Annals of Murder
McDade, Thomas M. The Annals of Murder: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on American Murders from Colonial Times to 1900. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961.
Baird & Greenwood
Baird, Newton D., and Robert Greenwood. An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction, 1664-1970. Georgetown, Calif.: Talisman Literary Research, Inc., 1971.
Bruccoli
Bruccoli, Matthew J. Ross Macdonald/Kenneth Millar: A Descriptive Bibliography. Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983 (Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography).
Currey
Currey, L. W. Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography of First Printings of Their Fiction and Selected Nonfiction. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall & Co., 1979.
Herron
Herron, Don. “San Francisco Mysteries.” Mystery, 3, no. 2 (Sept. 1981): 6-12, 57-59.
Hubin
Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1749-2000. Oakland, Calif.: Locus Press, 2005 (CD-ROM).
Jaffery
Jaffery, Sheldon. Double Trouble: A Bibliographic Chronicle of Ace Mystery Doubles. Mercer Island, Wash.: Starmont House, 1992. (Starmont Reference Guide #12).
Johannsen
Johannsen, Albert. The House of Beadle and Adams and its Dime and Nickel Novels: The Story of a Vanished Literature. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1950-1962.
Layman
Layman, Richard J. Dashiell Hammett: A Descriptive Bibliography. Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1979 (Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography).
MRJ
“San Francisco Mysteries.” Mystery Readers Journal, 11, no. 2 (Summer 1995)
MRJ (2008)
“San Francisco Bay Area Mysteries I.” Mystery Readers Journal, 24, no. 3 (Fall 2008)
1001 Midnights
Pronzini, Bill, and Marcia Muller. 1001 Midnights: The Aficionado’s Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction. New York: Arbor House, 1986.
San Francisco Murders
Jackson, Joseph Henry, ed. San Francisco Murders. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947 (Regional Murder Series, v. 4)
Wright, L.W. Amer. Fiction, 1851-1875
Wright, Lyle H. American Fiction, 1851-1875: A Contribution Toward a Bibliography. San Marino, Calif.: Huntington Library, 1965. [Available in full-text online from the University of Indiana: http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/web/w/wright2/]