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  • MATADOR. by Conrad, Barnaby (1922-2013)
    Conrad, Barnaby (1922-2013)
    MATADOR.

    Edition: 6th printing (just nine months after the first)

    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.

    Condition: Very good (name on front endpaper, some toning) in a very worn dust jacket with several tears, rubbing to the folds, but orig price of $2.75 still present on flap. Now protected by an archival cover.

    Book ID: 87393
    Keywords: bullfighting, california writer, Fiction, restaurant, san francisco
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  • JOSIE, CON AMORE. by Logan, Milla.
    Logan, Milla.
    JOSIE, CON AMORE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1966) dj. SIGNED (by dedicatee) hardcover first edition - A warm hearted novel about a restaurant owner in San Francisco's North Beach, "who can't resist helping people--even when they don't know they're in trouble." Dedicated to real life restauranteur Rena Nicolai who has INSCRIBED the title page "To our dear friend --- Hope you will enjoy my book" with La Pantera, and the date of 2-26-66 underneath her signature. 255 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, but a tight and straight copy, Dust jacket has light edgewear, sunning to the spine, original price of 4.95 still present).

    Book ID: 79903
    Keywords: California, north beach, restaurant, san franciso
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  • STANLEY PARK. by Taylor, Timothy.
    Taylor, Timothy.
    STANLEY PARK.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a finalist for the Giller prize. "Aspiring young chef Jeremy Papier will do almost anything to keep his Vancouver restaurant afloat. Jeremy, who views cooking as gang warfare, is a self-styled "Blood" - a believer in preparing innovative dishes from fresh, local ingredients. He has only contempt for the "Crips" who bend to every passing food fad. But when his latest financial scam fails, Jeremy is forced to strike a deal with the devil in the form of a powerful coffee-shop magnate who transforms his beloved bistro into a pretentious "Crip" palace. Mix in Jeremy's eccentric professor father, a group of homeless men with a…

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    Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a finalist for the Giller prize. "Aspiring young chef Jeremy Papier will do almost anything to keep his Vancouver restaurant afloat. Jeremy, who views cooking as gang warfare, is a self-styled "Blood" - a believer in preparing innovative dishes from fresh, local ingredients. He has only contempt for the "Crips" who bend to every passing food fad. But when his latest financial scam fails, Jeremy is forced to strike a deal with the devil in the form of a powerful coffee-shop magnate who transforms his beloved bistro into a pretentious "Crip" palace. Mix in Jeremy's eccentric professor father, a group of homeless men with a taste for stewed raccoon, and the decades-old mystery of two children murdered in Stanley Park, and you have a tantalizing concoction of satire and suspense." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 423 pp. ISBN: 1-582432074.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 77466
    Keywords: british columbia, First book or first novel, foodies, restaurant, vancouver
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