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SECRET LOVE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second novel - 'An evocative and diversely populated novel of race, politics and identity in civil-rights era San Francisco. SIGNED on the title page. 275 ppl. ISBN: 0-670894923.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81979More details Price: $30.00 -
SPIDER MOON.
Edition: Limited, signed first edition.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (dust jacket folded slightly off-center)
Book ID: 83793More details Price: $35.00 -
AIN'T GONNA BE THE SAME FOOL TWICE
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hyperion Press, 1996. SIGNED first edition - Author's second novel - continues the adventures of Stevie, exploring her new turf - San Francisco in the 70's. SIGNED on title page.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers, as issued.
Book ID: 3059More details Price: $35.00 -
AIN'T GONNA BE THE SAME FOOL TWICE
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hyperion Press, 1996. SIGNED first edition - Author's second novel - continues the adventures of Stevie, exploring her new turf - San Francisco in the 70's. SIGNED by the author.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 20242More details Price: $30.00 -
AIN'T GONNA BE THE SAME FOOL TWICE.
Edition: 4th printing.
New York: Hyperion Press, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Author's second novel - continues the adventures of Stevie, exploring her new turf - San Francisco in the 70's. INSCRIBED on the title page. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-60693.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 88924More details Price: $25.00 -
AIN'T GONNA BE THE SAME FOOL TWICE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion Press, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second novel - continues the adventures of Stevie, exploring her new turf - San Francisco in the 70's. SIGNED on the title page. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-60693.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 34584More details Price: $30.00 -
AIN'T GONNA BE THE SAME FOOL TWICE
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Hyperion Press, (1996.). Author's second novel - continues the adventures of Stevie, exploring her new turf - San Francisco in the 70's. 324 pp.
Condition: Very good..
Book ID: 44723More details Price: $12.00 -
AIN'T GONNA BE THE SAME FOOL TWICE
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hyperion Press, (1996.). First edition - Author's second novel - continues the adventures of Stevie, exploring her new turf - San Francisco in the 70's. 332 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 44779More details Price: $18.50 -
NOVENA FOR MURDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1984.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Sister Mary Helen, 75 years old and full of spunk and far from ready for quiet retirement. Set in San Francisco. Personally INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "Thanks for all your support! Who would have thunk it?" and dated in the year of publication. 183 pp. Dust jacket design by Tim Gaydos. ISBN: 0-684-180871.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Rather uncommon signed.
Book ID: 61407More details Price: $45.00 -
NOVENA FOR MURDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Sister Mary Helen, 75 years old and full of spunk and far from ready for quiet retirement. Set in San Francisco. 183 pp. Dust jacket design by Tim Gaydos. ISBN: 0-684-180871.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 70832More details Price: $25.00 -
DEATH TURNS A TRICK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel features San Francisco lawyer Rebecca Schwartz who thought it would be a lark to play the piano at a party in a feminist co-op bordello - until the cops raid the place and a body turns up in her apartment. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-54821.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. (some light edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 54204More details Price: $30.00 -
DEATH TURNS A TRICK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1982.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel introducting San Francisco lawyer Rebecca Schwartz who thought it would be a lark to play the piano at a party in a feminist co-op bordello - until the cops raid the place and a body turns up in her apartment. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1986. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-54821.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (some wear to ends of spine of dj).
Book ID: 77107More details Price: $75.00 -
LANDSCAPE: MEMORY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young author's first novel, the diary of a 16 year old boy in San Francisco in 1914 as the city is still recovering from the devastating quake of 1906, but also busy constructing 'The Jewel City' for the Panama Pacific Exhibition, and as the war is raging in Europe. Illustrated with small black and white reproductions of landscapes by the author, and with a color illustration on the dj by the author. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-684-191857.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (slight sunning to spine of dj)
Book ID: 29278More details Price: $25.00 -
CITY OF DRAGONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second book, a 'roman noir,' set in San Francisco in 1940 and featuring Miranda Corbie, private investigator, former nurse in the Spanish Civil War and ex-escort. Author's note. SIGNED on the title page. 358 pp. ISBN: 978-0312-603601.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (inscription on front endpaper)
Book ID: 57269More details Price: $27.50 -
CITY OF DRAGONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second book, a 'roman noir,' set in San Francisco in 1940 and featuring Miranda Corbie, private investigator, former nurse in the Spanish Civil War and ex-escort. Author's note. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the month of publication. 358 pp. ISBN: 978-0312-603601.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 63352More details Price: $31.50 -
CITY OF DRAGONS.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Her second book, a 'roman noir,' set in San Francisco in 1940 and featuring Miranda Corbie, private investigator, former nurse in the Spanish Civil War and ex-escort. Author's note. SIGNED on the title page. 338 pp. ISBN: 978-0312-603601.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 66019More details Price: $18.50 -
CITY OF DRAGONS.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2011.). SIGNED - Her second book, a 'roman noir,' set in San Francisco in 1940 and featuring Miranda Corbie, private investigator, former nurse in the Spanish Civil War and ex-escort. Author's note. SIGNED on the title page. 338 pp. ISBN: 978-0312-668792.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 66020More details Price: $18.50 -
CITY OF GHOSTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel set in San Francisco in 1940 and featuring Miranda Corbie, private investigator, former nurse in the Spanish Civil War and ex-escort. Author's note. SIGNED on the title page. 3268 pp. ISBN: 978-0312-603601.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 87914More details Price: $31.50 -
SUICIDE BLONDE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Virginia-born author's second novel, the story of "a young woman's sexual and psychological odyssey set in San Francisco's demi-monde of sexually ambiguous, drug-taking outsiders," 191 pp. Cover photo by Michael Hornburg. ISBN: 0-871134799.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86214More details Price: $18.50 -
WAITING FOR THE EARTHQUAKE.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story about a San Francisco postal union member who leads a wildcat strike, set in late 1960's at the Spears Annex of San Francisco's post office where the author worked for eight years. Long blurb from Wallace Stegner on back cover of dust jacket - "this novel has real strength. It is - praise God - about something. The working and labor union world it deals with is real, solid, dense with the real problems of real lives.. . " 273 pp. ISBN: 0-316-824704.
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (some dampstaining to the corners of the dust jacket, not affecting the book.)
Book ID: 45588More details Price: $15.00 -
WAITING FOR THE EARTHQUAKE.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story about a San Francisco postal union member who leads a wildcat strike, set in late 1960's at the Spears Annex of San Francisco's post office where the author worked for eight years. Long blurb from Wallace Stegner on back cover of dust jacket - "this novel has real strength. It is - praise God - about something. The working and labor union world it deals with is real, solid, dense with the real problems of real lives.. . " 273 pp. ISBN: 0-316-824704.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped, one small chip to dj, book as new)
Book ID: 45850More details Price: $25.00 -
WAITING FOR THE EARTHQUAKE.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story about a San Francisco postal union member who leads a wildcat strike, set in late 1960's at the Spears Annex of San Francisco's post office where the author worked for eight years. Long blurb from Wallace Stegner on back cover of dust jacket - "this novel has real strength. It is - praise God - about something. The working and labor union world it deals with is real, solid, dense with the real problems of real lives.. . " 273 pp. ISBN: 0-316-824704.
Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (creases to front cover of dj, closed tear to upper edge of dj flap.)
Book ID: 46427More details Price: $20.00 -
DEATH ON TELEGRAPH HILL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1882 in San Francisco (where Oscar Wilde is appearing during his tour of America), this is the fifth mystery featuring Sarah Woolson, the daughter of a judge who is herself an attorney with her own practice, defying the expectations of a woman's "proper" role in society. 341pp. ISBN: 978-1250010438.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 71764More details Price: $21.50 -
SCANDAL ON RINCON HILL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1880s San Francisco, this is the third mystery featuring Sarah Woolson, the daughter of a judge who is herself an attorney with her own practice, defying the expectations of a woman's "proper" role in society. 340pp. ISBN: 978-0312386979.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 71973More details Price: $18.50 -
VANISHING IN THE HAIGHT: A Colleen Hayes Mystery.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Sarasota, FL: Oceanview Publishing, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Set in 1978 San Francisco, this is the first mystery featuring ex-con private investigator Colleen Hayes, who is struggling to put her life back together. She accepts a case from a wealthy, retired industrialist who is desperate to solve the brutal murder of his daughter, a murder that took place in Golden Gate Park eleven years earlier, during the Summer of Love. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 390 pp. ISBN: 978-1608093410.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 79536More details Price: $27.50 -
THE RAINBOW STORIES
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 10307More details Price: $175.00 -
THE RAINBOW STORIES
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 58594More details Price: $85.00 -
RULES OF THE KNIFE FIGHT.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel - centers around a bizarre murder and climaxes in a tightly fought court trial. Mostly set in the San Francisco bay area. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0156465.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 5910More details Price: $12.50 -
RULES OF THE KNIFE FIGHT.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel - centers around a bizarre murder and climaxes in a tightly fought court trial. Mostly set in the San Francisco bay area. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0156465.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 35791More details Price: $15.00 -
THE PARIAH
Edition: First printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 14th mystery featuring San Francisco SFPD Lieutenant Frank Hastings. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-2801.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 6162More details Price: $15.00
