New York: Mysterious Press, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The thirteenth Sharon McCone mystery, in which she investigates a murder which occurred in San Francisco 36 years ago. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-89296-4545.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Sharon McCone mystery. SIGNED on title page. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-2704.

New York: David MacKay, (1977.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book by Muller and the first in the Sharon McCone series. Very personally and warmly INSCRIBED by Muller on the front endpaper and dated in 1983. 178 pp. ISBN: 0-679-507825.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Sharon McCone mystery, set in San Francisco, with its roots in the Berkeley Free Speech Movement of the 1960s.. SIGNED on the title page. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-4170.

New York: Warner, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Sharon McCone mystery, set in San Francisco. SIGNED on the title page and dated July 2007, in the month of publication. 312 pp. ISBN: 978-0446582421.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2013). SIGNED - The first novel in a new series of lighthearted historical mysteries set in 1890s San Francisco, and introducing former Pinkerton operative Sabina Carpenter and her detective partner, ex-Secret Service agent John Quincannon. SIGNED by both authors on the title page. Authors' note. 269 pp. ISBN: 978-0765331779.

Boston: Alyson Publications, (1986). First edition - The author's first novel,set in the San Francisco Bay area and introducing gay Mexican-American public defender Henry Rios. 165 pp. plus 3 pp publisher's ads. $6.95 price on back cover. ISBN: 0-932870961.

Boston: Alyson Publications, (1986). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel,set in the San Francisco Bay area and introducing gay Mexican-American public defender Henry Rios. SIGNED on the title page. 165 pp. plus 3 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-932870961.

Boston: Alyson Publications, (1986). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, set in the San Francisco Bay area and introducing gay Mexican-American public defender Henry Rios. SIGNED on the title page. 165 pp. plus 3 pp publisher's ads. Although this states first edition, it has a price of $7.95 on back cover and the ads includes some later books. ISBN: 0-932870961.

New York: Hyperion, 1993. dj. Hardcover - This novel, the story of two generations of Chinese Americans, set in San Francisco's Chinatown, was called a "stunning debut"; much advance praise from other authors, including Tillie Olsen, Gretel Ehrlich, Edmund White and others . A Granta 20 author. 194 pp. ISBN: 1-562829440.

New York: Hyperion, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - This novel, the story of two generations of Chinese Americans, set in San Francisco's Chinatown, was called a "stunning debut"; much advance praise from other authors, including Tillie Olsen, Gretel Ehrlich, Edmund White and others . A Granta 20 author. 194 pp. ISBN: 1-562829440.

New York: Hyperion, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - This novel, the story of two generations of Chinese Americans, set in San Francisco's Chinatown, was called a "stunning debut"; much advance praise from other authors, including Tillie Olsen, Gretel Ehrlich, Edmund White and others . A Granta 20 author. 194 pp. ISBN: 1-562829440.

New York: Hyperion, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - This novel, the story of two generations of Chinese Americans, set in San Francisco's Chinatown, was called a "stunning debut"; much advance praise from other authors, including Tillie Olsen, Gretel Ehrlich, Edmund White and others . A Granta 20 author. 194 pp. ISBN: 1-562829440.

New York: Hyperion, (1993.). First edition - This novel, the story of two generations of Chinese Americans, set in San Francisco's Chinatown, was called a "stunning debut"; much advance praise from other authors, including Tillie Olsen, Gretel Ehrlich, Edmund White and others . A Granta 20 author. 194 pp. ISBN: 1-562829440.

New York: Hyperion, 1993. dj. Hardcover - This novel, the story of two generations of Chinese Americans, set in San Francisco's Chinatown, was called a "stunning debut"; much advance praise from other authors, including Tillie Olsen, Gretel Ehrlich, Edmund White and others . A Granta 20 author. 194 pp. ISBN: 1-562829440.

New York: St Martin's, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dustjacket: '[In 1986] Caroline Paul was among the first dozen women to join the San Francisco Fire Department, nearly a decade ago. A Stanford graduate, she was a film student when a chance encounter and her own curiosity led to her to see wether she could pass the rigorous qualifying tests for the fire department.' 272 pp. ISBN: 0-312185812.

New York: Harper Collins, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A story of survival, loss and longing - on Valentine's Day two major earthquakes hit San Francisco within an hour, devasting the city and its primary entrance points. This is the story of just a few of those affected. SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp. ISBN: 9780062275950.

Henderson, NV: 21st-Century Publishing, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, introducing Maggie Fiori, journalist turned sleuth. "If Maggie Fiori doesn't have it all, she's got plenty: A handsome attorney husband, two beautiful sons, and a comfortable life in Oakland. But Maggie's smart mouth and everyday life as a loving wife and mother camouflage a secret. The camouflage comes off after murder strikes the magazine, and Maggie is in the investigation up to her eyeballs." 226 pp. ISBN: 0-972262431.

Atlanta, Georgia: Longstreet Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a wildly funny story of a "crazy, quixotic, and thoroughly unforgettable quest." Cover praise from Aram Saroyan, Sara Davidson, Barnaby Conrad and others. 276pp. ISBN: 1-563521954.

New York: Delacorte, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A 'nameless detective" mystery, set in San Francisco. SIGNED on the title page. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-385-29896x.

New York: St Martin's, 1984. dj. SIGNED hardcover - A "nameless dectective" mystery, set in San Francisco's Japantown and with its roots in the forced relocation of the Japanese-Americans during World War II. SIGNED on the title page by Pronzini. 151 pp.

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 1999. The first collection of short stories featuring Sabina Carpenter and John Quincannon. "1890s detection in the Old West! When you are faced with puzzles involving fraudulent rainmakers, nefarious spiritualists, coney games,a one-eyed lady gambler, a crook who disappears from a train, the stolen body of a Chinese Tong leader, and similar mysteries -- you hire the firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services. Sabina Carpenter, the widow of a Pinkerton detective, has joined forces with John Quincannon, a former United States Secret Service agent." 202 pp plus colophon and 4 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 1885941250.

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.

New York: Bonanza Books, (c 1955.) dj. Hardcover - "His haunting apparitions are found from New England to New Orleans, from Manhattan's Central Park to San Francisco's Nob Hill, and he reports on several notorious ghosts of the far West." Illustrated with 18 full page half-tone illustrations plus 4 color plates by the author.ix, 229 pp. Large format, illustrated endpapers.

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, (1974.) dj. Hardcover - Illustrated with 220 photographs of 112 historic homes - most are described briefly, but eighteen have extensive essays and many photographs - including the Bidwell Mansion in Chico, Sutter's Fort, Petaluma Adobe, the Octagon House in San Francisco, the Hearst Castle and more.Color frontispiece. Endpaper maps showing the location of the houses open to the public. Bibliography & Index. Large format, printed on heavy glossy stock throughout. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-831070978.

New York: Hyperion, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel. SIGNED on the title page by the author. 503 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-6135-5.

New York: Viking, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's highly praised first novel, the story of a jazz musician trying to make his way back from his drug addiction, set in San Francisco in the early 1970's against the background of the Patricia Hearst kidnapping. SIGNED on the title page. Dustjacket praise from such writers as Jim Harrison, Carolyn See, Rosellen Brown and others. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-670-87695x.

New York: Viking, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first novel, the story of a jazz musician trying to make his way back from his drug addiction, set in San Francisco in the early 1970's against the background of the Patricia Hearst kidnapping. SIGNED on the title page. Dustjacket praise from such writers as Jim Harrison, Carolyn See, Rosellen Brown and others. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-670-87695x.