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Buti, Bruno.
RUMBLING WINE BARRELS.

Edition: First edition.

Cloverdale, CA: Buti Publications, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel of an Italian immigrant family's life in San Francisco and Amador County in 1922 during Prohibition. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in 1996. Illustrated with drawings by Dug Waggoner. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-64896001.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 62555

Keywords: gangsters, Historical Fiction, prohibition, san francisco

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Buti, Bruno.
RUMBLING WINE BARRELS.

Edition: First edition.

Cloverdale, CA: Buti Publications, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel of an Italian immigrant family's life in San Francisco and Amador County in 1922 during Prohibition. SIGNED on the front endpaper with the words "Hail to Bacchus and Eros, the Roman gods of wine and love." Illustrated with drawings by Dug Waggoner. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-64896001.

Condition: Very near fine in near fine dust jacket (crease on front flap of dj).

Book ID: 76069

Keywords: gangsters, Historical Fiction, prohibition, san francisco

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Buti, Bruno.
RUMBLING WINE BARRELS.

Edition: First edition.

Cloverdale, CA: Buti Publications, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel of an Italian immigrant family's life in San Francisco and Amador County in 1922 during Prohibition. INSCRIBED at some length on the front endpaper including the words "Hail to Bacchus and Eros, the Roman gods of wine and love." Illustrated with drawings by Dug Waggoner. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-64896001.

Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some spotting to edges of textblock - a splash of wine, perhaps?)

Book ID: 82208

Keywords: gangsters, Historical Fiction, prohibition, san francisco
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Coates, Lawrence.
THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

Reno and Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, (2012.). SIGNED first edition - A novel loosely based on the history of Paul Masson - "California's Santa Clara Valley was once home to a vigorous wine industry. The Garden of the World is the tale of a pioneer winemaking family headed by Paul Tourneau, a fiercely ambitious vintner determined to make the finest wines in California. His plans are disrupted by a phylloxera epidemic at the beginning of the twentieth century, the trials of national Prohibition, and the bitter alienation of his older son. Played out against the vividly depicted seasonal rhythms of vineyard life, this is a moving saga of betrayal, loss, and the harsh consequences of unbreakable ambition."…
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Reno and Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, (2012.). SIGNED first edition - A novel loosely based on the history of Paul Masson - "California's Santa Clara Valley was once home to a vigorous wine industry. The Garden of the World is the tale of a pioneer winemaking family headed by Paul Tourneau, a fiercely ambitious vintner determined to make the finest wines in California. His plans are disrupted by a phylloxera epidemic at the beginning of the twentieth century, the trials of national Prohibition, and the bitter alienation of his older son. Played out against the vividly depicted seasonal rhythms of vineyard life, this is a moving saga of betrayal, loss, and the harsh consequences of unbreakable ambition." SIGNED on the title page with the word "cheers" and dated in the year of publication. 201 pp. ISBN: 9780874178708.
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Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 55353

Keywords: California, prohibition, santa clara valley, wine-making

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Estleman, Loren D.
WHISKEY RIVER.

Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).

New York: Bantam, (19900 dj. Hardcover - Novel by this award-winning writer, set in Detroit during into the violent era of prohibition, when rum runners ruled and machine-gun toting hoods turned Detroit into a modern-day Dodge City. The first novel in The Detroit Trilogy. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-553070428.

Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (line on bottom edge of textblock)

Book ID: 78253

Keywords: detroit, historical fiction, Mysteries: historical, prohibition

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Harding, William Harry.
RAINBOW: A Novel.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1979.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a love story and a story of a con man, set in 1925 in the sixth year of prohibition, with Calvin Coolidge in the White House. 375 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0503965.

Condition: Fine in a very good dust jacket. (edgewear to back cover of dj.)

Book ID: 45219

Keywords: First book or first novel, historical fiction, prohibition

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Holden, Craig.
THE JAZZ BIRD.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel based on the real-life murder trial of George Remus, one of the country's wealthiest bootleggers during Prohibition. Set in Cincinnati in 1927. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-12967.

Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (small tear to dj at top of spine)

Book ID: 31646

Keywords: bootlegger, george remus, Mysteries: historical, prohibition

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Holden, Craig.
THE JAZZ BIRD.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel based on the real-life murder trial of George Remus, one of the country's wealthiest bootleggers during Prohibition. Set in Cincinnati in 1927. SIGNED on the title page. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-12967.

Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

Book ID: 60958

Keywords: bootlegger, george remus, Mysteries: historical, prohibition

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Kinsolving, William.
BORN WITH THE CENTURY.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Putnam, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, an epic story of an immigrant born in Scotland who achieves the "American dream" - set against the tumultuous years and events of the early 20th century, including Prohibition, Al Capone and more - 515 pp. ISBN: 0-399-122702.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 33038

Keywords: First book or first novel, historical fiction, prohibition, scotch whiskey

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Oliver, Katherine Elspeth.
THE CLAW.

Edition: First edition.

Los Angeles: Out West Magazine, 1914. Hardcover first edition - Published in the midst of the battle for prohibition, this novel starts out expressing appreciation for wine: "Gold was the gift of the valley hard by but gold is a fierce joy - it breeds fever, madness. The gift of the San Joaquin was a quieter one - portion of man's dream of contentment, of comradeship, of hospitality, of all kindly joys; the gift of the San Joaquin was wine." And, in the beginning, it presents logically the arguments made by wine-growers and merchants about why wine should be exempted from any prohibition acts - but in the end it come down firmly on the side of temperance and…
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Los Angeles: Out West Magazine, 1914. Hardcover first edition - Published in the midst of the battle for prohibition, this novel starts out expressing appreciation for wine: "Gold was the gift of the valley hard by but gold is a fierce joy - it breeds fever, madness. The gift of the San Joaquin was a quieter one - portion of man's dream of contentment, of comradeship, of hospitality, of all kindly joys; the gift of the San Joaquin was wine." And, in the beginning, it presents logically the arguments made by wine-growers and merchants about why wine should be exempted from any prohibition acts - but in the end it come down firmly on the side of temperance and total prohibition as the plot develops rather melodramatically. A bit of a polemic, but still an interesting read. 384 pp.
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Condition: Very good in dark red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover, black lettering on spine (some offsetting to front endpaper, very faint bookstore stamp.)

Book ID: 55413

Keywords: California, prohibition, temperance movement, wine-growing

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[Razaf, Andy, 1895 -1973] Singer, Barry.
BLACK AND BLUE: The Life and Lyrics of Andy Razaf.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Schirmer Books / Macmillan, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which chronicles the life and Prohibition-era times of this legendary songwriter and whose musicals pioneered a distinctive African-American musical theater on Broadway, but who has been almost forgotten. "The 1920s were thrilling years for Broadway and Tin Pan Alley. Uptown in Harlem, talented musicians and composers were working to shed the image of minstrelsy and to find mainstream success within the structures of that particularly African American music known as jazz. The subject of this biography was lyricist for hundreds of songs, including 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'Ain't Misbehavin'.' His contemporaries formed a Who''s Who of jazz greats, from Louis Armstrong to Razaf's most noted collaborator,…
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New York: Schirmer Books / Macmillan, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which chronicles the life and Prohibition-era times of this legendary songwriter and whose musicals pioneered a distinctive African-American musical theater on Broadway, but who has been almost forgotten. "The 1920s were thrilling years for Broadway and Tin Pan Alley. Uptown in Harlem, talented musicians and composers were working to shed the image of minstrelsy and to find mainstream success within the structures of that particularly African American music known as jazz. The subject of this biography was lyricist for hundreds of songs, including 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'Ain't Misbehavin'.' His contemporaries formed a Who''s Who of jazz greats, from Louis Armstrong to Razaf's most noted collaborator, Thomas 'Fats' Waller. Razaf brought a sensitivity and sophistication to his lyrics that ensure the timelessness of his best work. The poignant 'Black and Blue,' dealing with the plight of being Black in a white world, may be the first racial protest song."" (Library Journal) Illustrated with photographs. Notes, songs, discography, index. xvii, 444 pp. ISBN: 0-028723953.
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Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a bit of light discoloration to outer edges of back of textblock.)

Book ID: 88678

Keywords: african american, biography, harlem, jazz, lyricist, Music and Musicians, musicals, prohibition

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Rexroth, Kenneth.
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL.

Edition: First printing.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - More autobiography than novel, this is a recreation of the early years of this poet, painter, bohemian and social critic - years of "speakeasies, great jazz, dazzling wealth and dire poverty" - but years in which he was strongly influenced by generations of his family, including abolitionists, suffragists, and other believers in equality and rights, and also years in which he found friendship with people like Ben Hecht, Sherwood Anderson, Edna St. Vincent Millay and more. 367 pp.

Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (name with whiteout on front endpaper, minor wear to dj)

Book ID: 37096

Keywords: autobiography, chicago, Modern first editions, new york, prohibition, san francisco

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