BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA. Book One: The Escape From Home
Signed first edition of this first half of the two-part BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA historical duology by the popular and prolific young adult novelist.
Signed first edition of this first half of the two-part BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA historical duology by the popular and prolific young adult novelist.
First edition of the 2nd book in Baum's YA detective series, with a striking ombre binding design.
Early printing of Clement's story of a teen who unknowing hosts a parasitic alien life-form, issued as part of Doubleday's Young Moderns series following the publisher's first edition.
First US edition of this young adult Mars expeditionary adventure by Cross, an influential author, editor, and producer of fantasy, science fiction, and horror novels, radio plays, and television adaptations.
First edition of Dougherty's illustrated Lincoln biography for young adults, issued during World War II.
Uncommon first edition of this mid-'50s illustrated young adult science fiction anthology in the scarce dust jacket, with stories by del Rey, Carl H. Claudy, Peter van Dresser, and Robert Moore Williams.
Signed first edition of this sequel to George's classic Newbery Award-winning JULIE OF THE WOLVES.
Inscribed first edition of the classic '70s YA novel about a sensitive adolescent exploring her own identity and her family's history, published the year after Hamilton became the first Black author to be awarded the Newbery Medal.
First edition, a young adult novel about a girl's trials and tribulations as a displaced person after WWII, rare in the original dust jacket.
Signed first edition of this enduring YA classic, adapted into an equally classic and enduring film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring a who's-who of about-to-be-huge 1980s stars (Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, Emilio Estevez, etc.).
Signed first edition of Houston's Appalachian historical novel, with the scarce signature of illustrator and noted bluegrass album cover artist Thomas Burt Allen.
First edition of this middle grade historical novel of a young would-be aviator in 1920s Appalachia, scarce signed by the Tennessee-born illustrator and former head of the Ringling College of Art and Design.
First edition, first printing of this provocative and fascinating young adult story. This is the first young adult work by Kerr, one of the pseudonyms of Marijane Meaker.
Review copy of the first US edition, in the scarce first-issue dust jacket.
First printing of the third book in L'Engle's classic Time Quintet, a time travel fantasy set against the looming backdrop of threatened nuclear war and total annihilation, in the beautiful Leo and Diane Dillon dust jacket.
Inscribed first printing of this YA romance, about a Korean-American girl facing everyday racism in her Minnesota high school while her relationship with a white classmate blossoms.
Early reprint in the scarce original jacket of this baseball novel, in which a Georgia boy moves to Pennsylvania and finds community through baseball — by Christopher "Matty" Mathewson, the Hall of Fame Major League pitcher.
Reissue of the classic 1968 young adult fantasy, in the uncommon dust jacket; McKenzie was an accomplished musician and the author of eight other children's books written between the 1960s and the 1990s.
First edition of the sequel to ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, in which a late-teenage Anne Shirley seeks out new responsibility and new escapades as a schoolteacher while Gilbert Blythe moons and pines in the background.
First printing of the acclaimed YA novel, in which one brave horse connects the lives of people over the course of WWI — the basis for the award-winning play and the film of the same name by Steven Spielberg.
First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning novel, in the first issue jacket (without the award sticker), a coming of age tale set on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning novel, warmly inscribed to fellow author Barbara Elleman.
First US edition of the second book in the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, with bookplate signed by Pullman tipped onto half title.
First printing of the third HENRY REED title, following entrepreneurial Henry's efforts at starting a new business with his friend Midge.
First printing of the second HENRY REED title, in which a cross-country road trip with his friend Midge inspires him to try his hand at guidebook-writing.