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CALIFORNIA CHILDHOOD: Recollections and Stories of the Golden State.
Edition: First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Co., 1988. SIGNED first edition - A collection of 32 prose pieces about growing up in California now long gone; the authors include Devorah Majors, James D. Houston, Genny Lim,, Maxine Hong Kingston, Gary Soto, M. F. K. Fisher, Mary Helen Ponce, Gerald Haslam, Hisaye Yamamote, Richard Dokey, Domenic Stansberry, Soto himself and many others. SIGNED by THREE authors at their selections: Maxine Hong Kingston, Genny Lim and Floyd Salas. 255 pp plus notes on the contributors. ISBN: 0-88739-0579.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a bit of wear to the covers and a few spots to the edges of the textblock, but a clean and tight copy with no spine creases, etc.)
Book ID: 63687More details Price: $45.00 -
CALIFORNIA CHILDHOOD: Recollections and Stories of the Golden State.
Edition: First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Co., 1988. SIGNED first edition - A collection of 32 prose pieces about growing up in California now long gone; the authors include Devorah Majors, James D. Houston, Genny Lim,, Maxine Hong Kingston, Gary Soto, M. F. K. Fisher, Mary Helen Ponce, Gerald Haslam, Hisaye Yamamote, Richard Dokey, Domenic Stansberry, Soto himself and many others. SIGNED by TWO authors: INSCRIBED on the title page by Gary Soto and SIGNED by Maxine Hong Kingston at her story "The Quiet Girl". 255 pp plus notes on the contributors. ISBN: 0-88739-0579.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 47329More details Price: $40.00 -
JAMES H. CARSON'S CALIFORNIA, 1847 - 1853.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 61816More details Price: $50.00 -
THE HOLLYWOOD CAFE.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Stillwater, MN: Rivers Bend Press, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - Novel set in Stockton, California by this noted chronicler of life in the Central Valley. "One dark night, when movies were black and white, old Pete Morrell was brutally murdered in the back room of the Hollywood Cafe by two men looking for hidden treasure. The treasure was not found. The killers were not caught. , , , A half century later the past finally catches up with the present." SIGNED on the first page. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-9729445-83.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)
Book ID: 45869More details Price: $25.00 -
AUGUST HEAT.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 45923More details Price: $25.00 -
AUGUST HEAT.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 50260More details Price: $20.00 -
AUGUST HEAT.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Condition: Good in illustrated wrappers (some spotting to the white covers)
Book ID: 60532More details Price: $11.50 -
SANCHEZ AND OTHER STORIES.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
Bronx, New York: Gusto Press, (1980). First edition - Very uncommon early collection of this California author's short stories - the title story has been frequently anthologized; the realism of the description of depressed downtown Stockton and the small town in the Sierras is effectively combined with his deceptive simplicity of language. A title in the Gusto Press Regional Series (Central Valley, California). 125 pp. ISBN: 0-933906-145.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 86648More details Price: $40.00 -
SAMFOW: The San Joaquin Chinese Legacy
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (light edgewear to the dj.)
Book ID: 52016More details Price: $40.00 -
THE BLUE BANDITS.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1930. Hardcover first edition - Charming children's story by this Southern California author - a group of children are fascinated by the legends surrounding Joaquin Murrietta, and so they form a "gang" - the blue bandits - based on his outlaw gang. Set in Stockton and uses the area very well - the tule fog, flooding and the attempts to strengthen the levees. Frontispiece in color and numerous other illustrations throughout by Mable Pyne. lllustrated endpapers. 318 pp.
Condition: Very good in the original illustrated blue cloth boards with the spine and cover stamped in dark blue.
Book ID: 64612More details Price: $200.00 -
THE GOLD RUSH DIARY OF RAMON GIL NAVARRO.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (corners slightly bumped).
Book ID: 38014More details Price: $45.00 -
THE TATTOOED MAN: A Todd Moran Mystery.
Edition: Later printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (ca 1950, c 1926.) dj. Hardcover - Originally subtitled "A tale of strange adventures befalling Tod Moran, mess boy of the tramp steamer "Araby" upon his first voyage from San Francisco to Genoa via the Panama Canal. Illustrated with black and white drawings and with great dust jacket art by Lawrence Beall Smith. Uncommon vintage juvenile adventure story by this popular California writer, who was born in Stockton (just down the road from us) and lived an adventurous life himself. 332 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with markings and missing front endpaper, in a good+ dust jacket (remnants of spine sticker, but overall quite attractive.)
Book ID: 78988More details Price: $35.00 -
PERSISTENCE AND DETERMINATION: The Wartime Experiences of William R. Reynolds.
Edition: Trade paperback original.
By the author, nd (ca 2017). SIGNED first edition - As a young boy, growing up on a farm outside Stockton, California, Bill Reynolds was fascinated by the pilots he saw training there, and, as soon as he could - in 1941 - he enlisted. He went on to be a pilot and served throughout the war. Illustrated with several photographs and maps, some in color, and many black of white photos of the various types of planes he flew, from the Ryan PT 22 to the Curtiss G-46 Commando and many others. SIGNED on the first page by the co-author, James Inman. 122 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 77777More details Price: $35.00