Bronx, New York: Gusto Press, (1980). First edition - Very uncommon early collection of this California author's short stories - the title story has been frequently anthologized; the realism of the description of depressed downtown Stockton and the small town in the Sierras is effectively combined with his deceptive simplicity of language. A title in the Gusto Press Regional Series (Central Valley, California). 125 pp. ISBN: 0-933906-145.

Johnstown, Ohio: Pudding House Publications, (2000.). First edition - A title in the Pudding House Publications chapbook series, a collection of poems, mostly set in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, where the author is also a volunteer search-and-rescue dog handler. 28 pp. ISBN: 0-944754988.

Newcastle, CA: The Blue Oak Press / Capra Press, 1977. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An epic narrative poem, set in the Sierra Nevada foothills, a book which he said it took him 13 years to write. An association copy INSCRIBED on the title page to fellow poet and author, Gary Elder and dated in 1978 (among other things, Hotchkiss wrote an afterward to the 1979 edition of Elder's 'Arnulfsaga'.) Publisher's material laid in. Illustrated with the author's photographs. 314 pp plus a note by the author 3 additional photographs. Uncommon in hardcover, and especially so inscribed. ISBN: 0-912950331.

Stockton, California: Pacific Center for Western Historical Studies / University of the Pacific, 1974. Hardcover first edition - An account of the life and work of this "gentleman geologist and mountaineer", Clarence King, explorer of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and First Director of USGS. Frontispiece portrait of King, illustrations by L.F. Bjorkland. Maps, notes, bibliographies of the works of King and works consulted for this monograph (#5 from the Pacific Center for Western Historical Studies). Index. 76 pp.

Pleasant Hill, CA: Small Poetry Press. (1994). First edition - A collection of poems, many set in 'the author's backyard '- in the the Sierra Nevada mountains in northern California. 46 pp.

Santa Rosa, CA: Elite Books. (2009.). SIGNED - A first person account of a horrific fall in King's Canyon National Park, a 60 foot fall unto a granite ledge which left both legs shattered, of her own survival attempts, the 'angels' who rescued her and the others who were with her during her arduous recovery. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2009. Illustrated with photographs. 222 pp. ISBN: 1600700667.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. dj. Hardcover first edition - Smith worked as a California State Park Ranger in the Auburn Recreation area - land owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, and supposedly the site of a dam that was never built - his "account of fourteen years as a park ranger thoroughly dispels our idealized visions of life in the great outdoors. Instead of scout troops and placid birdwatchers, Smith's beat -- a stretch of land that has been officially condemned to be flooded -- brings him into contact with drug users tweaked out to the point of violence, obsessed miners, and other dangerous creatures." Map. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-618224165.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. First edition - Smith worked as a California State Park Ranger in the Auburn Recreation area - land owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, and supposedly the site of a dam that was never built - his "account of fourteen years as a park ranger thoroughly dispels our idealized visions of life in the great outdoors. Instead of scout troops and placid birdwatchers, Smith's beat -- a stretch of land that has been officially condemned to be flooded -- brings him into contact with drug users tweaked out to the point of violence, obsessed miners, and other dangerous creatures." Map. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-618224165.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. SIGNED first edition - Smith worked as a California State Park Ranger in the Auburn Recreation area - land owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, and supposedly the site of a dam that was never built - his "account of fourteen years as a park ranger thoroughly dispels our idealized visions of life in the great outdoors. Instead of scout troops and placid birdwatchers, Smith's beat -- a stretch of land that has been officially condemned to be flooded -- brings him into contact with drug users tweaked out to the point of violence, obsessed miners, and other dangerous creatures." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2004 - that is, before publication. Map. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-618224165.