Young Adult
DAY OF THE STARWIND.
New York: Atheneum, 1983. Octavo, cloth. Second U.S. printing. The third volume in the "Last Legionary" series. "One of the best examples of space opera for young readers...quick moving, suspenseful, action-filled." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-529.
DEATHWING OVER VEYNAA.
New York: Atheneum, 1981. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. The second volume in the "Last Legionary" series. "One of the best examples of space opera for young readers...quick moving, suspenseful, action-filled." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-529.
THE HUNTSMAN.
New York: Atheneum, 1982. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. The first volume in the "The Huntsman" series. Well regarded SF for youngsters.
PLANET OF THE WARLORD.
New York: Atheneum, 1982. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The fourth volume in the "Last Legionary" series. Well reg"One of the best examples of space opera for young readers...quick moving, suspenseful, action-filled." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-529.
YOUNG LEGIONARY.
New York: Atheneum, 1983. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The fifth and final volume in the "Last Legionary" series. Well regarded SF for youngsters."One of the best examples of space opera for young readers...quick moving, suspenseful, action-filled." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-529.
FIND THE FEATHERED SERPENT.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by the author on the half title page. The author's first book. "A time travel tale involving a Wellsian time machine." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-78.
FIND THE FEATHERED SERPENT.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Henry Sharp, cloth. First edition. The author's first book. "A time travel tale involving a Wellsian time machine." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-78.
FIND THE FEATHERED SERPENT.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Henry Sharp, cloth. First edition. The author's first book. "A time travel tale involving a Wellsian time machine." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-78. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961.
WARLOCK AT THE WHEEL AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Greenwillow Books, [1985]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Young adult fantasy story collection.
THE SILVER KISS.
New York: Delacorte, 1990. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed by Klause on the title page. Well received young adult vampire novel. Author's first book.
A SWIFTLY TILTING PLANET.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1978]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. This children's fantasy, the third of the Meg Murry novels, preceded by A WRINKLE IN TIME and A WIND IN THE DOOR. "L'Engle seems to have arrived at a happy synthesis of science, metaphysics, universal politics, and individual responsibility. She is one of the handful of science fiction writers whose work consistently rings true." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers, pp. 569-570. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-662.
A WIND IN THE DOOR.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1973]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. This children's fantasy, the second of the Meg Murry novels, preceded by A WRINKLE IN TIME. "L'Engle seems to have arrived at a happy synthesis of science, metaphysics, universal politics, and individual responsibility. She is one of the handful of science fiction writers whose work consistently rings true." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers, pp. 569-570. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-662.
COMPANIONS ON THE ROAD AND THE WINTER PLAYERS: TWO NOVELLAS.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1977]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. and First combined editions. Two fantasy novellas aimed toward the youger audience. "Lee's books for children, in fact, have a clarity and directness which make them among the very best of her works" - Pringle (ed.): St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, p. 351-53.
COMPANIONS ON THE ROAD AND THE WINTER PLAYERS: TWO NOVELLAS.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1977]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. and First combined editions. Two fantasy novellas aimed toward the younger audience. "Lee's books for children, in fact, have a clarity and directness which make them among the very best of her works" - Pringle (ed.): St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, p. 351-53.
THE DRAGON HOARD.
New York: Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux, [1971]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Author's first book.
THE DRAGON HOARD.
New York: Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux, [1971]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Author's first book.
GIFTWISH.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Review slip laid in. Young adult fantasy novel in the Tolkien tradition.
DRAGONDRUMS.
New York: Atheneum, 1979. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The third volume in the Harper Hall trilogy. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-109.
DRAGONSINGER.
New York: Atheneum, 1977. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The second volume in the Harper Hall trilogy. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-109.
DRAGONSONG.
New York: Atheneum, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The first volume in the Harper Hall trilogy. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-109.
THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD.
New York: Atheneum, 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Winner of the 1975 World Fantasy Award. "...a deceptively simple novel, stylistically lyrical, often surprising, and wonderfully consistent. Presented as a fairy tale, thought with great and involving emotion, it shows absolute power, the bitterness of revenge, great love and the search for a heart's desire." - Pringle (ed.), St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 398-399. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 7-257. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 54. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 566-70. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 136-7.
MEL OLIVER AND SPACE ROVER ON MARS.
[New York]: Gnome Press, Publishers, [1954]. Octavo, pictorial boards. First edition. The author's first SF book. Young adult story involving in interplanetary circus.
THE DEFIANT AGENTS.
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1962]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Third book of the "Time Traders" series.
THE GOLDEN COMPASS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1996]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Advance copy. This is the Advance Reader's Edition/Uncorrected Proof of the first novel in the His Dark Materials trilogy, first published in the U.K. as His Dark Materials 1: Northern Lights. This is an interesting edition as the number line on the copyright page starts with 2 and ends with 10 and has no first printing statement (the hardcover edition has the number line start with 10 and descend to 1 and states first printing. The pagination between the proof and the hardcover is also different, the first text page is 3 ending with 397, the hardcover edition has the text start with page 3 and end with 399. Barron (ed): Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-311.
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE ...
[London]: Bloomsbury, [2000]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition, first printing with "First published in Great Britain in 2000 / ... / First Edition" on copyright page. Signed on the dedication page by Rowling. Fourth of the very popular Harry Potter books.