New York: Dodd, Mead, (1965.) dj. Hardcover - Illustrated with photographs and designed to appeal to young people, this book contains short biographies and poetic samples of 12 African American writers, including Arna Bontemps, Francis E. W. Harper, Gwendolyn Brooks, Dunbar and Hughes. In addition to being a writer herself, Rollins was a pioneering librarian - as the head librarian of the children's department of the Chicago Public Library, she used this position to fight to remove books with negative racist stereotypes and to replace them with books that highlighted contributions by African Americans. Her biography of Langston Hughes received the Coretta Scott King book award. A title in the Famous Biographies for Young People series. Bibliography, index. 95 pp.

New York: Viking, (2008). First edition - An old man nearing death looks back only his only true friendship back when he was 16. 209 pp.

New York: Orchard Books, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of eight short stories for young adults by this award-winning author. 104 pp. ISBN: 0-531059006.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001.). First edition - His first novel - and the first book in his highly praised trilogy on what it means to be gay and young in America. 245 pp including 10 pp of information re resources for gay teenagers.

Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in the early 18th century, this is "the story of the great changes that the coming of the horse made in the Indian's way of life. Young Wolf belonged to the first generation of Nim-i-pu as the Nez Perce called themselves to grow up in a culture that had learned to use the speed and power of the horse." Illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by Pers Crowell. 169 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-87004-2122.

Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in the early 18th century, this is "the story of the great changes that the coming of the horse made in the Indian's way of life. Young Wolf belonged to the first generation of Nim-i-pu as the Nez Perce called themselves to grow up in a culture that had learned to use the speed and power of the horse." Illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by Pers Crowell. 169 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-87004-2122.

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: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2007). First edition - Sequel to her award-winning young adult novel, Earthseed, the second book in the Seed Trilogy. More than twenty years have passed since Ship left it children on an uninhabited earthlike planet called Home, but divisions arose among the settlers - 287 pp.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - A stand-alone novel in his award-winning "Old Man's War" series. SIGNED on the title page and dated before publication on 6/1/2008. 335 pp.

Boston: Beacon Press, (1964) dj. Hardcover first edition - Brief biographies of those important to the history of the Unitarian - Universalist Church, written for older children and young adults. Included are George de Benneville (1703-1793), John Murray (1741-1851, the founder of the Universalist Church in America), Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush, Hosea Ballou, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mary A. Livermore, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Starr King, Clara Barton and others, arranged chronologically. Portrait drawings of each subject by Robert MacLean. Foreword by Henry H. Cheetham. Footnotes. 277 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The tenth book in this series for young adults which has garnered praise from such writers as J. K. Rowlings. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-316-156272.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2002.). SIGNED - Selected as an ALA best book for young adults, as a YALSA Top 10 Quick Picks for Young Adults and on the Texas Lone Star Reading list. 'Combines gritty heart-stopping plotting with a wealth of complex issues - great science fiction.' INSCRIBED on the title page with 'enjoy' and dated in 2003. ISBN: 0-765-34243x.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Nine science fiction stories, written for young adults., in which outerspace and the unknown are brought alive, 224 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0751500.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1969.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Nine science fiction stories, written for young adults., in which outerspace and the unknown are brought alive, 224 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0751500.

Chicago: Follett Publishing Co., (1970.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in what was then the near future - a world of space exploration, and of the World's Fair satellite, a copper hued globe rotating around the earth. SIGNED on the title page by Silverberg. 248 pp. Cover art by Jack Endewelt. ISBN: 0-695-400894.

New York: Hyperion, (2000). SIGNED first edition - The first book in a fantasy duology, a gender swapped retelling of "The Count of Monte Cristo." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2019 - that is, before publication. 327 pp.

New York: Hyperion, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Young adult novel - A young boy and a Masai join forces in Kenya as Jake tries to find his father who is researching the elephants there, and the Masai is trying to end the drought - and together they succeed in stopping the poachers who are killing elephants for their tusks. SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the title page. 250 pp.

New York: HarperTeen /Harper Collins, (2008). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel for young adults, issued as a trade paperback original. Ever since Claire hit her teens, electrical storms cause her to switch bodies. Usually she's back to her old self in no time, but then something goes terribly wrong . . . SIGNED on the title page. 215 pp.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A collection of ten short stories, set in California's Central Valley, about the hard life on the streets for Mexican American kids. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1999. 157 pp. ISBN: 0-15-2016589.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, n.d. (c 1945.). Hardcover - Adventure story set in the South Pacific during World War II - on the same day that the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Judd Anders and his friends are set adrift on a raft, as their ship is taken over by the Japanese and German crew members. Illustrated by the author. 213 pp. Reprint for The Parents' Institute, Inc as a title in the 'Teen-age Mystery Classics' series, no date (only orig copyright), probably late 50's or early 60's, bound in dark blue cloth with red magnifying glass on front cover with 'Teen-age Mystery Classics' inside, red panel with title in dark blue on spine. One of a series of books published in a uniform binding.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fantasy novel for older children and young adults set in the world of King Arthur. Author's note. 198 pp. ISBN: 9780375836343.

New York: Putnam, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a dark-edged fantasy for young adults, set on the Yorkshire coastline of cliffs and moors. "Vicar Obadiah Demurral isn't satisfied running the affairs of his village--now he wants to control the world. And if his plan works, he will obtain a weapon so powerful even God and his angels will fall down at his feet. Demoral will stop at nothing ,and as a shadowmancer - a sorcerer who speaks to the dead - he even commands restless souls to do his bidding." Originally self-published by the author in England. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-399242562.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories for young adults by this award-winning author. 184 pp. ISBN: 0-15-201408x.

New York: HarperCollins, 1992. SIGNED - A collection of 11 stories (most being published for the first time) by authors such as Gary Soto, Al Young, Maxine Hong Kingston, Lois Lowry, Kevin Kyung , Ana Castillo, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Gerald Haslam, Rick Wernli and Gerald Vizenor. SIGNED by Lois Lowry at her story "The Harringtons' Daughter." Includes brief biographies of the contributors. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-06-4470822.

Boston & Chicago: W. A. Wilde, (1896). Hardcover - The second title in The War of the Revolution series. Tenth edition stated on title page. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and four inserted plates by Charles Copeland. 364 pp. plus 3 pp publisher's ads.

New York: Henry Holt, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A poetry anthology especially for young adults - "Drawing on poems both serious and silly and poets from Shakespeare to Lucille Clifton, The Body Eclectic looks at what our bodies are, what they are not, how we love them and taunt them, what they give us, and what they take away." More than 70 poems, including selections from Sandra Cisneros, Gary Soto, Li-Young Lee, William Stafford, Jane Hirshfield, Sherman Alexie, Thomas Hardy and many more. SIGNED by TWO contributors: on the title page by the editor, Patrice Vecchione and by Gary Soto at his poem "Black Hair." Introduction and biographical notes with suggestions for further readings. Index of authors and titles, 192 pp. ISBN: 0-805069356.