New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of part of the King Arthur story for older children: in this book, young Merlin is orphaned by a fire & joins a traveling pair of magicians who help him begin to discover his true powers. Decorative chapter headings, author's note about the various versions of Merlin's story. 90 pp. ISBN: 0-15-2008152.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2000). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of twenty-eight tales, many in the form of folk or fairy tales, including three brand new ones written especially for this collection. Included are Jane Yolen's two recent Nebula Award winners, 'Lost Girls', which revisits Peter Pan's Neverland with a feminist twist, and the title story, 'Sister Emily's Lightship', about the poet Emily Dickinson. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2005. Includes an afterword in which Yolen discusses the inspiration behind her stories. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-312873786.

New York: Schocken, (1987). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first collection of fantasy tales - 30 stories based on ancient myth, medieval romance, fairy tales, and modern science fiction - compiled expressly for adults. It includes an introduction by Yolen and several new stories written for this volume. INSCRIBED on the title page. "For -- Enjoy the magic!" and dated in 2005. xii, 270 pp. ISBN: 0-805238433.

New York: TOR, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First in a series of original anthologies containing brand-new stories. SIGNED by three authors at their stories: Gardner Dozois, Nancy Kress and Mike Resnick. Other contributors include Ursula Le Guin, Tanith Lee, Stephen Brust, Lisa Tuttle, Robert Abel and more. ISBN: 0-312-85367x.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - A fantasy for older children about courage and magic, power and innocence, the hunters and the hunted, beautifully illustrated with evocative drawings by Francisco Mora. ISBN: 0-15-2002111.

New York: Scholastic / Blue Sky, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - "What if a dinosaur catches the flu? Does he whimper and whine in between each Atchoo?" Simple text by Jane Yolen, complemented by Mark Teague's humorous full-page pictures of tyrannosaurus rexes, triceratopses, and pteranodons at the doctor's office and being tucked into bed. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-439-241006.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2013). First edition - The first novel by this writer whose first book, a collection of short stories, won several awards. This is a spare and beautifully written account of a Korean, who after two years as a prisoner-of-war refused repatriation to the North, and instead accepted a chance to go to Brazil, where he was placed in a job working for a Japanese tailor. 194 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - First picture book for both the author and the artist - in 1987, Egielski won the Caldecott award for his illustrations for another of Yorinks books. The story of Sid, " a giant bigger than a thousand midgets on each other's shoulders" and Sol, a "short guy" who is the only one to apply for the job of saving the world from the giant, cleverly illustrated in black & white by Egielski.

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1972.). Hardcover - Illustrated by Reisie Lonette. 90 pp. ISBN: 0-698304888.

New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, (2003). First edition - A novel of life, loss, and learning and experiencing loving with one's whole heart. Set in a old Northern California fishing town, called Seal Bay, where superstious tales of superstitious sixty foot sea monsters are told. Issued as a trade paperback original. 208 pp.

New York: Viking, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Another superbly crafted psychological thriller by this writer who is a master at describing the suspense and horror that is hidden in ordinary lives.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Psychological thriller by this writer who is a master at describing the suspense and horror that is hidden in ordinary lives. ISBN: 0-89296-583-5.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1993. Hardcover first edition - A psychological thriller, set in a small English town, by one of the masters of the British mystery.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - A psychological thriller, set in a small English town, by one of the masters of the British mystery.

New York: Harper & Row, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - An early work of psychological suspense by Yorke - dj praise from Eudora Welty and Dorothy Salisbury Davis ("a taut story hanging ..on a woman's discovery of her own strength.)

New York: The Viking Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover - A psychological thriller set in London. 187 pp.

London: Hurst & Blackett, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 'limbo ladies' are women excluded from English social life because they are widowed, divorced (as is Sarah Marston, the heroine of this novel) or unmarried. A stand alone novel by this prolific British crime novelist, this emphasizes how Sarah comes to value her own strength and independence. 184 pp.

London: Robert Hale, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - Very uncommon first edition of the first novel by this prolific British suspense writer - as Tim Heald commented her "novels were robust and uncompromising, and displayed sympathy for the underdog." This story of a man on the run from the police who winds up in a peaceful English village exemplifies that. 190 pp.

San Francisco: Birthstone, 1978. First edition - An issue which became known as "the women's issue" produced simultaneously with the Naropa issue (#4) Includes contributions from Phyllis Kostenbaum, Leslie Simon, Nellie Wong, and more, with graphics and photographs by Bill Germino, Carolyn Fisher, Sandra Meyer and others. Cover photos by Marion Gray. A free underground publication and quite scarce today. 29 pp.

New York: Bantam, 1999. First edition - First novel by this Japanese American writer - the story of a young woman torn between two cultures and two men who turns for answers to her unknown grandmother, once a famous geisha. Praise from Lisa See and Chitra Divakaruni who called it 'a thoughtful and magnetic tale.'

New York: Bantam, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - ÔAn extraordinary debut novel ... the story of a woman, who, finding herself torn between two men and two cultures, turns for answers to an unknown Japanese grandmother, once a famous geisha.Õ Dust jacket praise from Lisa See, Jean Hegland and Chita Divakaruni (who called it Ôa thoughtful and magnetic taleÕ). ISBN: 0-553-110993.

New York: Washington Square Press Books, (1995.). Second novel by the author of "Kitchen." Translated from the Japanese by Ann Sherif. Afterword. 194 pp. ISBN: 0-671-898264.

New York: Grove Press, 1993. First edition - The author's first book, which was a sensational bestseller in Japan when it was first published in 1988, and the winner of two of Japan's most prestigious literary prizes. Translated by Megan Backus.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1996.) dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1982, this is the author's first novel to be translated into English, a haunting story set in medieval Japan, in a remote coastal village where the father of 9 year old Isaku has sold himself into indentured servitude to save his family from starvation. Translated from the Japanese by Mark Ealey. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1002118.

Pasadena CA: Trail's End Publishing, (1948). Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive look at the works Russell illustrated, appearances in periodicals and exhibition galleries and more. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Limited edition of 500 copies. 218 pp plus colophon and publisher's ad,

Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, (1986.). SIGNED - Very warmly INSCRIBED at some length on title page and dated Summer 1994. A reprint of a novel originally published in 1976. A new foreword by Young describing the writing of this book 'Prettyman was the first of my characters to install himself on the living room sofa..' 254 pp. ISBN: 0-88739-017x.

New York: Bantam (Delta), (1988). SIGNED first edition - The story of Mamie Franklin, hailed in the 50's for her roles as a black domestic in the movies, and now housekeeper for an eccentric white couple in Beverly Hills. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-385-299435.

New York: Bantam (Delta), (1988). SIGNED - The story of Mamie Franklin, hailed in the 50s for her roles as a black domestic in the movies, and now housekeeper for an eccentric white couple in Beverly Hills. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-385-299435.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1993.). SIGNED - Second novel by this important African American writer and poet, originally published in 1995. SIGNED on the title page. A New York Time Notable book. A title in the California Fiction series. 280 pp. Cover painting by Steven Henriques. ISBN: 0-520-207122.