New York: Ticknor & Fields, (1988). Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, loosely based on events in his own childhood. Set in 1942 in Billarooby, a remote community in the Australian Outback, this is the story of 11 year old Lindsay who encounters a Japanese soldier who had escaped from a nearby prisoner of war camp. "Empathy between the boy and the prisoners strengthens as he secretly visits the encampment and sees them brutally treated. Tensions in the community are exacerbated by a devastating drought and by incitements to riot when Jack and fellow racists make Billarooby a war zone." (PW) 321 pp. ISBN: 0-899197361.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996 dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised Canadian writer's first novel, second book.Shortlisted for Canada's Giller Prize for Fiction. An offbeat coming of age novel set against the backdrop of a farm in remote Turtle Valley, British Columbia. INSCRIBED on the title page. Laid in is a bookmark of handmade paper also SIGNED by the author. Index to more than 40 remedies and recipes. 294 pp. Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-395-271846.

London: Pelham Books, (1968) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A title in the Pelham Sports Books series. Set in Southern California, this is "an adventure story for boys built around the ancient traditions of Judo, . . . Plenty of action, both on and off the Judo mat, keep this story of Rod Mitchell's self-development in Judo exciting. Based on accurate Judo data, it provides an original and valuable view of a new world of sports for boys." Not only does Rod learn restraint, and how to deal with a bully, this book also includes lessons on racial tolerance. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper and dated in 1976.) A classic work on martial arts. 158 pp.

New York: Pantheon, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A coming of age novel which "tells Jesse's story over the course of a year, during which he finds his life slowly being tempered by the unexpected: by a dad who wants to make up and be part of Jesse's life; by a female lead singer who suddenly makes the band sound a lot better than they have any right to be; and by the confidence Jesse begins to feel in his own musical talent." The novel incorporates lyrics to 6 original songs with music by Bell. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-375-421254.

New York: Doubleday, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a story of a road trip from Massachusetts to California - by way of the Amish Country, Graceland and the Alamo - a 60s novel - and a coming of age story: "Listening to Teddy tell the story, we are exactly back in the mind of a precocious boy in the late sixties. He's being bombarded with news about the moon landing and the conflicting feelings people are beginning to have about the Vietnam War, but his real concern is his disintegrating family." 356 pp. ISBN: 0-385-470959.

New York: Macmillan, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in the sprawling frontier town of Pittsburgh - gateway to the West - this is the story of George, the son of a wagonmaker in the Conestoga Valley. 185 pp.

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Young adult novel about a nice, quiet girl who winds up in the middle of the punk-rock scene in Los Angeles, when she is sent to spend a couple of weeks with her father, a recovering addict and drummer. Castellucci was a rock musician herself in Canada and Los Angeles - where she recorded under the name Cecil Seaskull. SIGNED on title page. 307 pp. ISBN: 978-0763630669.

New York: Morrow, 1988. SIGNED first edition - Author's highly praised first book - called "thoroughly wonderful" (David Leavitt), an "extraordinary first novel" (MacDonald Harris), "the best first novel I've read in years" (Carolyn Forche.) SIGNED on the title page. 297 pp.

New York: Arbor House, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A story of growing up in the "Polish-Jewish enclave of Crotona Park, New York in the 1940s'" INSCRIBED on the half title page to the noted collector Larry Owens from "catfish Jerome." 313 pp. ISBN: 0-877952493.

London: Bodley Head, (1989). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story "of two sisters and the ambiguous, sometimes destructive ties that bind them . . . Willie, the elder, is beautiful and wayward. Kitty, the younger, is a loner whose only means of escaping the bewitching influence of her sister is to follow her grandfather to his home in Labrador." A New York Times Notable Book and the winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction. SIGNED on the title page. 225 pp. ISBN: 0-370312414.

New York: Washington Square Press - Pocket Books, 2002. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this Southern author, the coming of age story of a young girl set in a small Texas town in 1967, during the Vietnam era. Dustjacket praise from David Haynes and Richard Russo, among others. ISBN: 0-7434-37993.

New York: Grove Press, (2017). First edition - The author's very highly praised first novel (winner of the McGinnis-Ritchie Award for its first chapter) set in northern Minnesota where Linda lives with her parents in the last remnants of an abandoned commune, both isolated at home and an outsider at school. When the young Gardner family moves in across the lake, Linda finds herself welcomed as a baby-sitter for their little boy, Paul - but along with this new sense of belonging come expectations and secrets she doesnt understand. 279 pp.

New York: Greenwillow Books, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first young adult novel: "a teenage girl with a terrible secret runs away from home, seeking counsel from the father she will not believe was killed in Vietnam." 208 pp. ISBN: 0-688093078.

San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, (2006.). SIGNED first edition - A boy, fleeing a bullying classmate, inadvertently makes first contact with a race of aliens who live beneath the surface of his planet. SIGNED on the title page. 171 pp. ISBN: 1892391384.

New York: Putnam, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - Just when it seems like everything going for him, including the real-life girl of his dreams, disaster strikes fifteen year old skateboarder, Sam. 309 pp. ISBN: 9780399250484.

Boston: Faber & Faber, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, nominated by the Los Angeles Times for best first fiction of 1997. Described by Carolyn See as 'searingly original, brutal, unique' this is the story of a young girl growing up in the sheltered world of a 1950's American family - except that her family lives on the island , in the middle of the San Fransciso Bay, that houses one of the most notorious prisons in the US where her father works as a guard. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-571-199100.

New York: Washington Square Press Books, (1996.). Author's highly praised first novel (Walter Kirn called it a 'powerful, heartbreaking monster of a novel) - one which became very sought after as an early choice on Oprah. A New York Times Notable book. 465 pp. Cover design by Jeanne M. Lee. ISBN: 0-671-003755.

New York: Pocket Books, (1992.) dj. First edition - Author's highly praised first novel (Walter Kirn called it a 'powerful, heartbreaking monster of a novel) - one which became very sought after as an early choice on Oprah. A New York Times Notable book. A surprisingly uncommon advance issue. 405 pp.

New York: Pocket Books, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel (Walter Kirn called it a 'powerful, heartbreaking monster of a novel) - one which became very sought after as an early choice on Oprah. A New York Times Notable book. This is the true first edition in the dust jacket with a burgundy spine and back cover and illustrated by Greg Ragland. 405 pp. ISBN: 0-671-759205.

New York: William H. Morrow, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - His fourth novel, a story told by Felix "Lefty" Murray, the younger son in an Irish-American family in the greater Boston area, and focusing on his 16th year, the summer before America entered World War II. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-688034462.

New York: William H. Morrow, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - His fourth novel, a story told by Felix "Lefty" Murray, the younger son in an Irish-American family in the greater Boston area, and focusing on his 16th year, the summer before America entered World War II. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-688034462.

New York, NY: Atria Books, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of a young girl who must find her place in two cultures - the reservation on which she spent her first years, and the white suburban foster family with whom she was placed when her mother succumbs to schizophrenia, INSCRIBED on the title page by the author, "For ... Best Wishes..." Dust jacket praise from Sherman Alexie and Janet Fitch among others. 217 pp. ISBN: 978-0743292078.

London: Andre Deutsch, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1983, this is the author's fourth novel evoking a Sussex childhood - in this case, the turbulence of early adolescence.. 298 pp. Dust jacket art by Pip Moon. ISBN: 0-233985719.

London: Andre Deutsch, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1983, this is the author's fourth novel evoking a Sussex childhood - in this case, the turbulence of early adolescence.. 298 pp. Dust jacket art by Pip Moon. ISBN: 0-233985719.

London: Andre Deutsch, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1983, this is the author's fourth novel evoking a Sussex childhood - in this case, the turbulence of early adolescence.. 298 pp. Dust jacket art by Pip Moon. ISBN: 0-233985719.

New York: Hyperion, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a coming of age story set in a small town in Texas in 1962 - a summer where Rozanne gets her first glimpse of life that isn't always fair or even nice. Epilogue with a cherry pie recipe. 161pp. ISBN: 0-7868-65504.