New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a coming of age story which powerfully portrays the African American male experience. It starts in rural 1970s Louisiana where Jamie Ray Griffin is attending the newly integrated high school and chronicles Jamie Ray Griffin's difficult journey from naive teen to football star to cynical adult. 316 pp. ISBN: 0-684822598.

New York: Carroll & Graf, 2002. First edition - The author's first novel, a thriller about a serial killer known as the Snowman, who, in the 1970s, was stalking the streets of suburban Detroit. 324 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this Trinidian author who is considered the first Black Caribbean woman to have published a major work of fiction. This is the story of a young girl's first year away from home at school - "a touching, beautifully written coming-of-age story set in Trinidad." 214 pp. Very uncommon in the hardcover first edition. ISBN: 0-374324476.

New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, (1995). Originally published in 1930, and a classic of African American literature, this is the story of a young boy's awakening to the reality of black life in a small Kansas town. Includes a new introduction by Maya Angelou and a foreword by Arna Bontemps. 299 pp. ISBN: 0-020209851.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Jen's highly praised second novel, the story of Mona, the daughter of the Chang family in "Typical American." Set in an upscale New York suburb, in 1968, the "dawn of the age of ethnicity" this is about being free to forge your own identity. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-679445897.

New York: Random House, (1940). Hardcover first edition - An uncommon young adult novel, set at a junior college for women where three students - 2 on scholarships, and one from a ranch in the West - are selected to work with an artist in creating a set of seven murals for the new art building on campus. Includes interesting details on the creation of frescoes and also a good coming-of-age story as these young women learn how to stand up for what is right. 269 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: B003VCCF2U.

New York: Hyperion, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised and "blackly humorous first novel, set on the Cooter family's failing dairy farm in New York State, is firmly grounded in the gothic tradition. Wryly narrated by 10-year-old Ollie Cooter, it blends frequent hilarity, startling violence and a gripping plot." (Publisher's Weekly) 305 pp. ISBN: 1-562829912.

New York: Harper Collins, (2008). First edition - The author's debut novel, a "devastating portrait of 1950s hypocrisy and unexpected love." 347 pp.

New York: Viking, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first published novel, a road story in which an elderly veteran who is developing AlzheimerÕs disease travels across the country with his rebellious 14-year-old granddaughter. Dust jacket praise from Sue Grafton who said ÒThis is what reading is about, and what a good book is supposed to do." Winner of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. 291 pp. ISBN: 978-0670021611.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the unusual coming-of-age story of Rosie, an American au pair in Paris. SIGNED on the title page.A New York Times Notable book, winner of the Barnes and Noble Discover Award. 237 pp. ISBN: 0-871137542.

London: Doubleday, (2003.). First edition - His third novel, the story of sixteen-year-old tomboy Haley "Flash Jackson" Boomhauer who, confined to her room after breaking her leg, unexpectedly finds her boredom allieviated by her peculiar grandmother who teaches her the magical arts. 310 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press (1966). Hardcover first edition - A very early novel by Le Guin, a coming of age story which is both a fantasy classic and a classic of young adult literature, illustrated with maps and drawings by Ruth Robbins. A later printing per Currey without the smudge on the title page and with a printed illustration on the front cove, plain rear cover. However, although Currey specifically states no linen hinges for these printings, this copy does have the white linen hinges used in the library binding on the first printing. 205 pp,

New York: Random House, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this young African American writer, a coming of age story. Her first book was nominated for the National Book Award. ISBN: 0-394-53472.

New York: Random House, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this young African American writer, a coming of age story. Her first book was nominated for the National Book Award. ISBN: 0-394-53472.

San Francisco: Mercury House, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel - the first was published under the name of "Eric Gabriel." From PW "Lehman's raw, unsparing novel portrays an upstate New York family torn apart by political, emotional and sexual conflict in the early 1970s. . . With the same gritty realism that informed his first novel, Waterboys (published under the pen name Eric Gabriel), Lehman depicts troubled people oscillating between explosive anger and attempts to heal."

Long Beach, CA: Pearl Editions, (2005). First edition - The first book publication of this verse monologue in the voice of a male narrator - Set in the 1940s in the world of the hard-working, hard-drinking, hard-loving men of the Texas oil fields, this tells the story of an American boy's coming-of-age. Illustrated with drawings by Bill Adler. 40 pp. ISBN: 1-888219297.

New York: McGraw-Hill, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in a small town in Missouri in 1944. A coming-of-age story focusing on ten-year old Kat, whose brother is serving in the Army, and who takes a job helping out at Mrs. Cooper's boarding house to earn money to attend the world series, and in doing so forms some unexpected friendships and learns a valuable lesson. Illustrated endpapers. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-070378827.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A coming-of-age story set in a small Appalachian town. SIGNED and dated on the title page by Lowry. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-395-436079.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2000). First edition - The first novel by this award winning short story, a story of jealousy, suspicion, and ultimately violence, set against the harsh but beautiful landscape of Nova Scotia in the late 1970s. 288 pp.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, the story of Jack Newland, a handsome and wealthy young man on his 28th birthday, the day in which he came into his trust, and his coming to grips with his life and his past in the days following it. SIGNED on the title page. 422 pp.

New York: Book of the Month Club, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Attractive hardcover edition of this novel originally published in 1966, and set in a small dying town in the midst of the vast plains of Texas in the 1950s. SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. Basis for the movie of the same name. Illustrated title page. 280 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Kathleen McCutcheon.

New York: Pegasus Books, (2017). SIGNED first edition - The author's award-winning first novel, originally published in 2004 but revised for this edition. Set in the 1960s and 1970s, it weaves together two story lines: Gabriel's struggle to come to terms with who he is throughout a loving but often brutal childhood, and a family mystery that Gabriel intuitively senses but cannot solve. Both issues are intrinsically related to growing up Catholic in a small town in Northern Ireland. SIGNED by the author. Includes a new afterword for this edition in which he explains why he made the changes he did. 390 pp. ISBN: 978-1681775043.

New York: Random House, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel by the author of the Man Booker finalist "Cloud Atlas." This tracks a single year (1982) in the life of a thirteen year old boy in a sleepy village in Worcestershire. Mitchell has been selected as one of the best young British authors by Granta. 294 pp. ISBN: 1400063795.

London: Sceptre (Hodder & Stoughton), (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel by the author of the Man Booker finalist "Cloud Atlas." This tracks a single year (1982) in the life of a thirteen year old boy in a sleepy village in Worcestershire. SIGNED on the title page. Mitchell has been selected as one of the best young British authors by Granta. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-340-822791.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a coming age story set in rural Vermont. Noel was a Granta regional finalist. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-394554981.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a coming age story set in rural Vermont. Noel was a Granta regional finalist. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-394554981.

New York: Summit Books, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, which explores the cruelty society shows to those who are different. A sensitive novel about a young 18 year old boy, Brendan, who is forced to live in an institution after his mother dies, but he manages to escape and begins to learn about real life and independence for the first time. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-671731556.