lost heirs, Nominated for the Edgar, 356 pp. ISBN: 0-385-333633.

New York: Delacorte, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, an offbeat suspense story introducing San Francisco private investigator Nick Merchant, who specializes in finding lost heirs, Nominated for the Edgar, SIGNED on title page. 356 pp. ISBN: 0-385-333633.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1944. Hardcover first edition - A title in the Crime Club series, A story of gambling and murder on the high-seas, featuring young San Francisco fisherman, Red Blake. 204 pp.

New York: Dutton, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Warm, funny, and deeply moving. Although set in San Francisco in the 1950s, this is a brilliantly rendered novel of family relationships, culture shock, and the rites of passage that are the universal perils of growing up "American." His highly praised first novel, with a long blurb by Amy Tan on the back cover. In the summer of 2005, this was the first book selected by San Francisco for the new 'one city, one book' program. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-525-24994x.

New York: Dutton, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Warm, funny, and deeply moving. Although set in San Francisco in the 50s, this is a brilliantly rendered novel of family relationships, culture shock, and the rites of passage that are the universal perils of growing up "American." His highly praised first novel, with a long blurb by Amy Tan on the back cover. In the summer of 2005, this was the first book selected by San Francisco for the new 'one city, one book' program. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-525-24994x.

New York: Dutton, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Warm, funny, and deeply moving. Although set in San Francisco in the 50s, this is a brilliantly rendered novel of family relationships, culture shock, and the rites of passage that are the universal perils of growing up "American." His highly praised first novel, with a long blurb by Amy Tan on the back cover. In the summer of 2005, this was the first book selected by San Francisco for the new 'one city, one book' program. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-525-24994x.

New York: Dutton, 1991. SIGNED first edition - Warm, funny, and deeply moving. Set in San Francisco in the 1950s, this is a brilliantly rendered novel of family relationships, culture shock, and the rites of passage that are the universal perils of growing up "American." His highly praised first novel, and the first book selected in San Francisco's "one city, one book" program. SIGNED on the half title page. 322 pp.

New York: Dutton, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Warm, funny, and deeply moving. Although set in San Francisco in the 1950s, this is a brilliantly rendered novel of family relationships, culture shock, and the rites of passage that are the universal perils of growing up "American." His highly praised first novel, with a long blurb by Amy Tan on the back cover. The first book selected in San Francisco's "one city, one book" program. ISBN: 0-525-24994x.

New York: Dutton, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Warm, funny, and deeply moving. Set in San Francisco in the 1950s, this is a brilliantly rendered novel of family relationships, culture shock, and the rites of passage that are the universal perils of growing up "American." His highly praised first novel, with a long blurb by Amy Tan on the back cover. In the summer of 2005, this was the first book selected by San Francisco for the new 'one city, one book' program. Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page "for --- to a fellow writer with best wishes and admiration" and dated in the year of publication. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-525-24994x.

New York: Plume / Dutton, (1994.). Warm, funny, and deeply moving. Although set in San Francisco in the 50s, this is a brilliantly rendered novel of family relationships, culture shock, and the rites of passage that are the universal perils of growing up "American." His highly praised first novel, the first book selected in San Francisco's "one city, one book" program. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-452-271584.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 as experienced by an 8 year old Chinese girl (the author's mother) and her family, including an account of how they took refuge in Golden Gate Park. Beautifully illustrated with double page paintings by Yangsook Choi. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-374-399646.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1997). The author's very highly praised first book, a novel about two young people, both looking for a new start in life, who meet at a hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin district - "the story of two perfectly normal, intelligent, attractive, educated people who somehow become killers." Praise from John Barth, Pinckney Benedict, Madison Smartt Bell (who called it a thinking person's thriller) and more. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-156005468.

New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first book, a novel about two young people, both looking for a new start in life, who meet at a hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin district - "the story of two perfectly normal, intelligent, attractive, educated people who somehow become killers." SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from John Barth, Pinckney Benedict, Madison Smartt Bell (who called it a thinking person's thriller) and more. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-385484208.

New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first book, a novel about two young people, both looking for a new start in life, who meet at a hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin district - "the story of two perfectly normal, intelligent, attractive, educated people who somehow become killers." Dust jacket praise from John Barth, Pinckney Benedict, Madison Smartt Bell (who called it a thinking person's thriller) and more. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-385484208.

New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky legal thriller, set in San Francisco. Lescroart's 7th novel, and 4th legal thriller. SIGNED on the title page. 435 pp. ISBN: 1556114451.