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REVIVED.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2012). First edition - The author's second novel: "It started with a bus crash. Daisy was a little girl when it happened, and she barely remembers the accident or being brought back to life. At that moment, though, she became one of the first subjects in a covert government program that tests a drug called Revive. Now fifteen, Daisy has died and been Revived five times. Each death means a new name, a new city, a new identity." 339 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 58226More details Price: $15.00 -
THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover - "Seventeen-year-old Jenna has just awoken from a coma, they tell her, and she is still recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before that? Jenna doesn't remember her life. Or does she? And are the memories really hers?. . . Set in a near future America, [this novel] takes readers on an unforgettable journey through questions of bio-medical ethics and the nature of humanity." SIGNED on the title page. 265 pp. Promotional material laid in. ISBN: 978-0805076684.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 76632More details Price: $20.00 -
THE ECHO ROOM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2018) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (second book) - "a smart, claustrophobic, speculative young adult thriller with an immersive psychological mystery." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication, 318 pp. ISBN: 978-0765399397.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 76689More details Price: $30.00 -
THE EARTH IS NEAR.
Edition: First US printing.
Scarsdale, NY: Bradbury Press, (1974.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A gripping novel of the first manned expedition to Mars, written for older children. Winner of the German Children's Book Prize for 1971. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Wraparound dustjacket painting by Pesek. ISBN: 0-87888-0666.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, missing front endpaper, some spine slant, but overall clean in a fine unmarked dj.
Book ID: 27800More details Price: $12.50 -
THIRST NO. 2: Phantom, Evil Thirst, Creatures of Forever.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
New York: Simon & Schuster / Simon Pulse, (2010). First edition - Omnibus edition containing three novels -Phantom, Evil Thirst, and Creatures of Forever - originally published in 1996. "What Alisa has desired for five thousand years has finally come true: She is once again human. But now she is defenseless, vulnerable, and, for the first time in centuries, emotional. As she attempts to reconcile her actions as a vampire with her new connection to humanity, she begins to understand the weight of life and, death decisions." 381 pp plus an excerpt from "shade" by Jeri Smith-Ready and ads. ISBN: 978-1416983095.
Condition: Near fine (remainder line)
Book ID: 79202More details Price: $15.00 -
DARK SIGHT.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Black Opal Books, (2014). SIGNED - A paranormal thriller for young adults - "As the only black student at an all-white school, Monique Robinson has always had to prove herself. When her best friend, Victoria is left brain dead, Monique fights to bring her back. But she soon realizes that blurring the lines between life and death has its own price." SIGNED on the title page. 300 pp. plus an excerpt from 'The Portal.'. ISBN: 978-1626941137.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 75845More details Price: $25.00 -
THE PORTAL.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Black Opal Books, (2011). SIGNED - A paranormal thriller for young adults - "Cody isnÕt like other little boys...he sees things he shouldnÕt. Vivian Carmichael has been hiding in the San Bernardino Mountains for more than a year now. Far from cell towers and video cameras, she's finally found a safe place to raise her four-year old son Cody. " SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 978-1937329136.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 75846More details Price: $25.00 -
THE CITY'S SON: The Skyscraper Throne, Book One.
Edition: First US printing.
Woodbury, MN: Flux, (2012.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel and the first in a planned trilogy, an "alternately glittering and gritty urban fantasy" set in a future London which has become a battleground. Laid in is the starred review from PW Weekly. 460 pp. Dust jacket art by Chris Nurse. ISBN: 9780738734309.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 56371More details Price: $18.00 -
DEAD CONNECTION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Roaring Brook Press, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - "He talks to the dead, and the dead talk to him . . . Murray is a loner who talks to the dead and comforts them in their lonely graves. When Nikki, a murdered cheerleader, asks for help, Murray and Pearl, the daughter of the cemetery caretaker, try to prove that Nikki is closer than anyone thinks." The author's first novel. 225 pp. ISBN: 1596431148.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (a bit of bleeding to the upper corner of the textblock).
Book ID: 65687More details Price: $14.50 -
COUNT KARLSTEIN.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1998.). First edition - Advance issue of the first US appearance of Pullman's first fantasy novel for children, originally published in a slightly different form in England by Chatto and Windus. The US edition is the first to contain Diana Bryan's illustrations (although they are not included in this proof copy.) A combination of horror, suspense and humor - "In the mountains of Switzerland, the wicked Count Karlstein plots to abandon his two nieces in a hunting lodge as prey for the Demon Huntsman and his ghostly hounds." 240 pp. Cover by Kevin Hawkes.
Condition: Very near fine in gray and white illustrated wrappers (one corner slightly bumped) . An uncommon proof.
Book ID: 40356More details Price: $200.00 -
THE SUBTLE KNIFE: His Dark Materials, Book Two.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1997.) dj. Hardcover - The second book in this award-winning, controversial and very powerful children's fantasy trilogy (although rather on the dark side for many children.) 399 pp. ISBN: 0-679879242.
Condition: Good only in a near fine dust jacket (crinkling from dampness to the outer margins of some pages, some soiling to the edges of the textblock.)
Book ID: 41538More details Price: $15.00 -
THE AMBER SPYGLASS: His Dark Materials, Book III
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this title: the US edition preceded the UK edition by several weeks. The only children's book to ever win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award; nominated for the Booker Prize. The third in this incredible fantasy series (the first two volumes were Northern Lights - or The Golden Compass in the US - and The Subtle Knife.) 518 pp. ISBN: 0-679879269.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Uncommon in this condition.
Book ID: 45715More details Price: $50.00 -
THE AMBER SPYGLASS: His Dark Materials, Book III
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this title: the US edition preceded the UK edition by several weeks. The only children's book to ever win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award; nominated for the Booker Prize. The third in this incredible fantasy series (the first two volumes were Northern Lights - or The Golden Compass in the US - and The Subtle Knife.) 518 pp. ISBN: 0-679879269.
Condition: Very good+ in very good dust jacket. (a clean tight copy but with a black line on bottom edge, closed tear at circular cut-out on front cover.)
Book ID: 46087More details Price: $25.00 -
THE SUBTLE KNIFE: His Dark Materials, Book Two.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1997.). First edition - The second book in this award-winning, controversial and very powerful children's fantasy trilogy (although rather on the dark side for many children.) 399 pp.
Condition: Good+ in printed blue wrappers (crease on front cover, some curling to the corners, binding tight, contents clean.) An uncommon advance issue,
Book ID: 46685More details Price: $65.00 -
THE AMBER SPYGLASS: His Dark Materials, Book III
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this title: the US edition preceded the UK edition by several weeks. The only children's book to ever win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award; nominated for the Booker Prize. The third in this incredible fantasy series (the first two volumes were Northern Lights - or The Golden Compass in the US - and The Subtle Knife.) 518 pp. ISBN: 0-679879269.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (prev owner's embossed seal, otherwise tight and clean, tiny tear at circular cutout on front cover of dj.)
Book ID: 47132More details Price: $30.00 -
COUNT KARLSTEIN.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1998.) dj. Hardcover - Pullman's first fantasy novel for children, originally published in a slightly different form in England by Chatto and Windus. The US edition is the first to contain Diana Bryan's illustrations. A combination of horror, suspense and humor - "In the mountains of Switzerland, the wicked Count Karlstein plots to abandon his two nieces in a hunting lodge as prey for the Demon Huntsman and his ghostly hounds." 243 pp. Cover by Kevin Hawkes. ISBN: 0-679-892559.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 48090More details Price: $13.50 -
THE AMBER SPYGLASS: His Dark Materials, Book III
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - The only children's book to ever win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award; nominated for the Booker Prize. The third in this incredible fantasy series (the first two volumes were Northern Lights - or The Golden Compass in the US - and The Subtle Knife.) 518 pp. ISBN: 0-679879269.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 49122More details Price: $18.00 -
THE SUBTLE KNIFE: His Dark Materials, Book Two.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book (and the hardest to find in the first edition) in this award-winning, controversial and very powerful children's fantasy trilogy (although rather on the dark side for many children.) 399 pp. ISBN: 0-679879242.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. An attractive straight and tight copy.
Book ID: 51238More details Price: $75.00 -
THE SUBTLE KNIFE: His Dark Materials, Book Two.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book (and the hardest to find in the first edition) in this award-winning, controversial and very powerful children's fantasy trilogy (although rather on the dark side for many children.) 399 pp. ISBN: 0-679879242.
Condition: Near fine in very good- dust jacket (prev owner's seal on front endpaper, short tear to dj near top of spine)
Book ID: 52700More details Price: $50.00 -
THE AMBER SPYGLASS: His Dark Materials, Book III
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - The only children's book to ever win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award; nominated for the Booker Prize. The third in this incredible fantasy series (the first two volumes were Northern Lights - or The Golden Compass in the US - and The Subtle Knife.) 518 pp. ISBN: 0-679879269.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short closed tear at the cut-out on the front cover.)
Book ID: 55461More details Price: $14.50 -
THE AMBER SPYGLASS: BOOK III
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Scholastic, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third in this incredible, and sometimes controversial, fantasy series (the first two volumes were Northern Lights - or The Golden Compass in the US - and The Subtle Knife.) The first children's book to ever win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award; nominated for the Booker Prize. 548 pp. ISBN: 0-679879269.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60959More details Price: $50.00 -
COUNT KARLSTEIN.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1998.). Hardcover - Pullman's first fantasy novel for children, originally published in a slightly different form in England by Chatto and Windus. The US edition is the first to contain Diana Bryan's illustrations. A combination of horror, suspense and humor - "In the mountains of Switzerland, the wicked Count Karlstein plots to abandon his two nieces in a hunting lodge as prey for the Demon Huntsman and his ghostly hounds." 243 pp. ISBN: 0-679-892559.
Condition: Very good in orange boards, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 61583More details Price: $12.50 -
THE GOLDEN COMPASS: His Dark Materials, Book One. (original title: Northern Lights.)
Edition: First printing (stated and with a number line beginning in '1' as required.)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first in this award-winning, controversial and very powerful children's fantasy trilogy (although rather on the dark side for many children.) Basis for the movie of the same name. 399 pp. ISBN: 0-679-879242.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 61584More details Price: $65.00 -
THE AMBER SPYGLASS: BOOK III
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this title: the US edition preceded the UK edition by several weeks. The first children's book to ever win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award; nominated for the Booker Prize. The third in this incredible, and sometimes controversial, fantasy series (the first two volumes were Northern Lights - or The Golden Compass in the US - and The Subtle Knife.) INSCRIBED ("to ...") by the author on the title page. 518 pp. ISBN: 0-679879269.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 73480More details Price: $175.00 -
CLOVERMEAD: In the Shadow of the Bear.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books - Simon & Schuster, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - an imaginative story, but with a serious core, as Clovermead - who is twelve and dreaming of adventure and swordfighting as the book begins - realizes that she must chose between good and evil as she grows up. 288 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Leo and Diane Dillon. ISBN: 0-689-866399).
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 47310More details Price: $18.00 -
BIG MISTER.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86556More details Price: $18.50 -
A STUDY IN DROWNING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: HarperTeen / Harper Collins, (2023) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first book for young adults, a dark academic fantasy -"Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood, shes had no choice. Her tattered copy of AngharadEmrys Myrddins epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, then destroys himis the only thing keeping her afloat. So when Myrddins family announces a contest to redesign the late authors estate, Effy feels certain its her destiny." 376 pp. ISBN: 978-0063211506.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 89215More details Price: $21.00 -
SIMON BLOOM, THE GRAVITY KEEPER.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Dutton Children's Books, (2008). First edition - From first time author Michael Reisman, comes a science fiction adventure featuring 6th grader Simon Bloom and his discovery of a magical reference book that can control the laws that govern the universe. 298 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 59612More details Price: $15.00 -
THE TRUE MEANING OF SMEKDAY.
Edition: First printing.
Los Angeles: Hyperion, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An "imaginative, wacky, hilarious sci-fi story" written and illustrated by Rex, his first book about Smek. The NY Times commented that, while it was written for children, adults will appreciate it as a satire about the conquering of foreign cultures. SIGNED on the dedication page with a small drawing. (Jennifer Lopez is one of the dedicatees and J.Lo is the name of a renegade Boov mechanic in this tale) 423 pp plus an epilogue and a final drawing. ISBN: 978-0786849000.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83506More details Price: $60.00 -
SMEK FOR PRESIDENT.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Los Angeles: Disney / Hyperion, (2014). SIGNED first edition - A sequel to "The True Meaning of Smekday," this is the second "imaginative, wacky, hilarious sci-fi story" written and illustrated (with cartoon panels) by Rex. The NY Times commented on the first book that, while it was written for children, adults will appreciate it as a satire about the conquering of foreign cultures. SIGNED on the half title page with a small drawing. An uncommon advance issue, and especially so signed. 245 pp plus an appendix with the rules for stickyfish.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 83121More details Price: $30.00
