Mexico, D. F. Imp. Aboitiz, n.d. (ca 1960). A bilingual booklet which explains the basics of bullfighting, and illustrates it with 24 full page, full color paintings by six artists - Ruano Llopis, Carreno, Navarrete, Ruiz Vela, Ximenez and Luis Gomez. As Candido explains in the brief prologue, the paintings are from the collection of the printer, Aboitiz, who was responsible for all the publicity related to the bullfight in Mexico for 25 years. Measures 6 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. Picture of the Plaza Mexico, the largest bull ring in the world, on the back cover.

New York: Ives Washburn, (1953) dj. Hardcover first edition - The seventh Jane and Dagobert Brown mystery - they lightheartedly head off to Spain for some much needed rest - only to discover themselves once again embroiled in murder when they attend a bullfight in Barcelona and the matador is killed. 191 pp.

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.

New York: Pegasus Books, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, one inspired by true events - Set in the 1950s, this is the story of a young woman, a Texan art student, who follows her dream and relocates to Mexico, where she finds herself under the instruction of Fermin, a retired matador who is intent on asserting his dominance in their partnership. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 331 pp. ISBN: 978-1681774268.

New York: Random House, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third book - a collection of 35 essays by this New Yorker writer and the author of "The Orchid Thief" (which was the basis of the film, "Adaptation" featuring Meryl Streep.) The subjects include people, famous, infamous, and obscure and even a dog with a resemblence to Bill Clinton. Among those profiled are the eponymous Cristina Sanchez, the first woman to become a matador in Spain; Bill Blass and Tonya Harding, a traveling gospel group, the Southernaires, and an African king who is a New York city taxi-driver. SIGNED on the title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-679462988.