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  • ALIVE IN NECROPOLIS. by Dorst, Doug.
    Dorst, Doug.
    ALIVE IN NECROPOLIS.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, (2009.). SIGNED - The author's truly unique first novel - not quite a horror story, nor just a mystery story or an offbeat police procedural. Set in Colma, California - is the only incorporated city in America where the dead outnumber the living. The longtime cemetery for San Francisco, it is the resting place of the likes of Joe DiMaggio, Wyatt Earp, and aviation pioneer Lincoln Beachey." Winner of the 2009 Emperor Norton award and shortlisted for the Pen-Faulkner. Selected by San Francisco Reads for the "One City, One Book" program. SIGNED on the title page.437 pp. ISBN: 978-1594483820.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 45637
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  • ALIVE IN NECROPOLIS. by Dorst, Doug.
    Dorst, Doug.
    ALIVE IN NECROPOLIS.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, (2009.). SIGNED - The author's truly unique first novel - not quite a horror story, nor just a mystery story or an offbeat police procedural. Set in Colma, California - is the only incorporated city in America where the dead outnumber the living. The longtime cemetery for San Francisco, it is the resting place of the likes of Joe DiMaggio, Wyatt Earp, and aviation pioneer Lincoln Beachey." Winner of the 2009 Emperor Norton award and shortlisted for the Pen-Faulkner. Selected by San Francisco Reads for the "One City, One Book" program. SIGNED on the title page.437 pp. ISBN: 978-1594483820.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.) Includes the 16 page illustrated brochure for the "One City, One Book" (fine in stiff wrappers.)

    Book ID: 45638
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  • ALIVE IN NECROPOLIS. by Dorst, Doug.
    Dorst, Doug.
    ALIVE IN NECROPOLIS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's truly unique first novel - not quite a horror story, nor just a mystery story or an offbeat police procedural. Set in Colma, California - the only incorporated city in America where the dead outnumber the living. The longtime cemetery for San Francisco, it is the resting place of the likes of Joe DiMaggio, Wyatt Earp, and aviation pioneer Lincoln Beachey." Winner of the 2009 Emperor Norton award and shortlisted for the Pen-Faulkner. Selected by San Francisco Reads for the "One City, One Book" program. SIGNED on the title page. 437 pp. ISBN: 978-1594483820.

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

    Book ID: 60960
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  • THE JURY MASTER. by Dugoni, Robert.
    Dugoni, Robert.
    THE JURY MASTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Warner, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first legal thriller (second book) by this former attorney, set in San Francisco. SIGNED on the title page. 438 pp. ISBN: 9780446578707.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62927
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  • HUNGRY GHOSTS. by Dunlap, Susan.
    Dunlap, Susan.
    HUNGRY GHOSTS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Counterpoint, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring stuntwoman Darcy Lott. SIGNED on the title page. Set in San Franciso. 264 pp. ISBN: 1582434174.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 48778
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  • A SMALL INDISCRETION. by Ellison, Jan.
    Ellison, Jan.
    A SMALL INDISCRETION.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, (2015). First edition - The author's highly praised first novel - "The impact of narrator Annie Black's 'small' indiscretion is anything but; and in a brilliantly paced unraveling, Ellison makes vivid the sometimes tragic interplay of choice and fate, lust and love, youth and adulthood--which can bring its own mistakes. Absorbing, chilling, and moving, A Small Indiscretion is the debut of an elegant writer who will be known and admired from the start." (Robin Black). 318 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 64131
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  • A SMALL INDISCRETION. by Ellison, Jan.
    Ellison, Jan.
    A SMALL INDISCRETION.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, (2015). SIGNED first edition - The author's highly praised first novel - "The impact of narrator Annie Black's 'small' indiscretion is anything but; and in a brilliantly paced unraveling, Ellison makes vivid the sometimes tragic interplay of choice and fate, lust and love, youth and adulthood--which can bring its own mistakes. Absorbing, chilling, and moving, A Small Indiscretion is the debut of an elegant writer who will be known and admired from the start." (Robin Black). SIGNED on the title page 318 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 64132
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  • THE MISSION. by Evans, Dick, Photographer; Foreword by Juan Felipe Herrera.
    Evans, Dick, Photographer; Foreword by Juan Felipe Herrera.
    THE MISSION.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA & San Francisco: Heyday Books / Precita Eyes Muralists Association,
    (2017)
    . SIGNED hardcover first edition - A tribute both to the murals of the Mission district in San Francisco and to the vibrant culture of the people of 'el barrio de la mission," a culture which is now threatened by changes in San Francisco. Illustrated with gorgeous, striking full color photographs by Dick Evans. Foreword by Juan Felipe Herrera entitled "Mission Muralizations, 1945-2016." with the long poem "Second (Mobile) Panel, Something Else, 2016." Introduction by Carla Wojczuk. SIGNED and dated in April 2017 on the title page by Dick Evans and also SIGNED by Herrera with the word "Love". Large square format, printed on glossy stock. xxi, 159 pp plus 2 pp about Heyday Press. ISBN: 978-1597143608.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards (a new copy, but one upper corner very slightly bumped)

    Book ID: 72624
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  • THE RETURN OF PRIVATE FISCHER. by Fischer, Robert.
    Fischer, Robert.
    THE RETURN OF PRIVATE FISCHER.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Dixon, CA: Martin Pearl Publishing, (2011). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, part true, part fiction, based on the story of his brother Jack Fischer who was captured during the Korean War and sent into the Soviet gulags and of his teenage girlfriend who,even years later, never gave up searching for him. SIGNED on the title page. Double page map. 397 pp. plus a photograph. ISBN: 9780981482279.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58672
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  • Fitzgerald, Frances.
    CITIES ON A HILL: A Journey through Contemporary American Cultures.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fascinating book by this Pulitzer prize winning writer - much of it was originally published in the New Yorker. This is a look at 4 cultural enclaves which took shape in the 60's and 70's - the Castro in San Francisco, Jerry Falwell's Liberty Baptist Church in Lynchburg, West Virginia, a retirement town in Florida - Sun City, and the Rajneeshee community in Oregon. 414 pages. ISBN: 0-671-55209-0.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 13041
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  • THE WOGGLE BUG: Coming-of-Age Along Boardwalk #2. by Ford, Bill.
    Ford, Bill.
    THE WOGGLE BUG: Coming-of-Age Along Boardwalk #2.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Ford Odell Group, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "An outlaw ark, a family home, a lost icon of the 60's" - a coming of age story set in the San Francisco area between the building of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Summer of Love, this is a fictionalized account based on the life of the author's mother, Phyllis Lahargoue, who had several restaurants in Marin and Sonoma counties. Foreword by Dan Healy, an audio engineer most noted for his work with the Grateful Dead. INSCRIBED on the half title page "To my friend - - There is a doorless pickup truck in this story that might be as much fun as your BMW. Peace" 352 pp. ISBN: 0-9712754-08.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 56294
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  • ALCATRAZ! ALCATRAZ!: The Indian Occupation of 1969-1971. by Fortunate Eagle, Adam; Foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr.
    Fortunate Eagle, Adam; Foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr.
    ALCATRAZ! ALCATRAZ!: The Indian Occupation of 1969-1971.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, (1982.). First edition - Foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr. Photo essays by Ilka Hartmann. Emphasis is on the gains made in the Native American movement, despite the actual loss of Alcatraz itself. 155 pp. ISBN: 0-930588-517.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new, but upper corner slightly bumped.)

    Book ID: 54291
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  • SISTER NOON. by Fowler, Karen Joy.
    Fowler, Karen Joy.
    SISTER NOON.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Plume (Penguin), (2002.). SIGNED - Novel set in San Francisco during the Gilded Age. Praise from Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem (who callled it 'full of shimmering melancholy and ruminative irony... a dazzling book.') Finalist for the Pen Faulkner award. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-399-147500.

    Condition: SIGNED on the title page. Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 34413
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  • SISTER NOON. by Fowler, Karen Joy.
    Fowler, Karen Joy.
    SISTER NOON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, 2001. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in San Francisco during the Gilded Age. Dustjacket praise from Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem (who callled it 'full of shimmering melancholy and ruminative irony... a dazzling book.') Finalist for the Pen Faulkner award. SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-399-147500.

    Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread, remainder line.)

    Book ID: 38480
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  • HARRINGTON STREET. by Garcia, Jerry (1942-1995)
    Garcia, Jerry (1942-1995)
    HARRINGTON STREET.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - Published shortly after his death, this book by the rock musician and icon of the 60s looks at his early life on Harrington Street in San Francisco, where he went to live with his maternal grandparents after the death of his father at age 5. Garcia calls this "auto-apocrypha, full of my anecdoubts." Includes notes from Deborah Garcia and from the publisher. Very colorfully illustrated, square format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-385313535.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74656
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  • PACIFIC CROSSING. by Gary Soto.
    Gary Soto.
    PACIFIC CROSSING.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992.). SIGNED first edition - Young adult novel - two 'barrio brothers from San Francisco' go to Japan for the summer. SIGNED on the title page. Glossaries of Spanish and Japanese words and phrases. 126 pp.

    Condition: Fine in pale blue printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 49416
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  • PACIFIC CROSSING. by Gary Soto.
    Gary Soto.
    PACIFIC CROSSING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel - two 'barrio brothers from San Francisco' go to Japan for the summer. Glossaries of Spanish and Japanese words and phrases. 134 pp. ISBN: 0-152591877.

    Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in a near fine and unmarked dust jacket (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 84878
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  • PACIFIC CROSSING. by Gary Soto.
    Gary Soto.
    PACIFIC CROSSING.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Needham, MA: Silver Burdett Ginn. (1992.). SIGNED - Young adult novel - two 'barrio brothers from San Francisco' go to Japan for the summer. SIGNED on title page. Glossaries of Spanish and Japanese words and phrases. 134 pp. ISBN: 0-663585228.

    Condition: Very good+ in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 41763
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  • PACIFIC CROSSING. by Gary Soto.
    Gary Soto.
    PACIFIC CROSSING.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Young adult novel - two 'barrio brothers from San Francisco' go to Japan for the summer. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1995 Glossaries of Spanish and Japanese words and phrases. 134 pp. ISBN: 0-152591877.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86313
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  • BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE BAY:The Struggle To Save San Fancisco Bay. by Gilliam, Harold.
    Gilliam, Harold.
    BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE BAY:The Struggle To Save San Fancisco Bay.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1969.). A discussion of the dangers threatening San Francisco Bay and also of its importance to the area, not just in terms of wildlife and water, but in terms of climate, the impact earthquakes can have on filled land, etc. An important work, still timely. Illustrated with man black and white photographs of the bay and the surrounding areas.151pp. with list of photographers.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease on back cover.)

    Book ID: 53507
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  • Gilliam, Harold.
    BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE BAY:The Struggle To Save San Fancisco Bay.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1969.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A discussion of the dangers threatening San Francisco Bay and also of its importance to the area, not just in terms of wildlife and water, but in terms of climate, the impact earthquakes can have on filled land, etc. An important work, still timely. Illustrated with man black and white photographs of the bay and the surrounding areas.151pp. with list of photographers

    Condition: SIGNED on the front endpaper with the words 'good reading.' Just about fine in a very good dustjacket (some edgewear to dj, a couple of small holes.)

    Book ID: 27356
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  • THE ROOKIE CLUB. by Girard, Danielle.
    Girard, Danielle.
    THE ROOKIE CLUB.

    Edition: Book club edition: the first hardcover printing.

    New York: Signet, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fifteen years ago in San Francisco, a small group of female cops banded together as The Rookie Club. Now one of them has been murdered. SIGNED on the title page. 308 pp. ISBN: 978-0739468296.

    Condition: Very good in a fine dust jacket (several pages bumped at lower corner).

    Book ID: 78315
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  • CASES. by Gores, Joe/
    Gores, Joe/
    CASES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1999). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A semi-authobiographical novel of the detective as a young man, set in 1953. "Pierce Duncan, just out of Notre Dame, sets off for the roads and rails of postwar America. It leads to strange & fateful meetings with individuals along the way; the most influential encounter is with a hard-nosed private eye who changes Pierce's life forever, leading him to San Francisco, where he must decide his ultimate path." SIGNED on the title page, and dated in January 1999, in the month of publication. 354 pp. ISBN: 0-892965932.

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

    Book ID: 77881
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  • BLIND TRUST. by Grant, Linda.
    Grant, Linda.
    BLIND TRUST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel in the Catherine Sayler series (the first was nominated for the Anthony award), set in San Francisco. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-684191652.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 71047
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  • Greenleaf, Stephen.
    GRAVE ERROR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - His first mystery, introduces John Marshall Tannner, San Francisco lawyer turned investigator. 264 pp. ISBN: 0-8037-2442X.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (very light remainder spray to bottom edge, rem line.)

    Book ID: 8985
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  • Greenleaf, Stephen
    DEATH BED.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring John Marshall Tannner, lawyer turned investigator. ISBN: 0-8037-17016.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dj (top edge lightly spotted.)

    Book ID: 11653
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  • SOUTHERN CROSS by Greenleaf, Stephen
    Greenleaf, Stephen
    SOUTHERN CROSS

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery featuring San Francisco investigator John Marshall Tanner, but set in Charleston, South Carolina. 319 pp. ISBN: 0-688-12772X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64651
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  • Greenleaf, Stephen
    DEATH BED.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring John Marshall Tannner, San Francisco lawyer turned investigator. 306pp. ISBN: 0-8037-17016.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good+ dj (1 short closed tear.)

    Book ID: 24194
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  • Greenleaf, Stephen
    DEATH BED.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring John Marshall Tannner, lawyer turned investigator. ISBN: 0-8037-17016.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dj. (old price on front endpaper, some edgewear to dj.)

    Book ID: 23515
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  • BLOOD TYPE. by Greenleaf, Stephen
    Greenleaf, Stephen
    BLOOD TYPE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The eighth mystery featuring San Francisco investigator John Marshall Tanner. 285 pp. ISBN: 0-688-12772X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 65320
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