Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company. (1926.). Hardcover - Classic and adventure-filled story of a boy who accidentally became a member of a gang of smugglers. Illustrated with a full color frontispiece and numerous black and white drawings by Frances Brundage. 246 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, nd (ca 1930) dj. Hardcover - Classic and adventure-filled story of a boy who accidentally became a member of a gang of smugglers. 244 pp. Green and white illustrated endpapers.

New York: Fleming H. Revell, (1911). Hardcover - Uncommon boy's novel of the early 20th century. 226 pp.

New York: Julian Messner, (1961) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography for older children and young adults of one the greatest baseball players of all time. When he was called up by the Giants in 1951, he was rookie of the year, and 1954 after returning from 2 years in the Army during the Korean War, he was MVP - and is still known for "the catch" in the first game of the World series that year. One of a series of Sports Biographies published by Messner. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 192 pp.

Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company, Inc., (1972.). Hardcover first edition - The first title in a mystery series aimed at older girls. From the back cover: "Kim Aldrich. . . smart, beautiful secretary for an international insurance firm. . . living for the day she can become a full-fledged investigator for the firm. . . action-loving, curious, and courageous. Is it any wonder that mystery, adventure --and romance -- just naturally seek her out? " Cover illustration by Arnie Kohn. Two titles in this series listed at back of the book, both with "new" after the name.

New York: Atheneum, 1984. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Young adult fantasy novel; a coming of age story of a young woman who is betrothed to a man she does not love. SIGNED on the title page. 150 pp. ISBN: 0-689-310498.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Burdett Press, (1991). Hardcover first edition - Five stories about African Americans in the old West, written for older children and young adults. Included in this book are accounts of York, who accompanied Lewis and Clark; fur trapper Ed Rose, Alvin Coffey, a gold miner who was able to buy his own freedom; Biddy Mason, who walked in a wagon train from Mississippi to California and then sued for her freedom and won; and George Monroe, a Pony Express rider. Illustrated with full page woodcuts by Richard Leonard. Bibliography, x, 102 pp. ISBN: 0-382240812.

New York: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1981) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Poems written with wit and humor for young adults - divided into sections such as Natural Histories, Mathematical Measures, Heavenly Bodies and more. Illustrated with paintings in black and white by Eyre de Lanux. SIGNED by the illustrator, de Lanux, on the half title page. Glossary 64 pp. ISBN: 0-688004903.

Berkeley, CA: Creston Books, (2016). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Young adult historical novel set during the late Renaissance - and the time of the Inquisition -based on the life of Caravaggio, who dared to rebel against the rules for painting. SIGNED on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. 345 pp plus an author's note, timeline and bibliography. ISBN: 978-1939547293.

Santa Barbara: John Daniel, 1990. SIGNED first edition - His first book - a collection of interrelated stories set on the streets of Oakland, told in the language of inner-city street kids. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 1997. Winner of the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award. 162 pp. ISBN: 0-936784-814.

Santa Barbara: John Daniel, 1990. SIGNED first edition - His first book - a collection of interrelated stories set on the streets of Oakland, told in the language of inner-city street kids. INSCRIBED by author ("to ---") on the title page and dated in 1997. Winner of the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award. 162 pp. ISBN: 0-936784-814.

New York: Scholastic, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first collaboration between these two authors - Nelson (who wrote her earlier books under the name Waniek) is an award-winning poet and children's writer. The story of a 14 year old girl who moves from Brooklyn to "nowhere" Connecticut, but then has paranormal experiences which draw her into the life of a mulatto slave girl - Phyllys - who was murdered in that house. Much of this book is based on the history of Colchester, Connecticut - and Abraham Hajj, a history buff who lives there, appears in the book as a researcher who encourages Pemba to find out the truth. 129 pp. ISBN: 978-0545020763.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, (1959) dj. Hardcover first edition - An early Patrick O'Brian nautical tale, a saga of survival featuring towo young men aboard an ill fated ship - 'The Wager' - which was parted from its squadron in storms off Cape Horn. One of the two historical novels O'Brian wrote for juveniles, preceding the Jack Aubrey series for which he is best known. 256 pp.

New York: Dutton, 1904. Hardcover first edition - Adventure story for older boys, set in 1493, the story of a Spanish boy left in the new world when Columbus returned to Spain. Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and five plates. 339 pp plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (ca 1950, c 1926.) dj. Hardcover - Originally subtitled "A tale of strange adventures befalling Tod Moran, mess boy of the tramp steamer "Araby" upon his first voyage from San Francisco to Genoa via the Panama Canal. Illustrated with black and white drawings and with great dust jacket art by Lawrence Beall Smith. Uncommon vintage juvenile adventure story by this popular California writer, who was born in Stockton (just down the road from us) and lived an adventurous life himself. 332 pp.

Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A wide-ranging collection - selected for young adults - of stories about aliens and encounters with aliens, from back in time to far into the future. Includes both classic stories by writers like Arthur C. Clarke, Avram Davidson, Philip K. Dick, Harry Harrison, Fredric Brown, Robert Bloch and A.E. van Vogt as well as some written specifically for this anthology by Marian Abbey, Francis Beckett, Stephen Bowkett, and Sue Welford. SIGNED by William E. Nolan at his story "The Underdweller." Illustrated with line drawings throughout by David Wyatt, Paul Fisher Johnson and others. vii, 212 pp. Dust jacket art by John Walker. ISBN: 0-192781553.

Akron, OH: Saalfield, (1933.). Hardcover - Mystery story for older children set in Nova Scotia. Frontispiece.

New York: Ives Washburn, (1970.) dj. Hardcover - An account of the campaigns of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, black soldiers with white officers - called by the Indians "Buffalo Soldiers" - between 1867 to 1891, written for young adults. Bibliography, index. 151 pp.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A unique coming of age novel featuring a young boy who lives with his uncle on a research outpost on the planet Paradise. "Daring at last to ask the benevolent voice in his head some difficult questions, young Kip learns that his parents had implanted a chip in his brain that connects him to a powerful computer, that they had been subsequently killed, and that his own life is also in danger." 349 pp. ISBN: 0-312861834.

New York: Harper Collins, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - A hilarious satire on every aspect of modern life from bureaucrats to cops to criminals. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-06-1051578.

New York: Amulet Books (Harry N. Abrams), 2012. First edition - "Nazi Germany has invaded Norway and fourteen-year-old Espen and his friends are swept up in the resistance movement." Based on the real-life adventures of a Norwegian spy during World War II. Author's note, how to make invisible ink, a timeline of events from 1940-45 and bibliography. 284 pp.

Portland, OR: Bootleg Press, (2005). First edition - The author's third novel, one which combines a horror story with a thriller. "The Night Witch is a soucouyant, Southern Caribbean cousin to the vampire and werewolf. She is a never aging shape shifter born of a mixture of Voodoo and European folklore. She lives forever because she wears a locket that contains a magic potion. Her locket has been stolen and she wants it back." and so she is coming after Caroline, the daughter of the man who stole. 309 pp plus publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-974524662.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

New York: Random House, (1964). Hardcover - Collects 10 stories, all originally published in Boys' Life Magazine, by Ray Bradbury, A.M. Lightner, Gene L. Henderson, Don Wilcox, William F. Hallstead III, Edward W. Wood, James V. Hinrichs, Richard Harper, William W. Greer. The Bradbury story is "The Man." The fifth in a series of books on different topics. 182 pp plus a list of 7 titles in this series.

New York: Wendy Lamb Books / Random House, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. Her first book, a young adult novel about a 16 year old girl, adopted but happy with her life and her family, who is contacted by her birth mother - a story about the meaning of family, and of finding yourself, of learning what love really is. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-385746989.