Kingpin
{Vaznik Publishing House, Los Angeles, 1979). First Edition. Octavo. Item #024091
171 pp. inscribed by the author "to Mr. and Mrs. Monty Manibog, who may possibly be the G. Monty Manibog who became the first Filipino-American elected official in Southern California when he won a seat on the Monterey Park city council. A former Olympic wrestler and a pioneering lawyer who was the first Filipino-American to pass the California bar exam, Manibog served on the city council until 1988, including several stints as mayor. This book is based on the true story of Sam Rose Nicanor leader of the first Oriental geroin syndicate in the United States. A very good copy bound in a white pictorial gilt leather like cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, spine lettering gilt, a few small closed edge tears, where to corners and spine ends.
Price: $175.00