Sacramento: California Department of Parks and Recreation, (1994). Hardcover first edition - Bidwell was one of the organizers of the first overland wagon train to California, with Marshall at Sutter's Mill gold discovery, served as an officer in the Mexican American war, a founder of Chico, and one of California's great pioneers. In 1865 he was elected to a seat in Congress, and he met Annie Kennedy in Washington, D.C., a woman 20 years younger than himself and not, at first, interested in leaving Washington. These letters chart their friendship and growing love for each other. Illustrated. vii, 213 pp. ISBN: 0-941925129.

New York: Delacorte, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Turkish born author's highly praised first novel, third book, set in Paris and Turkey in the late 1860s. Diane Johnson called it a "grown-up fairy tale, with its strangely mesmerizing events, operates in a wonderful space between story and history and lures the reader into that place directlyÓ and Isabel Allende said "this is an enchanting tale of love: a man dreams of a woman while she dreams of a man who is dreaming of her.Ó SIGNED on the half title page. ISBN: 0-385334885.

New York: Harper Collins, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An advice columnist finds her own life in turmoil as her husband of twenty years says that he wants a "sabbatical" from her and their three children. SIGNED on the title page. 382 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0587245.

Walnut Creek, CA: Sheer Press, (1980.). First edition - The author's second collection of poetry. Erratum slip laid in. Unpaginated