New York: Greenwillow Books, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel which combines a time travel experiment, a 12th century legend and an unusual love story. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-688842127.

New York: Greenwillow Books, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel which combines a time travel experiment, a 12th century legend and an unusual love story. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-688802125.

New York: Harper Collins, (2007.) dj. Hardcover - A title in the popular Warriors series with beautiful full-color, full-page illustrations, fold-out maps, and black and white drawing by Wayne McLoughlin. Glossary. 168 pp. ISBN: 9780061239038.

Scarsdale, NY: Bradbury Press, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fifth novel, his second for young adults. A young girl finds a bracelet and finds herself in a time centuries before, cursed by a spell put on that bracelet. 176 pp. Dust jacket by Steve Walker. ISBN: 0-878880828.

New York: Philomel Books, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in this series by the author of the Redwall books: " ;The Flying Dutchman!' The legend of the wind-tattered ghost ship and its mad sea captain, cursed to sail the seas forever, has been passed down throughout the centuries. But what of the young boy and his dog who were trapped aboard that ship? What became of them? The castaway boy and dog set off on an eternal journey of their own, braving icy wind and waves to arrive at strange shores, and explore new places and times. The unlikely Chapelvale village is their first destination, a Victorian town under siege." 327 pp. ISBN: 0-399-236015.

New York: Harper Collins, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second book in this series which is a modern take on the Arthurian legend for middle-grade children. Artie and his sister, Kay, must gather a team of knights to recover the legendary Seven Swordsor face defeat at the hands of the evil Lordess Morgaine. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 355 pp plus an ad for the first book in the series. ISBN: 978-0062070944.

New York: Harper Collins, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second book in this series which is a modern take on the Arthurian legend for middle-grade children. Artie and his sister, Kay, must gather a team of knights to recover the legendary Seven Swordsor face defeat at the hands of the evil Lordess Morgaine. SIGNED on the title page. 355 pp plus an ad for the first book in the series. ISBN: 978-0062070944.

New York: Atheneum, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book in the Dalemark series. "When his protest against the tyrannical government fails, a young boy escapes with two other children to the mysterious Holy Islands where they learn the identity and the power of two folk figures celebrated by their countrymen." 255 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Julia Noonan. ISBN: 0-689306202.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The childhood of the young boy who becomes the magician Chrestomanci. A prequel to the Chrestomanci series, set in a "world parallel to ours, where magic is as normal as mathematics and things are generally more old-fashioned." Jones was writing her wonderful novels of magic and fantasy long before Rowling began the Harry Potter series. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-688078060.

New York: Greenwillow Books, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - Another innovative fantasy novel for older children, one which uses Celtic mythology and magic to create a parable of relations among the races. "Threes" are a recurring theme: "This is the story of the three children of Adara -of Ayna and Ceci who both had Gifts, and of Gair, who thought he was ordinary." There are three races that live on the moors, the Lymen, Dorig, and Giants (humans). In the sturdy library binding. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-688-841066.

New York: Greenwillow Books, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of eight fantasy stories for older children featuring an incompetent warlock, a plague of peanuts, dragons, pink toadstools, an eccentric aunt, and more. 156 pp. ISBN: 0-688043054.

New York: Harper Collins - EOS, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Volune One of the Devil's Dances Trilogy. "Welcome to the future. Welcome to nineteenth-century London: a theme park re-created for tourists. But it's not just tourists visiting this historical virtual city. Jack the Ripper, too, has returned." Translated from the French by Anthea Bell. 396 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0777176.

New York: Harlequin Teen, (2018). First edition - The first novel in a new epic trilogy for young adults, one which uses elements of Japanese mythology and folklore. "One thousand years ago, the great Kami Dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wishand the land of Iwagoto was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos. Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. A new age is about to dawn." 399 pp.

London: Scholastic, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Humans are made of earth. Djinn are made of fire." Fantasy novel for older children from the author who is probably best known for his adult thriller fiction, notably the Bernie Gunther series. Boldly SIGNED on the half title page. 374 pp. ISBN: 0-439963656.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2016). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young adult novel - "Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager created to protect a galactic senators daughter, Sidonia. The two have grown up side by side, but are in no way sisters. Nemesis is expected to give her life for Sidonia, and she would do so gladly. She would also take as many lives as necessary to keep Sidonia safe." SIGNED on the title page and dated 10/27 in the year of publication. Promotional materials laid in. 403 pp. ISBN: 978-1481472678.

New York: Scholastic, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An alternate history adventure by this Edgar-winning author: "In 1753, noted American naturalist John Bartram and his son Billy join an expedition to search the frontier in the di Terzi, a flying ship powered by Òvacuum balloonsÓ and wind. Their mission is to find the centuries-old Kingdom of Madoc, a Welsh settlement rumored to be on the frontier. Along the way they encounter the young George Washington, hostile French troops, a herd of enormous incognitum (mastodons), and a terrifying bear-wolf." SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 348 pp. ISBN: 9780545274265.

Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, (2017). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sequel which brings back all of the hilarity and horror of the author's young adult novel "Evil Librarian." Set a summer theater camp where things are not going as expected for Cyn - "At least any new demons that show up to ruin her summer can't possibly be as evil as Mr. Gabriel, who is, thankfully, very dead now. It's not like he could somehow come back to life to seek his terrible revenge or something. Right?" SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 277 pp. ISBN: 978-0763688288.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2015). Hardcover first edition - A book which begins "I am seventeen years old. I have been seventeen years old for over a century." On May 7, 1896 a "swaggering seventeen-year-old gangster named Zebulon Finch is gunned down by the shores of Lake Michigan. But after mere minutes in the void, he is mysteriously resurrected.. . His new existence begins as a sideshow attraction in a traveling medicine show. He will fight in the trenches of World War I. He will run from his nightmaresand from povertyin Depression-era New York City" and more. One reviewer called it "A splendidly rendered, macabre picaresque, muscular and tender, imaginative and grotesque, cynical yet deeply moving. I was appalled one moment and laughing the next." 642 pp. ISBN: 978-1481411394.

New York: Hyperion, 2013. SIGNED first edition - A young adult fantasy thriller, the second book in the False Memory trilogy. "All Miranda wants is a normal life. Shes determined to move past the horrible truth of her origin as a clone. . . but she quickly learns that theres no such thing as normal not for a girl who was raised to be a weapon. When one of Mirandas teammates turns rogue, it begins a war that puts the world in jeopardy." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 6-1-13, that is, before publication. 328 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (ca 2010) dj. Hardcover - The classic first book in the Time Trilogy - a Newbery award winning title originally published in 1962. Basis for the movie of the same name. 203 pp. Dust jacket art by Leo and Diane Dillon. ISBN: 978-0-374-386139.

New York: EOS - Harper Collins, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of short stories in which 'the boundaries between reality and possiblity are paper thin - and sometimes disappear altogether.' The first book of this award-winning writer, but the second to be published in the US - 6 years after it first appeared. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0743948.

London: Harper Collins Childrens Books, )2005). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second book in the Troll trilogy - after three years, with "an anguished wooden groan" the old mill woke from its sleep. SIGNED on the title page. 327 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-007170742.

Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book for children, illustrated with a map and wraparound dust jacket art by Robert Baumgartner. From the dust jacket: "Fear. From one end of the woodland called The Lot to the other, there ran a current, subtler but more pervasive than electricity. From the smallest birds huddled on their night perches down to the muskrat kit in its house deep in the bog, the same thrill sent a warning. The Lot was afraid." The author is perhaps best known for championing the printing of Herbert's Dune when he was an editor at Chilton Books. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-695-891685.

London: Tarragon Publishing. (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in the Changeling saga - "Being twelve is difficult. Surrounded by nightmares is harder. Discovering the animal inside is worst of all." SIGNED, dated in the year of publication, and individually numbered (#387 out of 500 copies) by the author on the page facing the title page. 213 pp plus a 1 p excerpt from Book Two. Ribbon book mark bound in, all edges gilt. ISBN: 0-954833317.

New York: Yellow Jacket, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A retelling of the One Thousand and One Nights tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," set in tenth-century Baghdad, told from the perspective of Marjana, the girl who saves Ali Baba. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Author's note. 269 pp. ISBN: 978-1499809459.

New York: Yellow Jacket, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A retelling of the One Thousand and One Nights tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," set in tenth-century Baghdad, told from the perspective of Marjana, the girl who saves Ali Baba. SIGNED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. Author's note. 269 pp. ISBN: 978-1499809459.

New York: Harper & Row, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second young adult science fiction novel. 16 year old computer genius (and troublemaker) Bixby Wyler battles against all odds to reconstruct Ally, his girl humanoid, in time for NASA's Mars Landing project. 181 pp. Dust jacket by Lizzy Rockwell. ISBN: 0-060238356.