Walnut Creek, CA: Komenar Publishing, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a fantasy novel set among the nomadic people of the desert Kren and described as 'a fascinating journey into an alien culture, one more open and honorable than our own - although like us in its capacity for violence.' (author Madeline Howard.) Illustrated with full-page pen and ink drawings. INSCRIBED on the title page by both the author and illustrator and dated in the year of publication. 198 pp. Promotional card laid in. ISBN: 9780977208142.

Walnut Creek, CA: Komenar Publishing, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a fantasy novel set among the nomadic people of the desert Kren and described as 'a fascinating journey into an alien culture, one more open and honorable than our own - although like us in its capacity for violence.' (author Madeline Howard.) Illustrated with full-page pen and ink drawings. SIGNED on the title page. 198 pp. ISBN: 9780977208142.

New York: Henry Holt, (1953) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth in the series of adventures featuring Bob Clifton, published posthumously, illustrated with drawings by Kurt Wiese. Set in what was then the Belgian Congo, where the author had lived and worked for many years. 152 pp.

New York: Scholastic, (1996.). This book - Hughes's only book of poetry for young readers - was originally published in 1932 with 59 poems. This edition is enhanced by Pinkney's scratchboard illustrations and also contains 7 additional poems and an introduction by Lee Bennett Hopkins. ISBN: 0-590-623966.

New York: Scholastic, (1996.). This book - Hughes's only book of poetry for young readers - was originally published in 1932 with 59 poems. This edition is enhanced by Pinkney's scratchboard illustrations and also contains 7 additional poems and an introduction by Lee Bennett Hopkins. ISBN: 0-590-623966.

New York: The Viking Press, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful collaboration between Hughes and Baskin - illustrated with watercolors (including some two page spreads) and drawings. Large format. . 77 pp plus list of poems. ISBN: 0-670627259.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1986.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A lovely small volume combining poems by Hughes with gorgeous full color paintings (including some double page spreads) by Leonard Baskin. A celebration of the small things in nature: poppies and narcissus, grasshoppers and nightwings, and more. 61 pp. ISBN: 0-394-557387.

London: Chancellor Press, (1985) dj. Hardcover - A reprint of this illustrated edition of Irving's classic story, originally published with illustrations by Arthur Rackham in 1905. Includes 16 full color plates (printed doublesided) and several small black and white drawings. xiv, 64 pp. ISBN: 0-907486762.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1905. Hardcover first edition - A collection of mostly humorous stories with decorations and 10 full page illustrations by Will Owen. Tissue guard at frontispiece. 269 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads.

New York: Doubleday, McClure Company, 1898. Hardcover first edition - A collection of thirteen short stories by Kipling, which were mostly written between 1893 and 1896 while Kipling was living in Vermont. Included in these stories is one titled "007." Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and seven internal plates by W. L. Sonntag, E. L. Blumenschein, and W. D. Stevens. The American edition, preceded the English edition by two months, but this is a corrected later issue with the letter "o" in the word "into" intact on page 189. 481 pp. Top edge gilt.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author/illustrator's second book. Hector and Prudence and the piglets take a magical ride on the train set up on the floor as a Christmas gift. INSCRIBED by the author opposite the title page. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-679-804862.

Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867. Hardcover first edition - A collection of thirteen poems, including the title poem, illustrated with 5 steel engravings, each with tissue guards. In the rather uncommon embossed brown leather binding, with gilt title on spine, gilt decoraations to the edges and the turn down, marble endpapers, all edges gilt. 72 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2011.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Winner of the Newbery award. A haunting novel of a boy who lives in a seemingly idyllic world - without conflict, poverty, unemployment, injustice or inequality - but in his 12th year he sent to a man known only as 'the Giver' and begins to learn the dark secrets that underlie the fragile perfection of his world. This edition includes a new introduction by Lowry, her Newbery award acceptance speech, and is beautifully illustrated with full color full page paintings by Bagram Ibatoulline. 197 pp. Ribbon marker bound in. ISBN: 0-395-645662.

[College Station]: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A & M University Libraries, 2013. SIGNED first edition - A beautifully illustrated catalogue for an exhibition held in the Spring of 2013. Includes essays by Cait Coker on Martin as the American Tolkien, by Stephen Smith on the beginnings of the collection and by Lisa Tuttle. Illustrated in full color throughout. SIGNED by George Martin on the title page, and by artists John Picacio (at the essay "about the artist") and Lee Moyer on the page highlighting his illustrations. Slightly oversized square format. 96 pp.

Arlington Heights, Illinois: Dark Harvest Books, 1989. dj. SIGNED by illustrator, hardcover first edition - A beautiful illustrated edition of this 1987 Bram Stoker award-winning novel set in a post-apocalyptic world. Illustrated with a full color front plate and 11 full page black and white illustrations by Charles Lang. Laid in is an original sketch of the art work for the dust jacket reproduced for the Overlook Connection and SIGNED by Charles Lang. 608 pp. ISBN: 0-913165468.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Twelve original stories inspired by the art of Dave McKean. Authors include McKean, Neil Gaiman, M. John Harrison, Maria Dahvana Headley, Joe Hill, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Joe R, Lansdale, Alastair Reynolds, Ian Sinclair and Catherynne M. Valente. Somewhat oversized square format. SIGNED by Joe Lansdale at his story "Robo Rapid." 243 pp plus 5 final illustrations. Cover art by Dave McKean. ISBN: 978-1596068254.

New York: Atheneum, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautifully illustrated book for older children by this Pulitzer prize winning historian -"Contains personal narratives from settlers and soldiers as well as profiles and accounts of the actions of many important historical persons involved in Reconstruction and the movement west, such as President Andrew Johnson, General George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, and more." Index. Large square format, 96 pp. Timeline on endpapers. ISBN: 0-689865430.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1912.). Hardcover - The classic Christmas poem charmingly illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith with twelve full page color illustrations, numerous vignettes and line drawings and initial letters. Small oblong format, unpaginated. colored drawings. The second issue of this version, bound in red illustrated paper covered boards which wrap around the spine but with the same cover illustration as the first.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His first book for children, the story of old Jake (just a" rickety" old hermit) and how he came to the rescue of the town when it was overrun by owls of all kinds . Beautifully illustrated with many full page woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. SIGNED by Norman on the title page. Selected by the NY Times as one of the best illustrated books of the year. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-87113-0580.

Boston: Little Brown, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Six stories retold by Norman - about the giant Glooskap who first created human beings and then travelled among them from the Bay of Fundy to the shores of New England. SIGNED by the author. Illustrated with wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. 60 pp. ISBN: 0-316-611816.

Boston: Little Brown, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Six stories retold by Norman - about the giant Glooskap who first created human beings and then travelled among them from the Bay of Fundy to the shores of New England. SIGNED by the author. Illustrated with wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. 60 pp. ISBN: 0-316-611816.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1992.) dj. Hardcover - Her second book. Poems about cats by such diverse writers as Ogden Nash, William Wordsworth, Don Marquis, John Ciardi, J.J.R. Tolkien, Emily Dickinson, W.B.Yeats, Baudelaire, Marianne Moore, Oscar Wilde, Paul Gallico, T.S.Eliot, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Neruda, William Carlos Williams & others, illustrated with linocuts by Martha Paulos. Oblong format. 64 pp. ISBN: 9780811801034.

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.

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.

By the author, (1975). First edition - A collection of poems, many set in Mexico where Rudge lived and studied art, and illustrated throughout with her drawings. Rudge was named the first Poet Laureate of Alameda (a title she held until her death) as well as receiving many other awards, but she was also well known for her art - she had several one woman shows of her works in both Mexico and the United States. She was also known as an advocate for the homeless, artists, poets and those suffering poverty and discrimination. This volume includes "eating succulent joy of plum" which she wrote as a gift to the Farm Workers' Benefit. Unpaginated (a slim volume of 36 pp)

Atlanta: Longstreet Press, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes sixteen vignettes by Ferrol Sams about America's changing countryside - covered bridges, tools, roads, churches - illustrated with 60 full color paintings, including some double page spreads, by Jim Harrison. Large format. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-092926037.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1947. dj. Hardcover first edition - A rather hard-to-find historical novel for young adults, set during the First Crusade and featuring 16 year-old Philip of Clareville at the siege of Antioch in 1097. Illustrated with both full page drawings and some small vignettes by the author, a noted Swiss sculptor and artist. Includes an author's note and brief bibliography. 224 pp.

New York: Macmillan, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A simple introduction for older children to the various architectural styles one sees in the US - from adobes to log cabins to Victorians, houseboats and mobile homes, explaining why people built where they did and the way they did. Illustrated in full color. Unpagingated. Large oblong format. ISBN: 0-02-7818012.