Young Adult
A TOUCH OF CHILL: TALES FOR SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.
New York: Delacorte Press, [1980]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Signed inscription by Aiken to a mystery book publisher and book seller on the title page. Publisher's review slip laid in. Collection of fifteen stories. The contents of this book differ from the U.K. title of the same name, (nearly half the stories differ). [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-11].
NORBY AND THE LOST PRINCESS.
New York: Walker and Company, [1985]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The third Norby book.
SUMMERLAND.
New York: Miramax Books / Hyperion Books for Children, [2002]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Chabon on the title page. Fantasy which takes place in the world of Summerland, the plot based around the game of baseball.
THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD.
New York: The Macmillan Company, [1967]. Octavo, pictorial cloth. First U.S. edition. Set in a dystopian future where aliens have conquered the Earth. They travel in in three legged vehicles reminiscent of the Martian war machines in H.G. Well's WAR OF THE WORLDS. The aliens control humans by inserting communication devices in their heads. The second book of a trilogy preceded by THE WHITE MOUNTAINS (1967) and followed by THE POOL OF FIRE (1968). And later a fourth book, a prequel, WHEN THE TRIPODS CAME (1988) was published. Basis for a BBC series "The Tripods." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244].
THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD.
New York: The Macmillan Company, [1968]. Octavo, pictorial cloth. First U.S. edition. Set in a dystopian future where aliens have conquered the Earth. They travel in in three legged vehicles reminiscent of the Martian war machines in H.G. Well's WAR OF THE WORLDS. The aliens control humans by inserting communication devices in their heads. The final book of a trilogy preceded by THE WHITE MOUNTAINS (1967) and THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD (1967). And later a fourth book, a prequel, WHEN THE TRIPODS CAME (1988) was published. Basis for a BBC series "The Tripods." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244].
THE PRINCE IN WAITING.
[New York]: The Macmillan Company, [1970]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Set in a future "...where earthquakes destroys much of civilization. England rebuilds following the pattern of medieval walled cities ruled over by the Spirits as they are interpreted by the seers." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-243. First book in the trilogy followed by BEYOND THE BURNING LANDS (1971) and THE SWORD OF THE SPIRITS (1972). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244].
THE SWORD OF THE SPIRITS.
New York: The Macmillan Company, [1972]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Set in a future "...where earthquakes destroys much of civilization. England rebuilds following the pattern of medieval walled cities ruled over by the Spirits as they are interpreted by the seers." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-243. Last book in the trilogy preceded by THE PRINCE IN WAITING (1970) and BEYOND THE BURNING LANDS (1971). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244].
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
New York: The Macmillan Company, [1967]. Octavo, pictorial cloth. First U.S. edition. Set in a dystopian future where aliens have conquered the Earth. They travel in in three legged vehicles reminiscent of the Martian war machines in H.G. Well's WAR OF THE WORLDS. The aliens control humans by inserting communication devices in their heads. The first book of a trilogy followed by THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD (1967) and THE POOL OF FIRE (1968). And later a fourth book, a prequel, WHEN THE TRIPODS CAME (1988) was published. Basis for a BBC series "The Tripods." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244].
WHEN THE TRIPODS CAME.
New York: E.P. Dutton, [1988]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First U. S. edition. Precedes the British edition. Prequel to the tripod trilogy, the fourth novel featuring the tripods. "...this prequel serves chiefly to describe the establishment of the core of resistance that appears at the opening of THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.... it has the same swift action and sense of menace that has made the original books popular." - Kirkus Reviews, April 1988. [Reference: See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244].
A THOUSAND YEARS A MINUTE.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1933]. Octavo, original blue cloth, front panel and spine stamped in black. First edition. Second volume of the four volume juvenile series "Adventures in the Unknown". "...the novel aptly represents one of the two authors writing before Heinlein (the other is Roy Rockwood) whose imagination and storytelling ability still stand out." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-33.
TALES BEYOND TIME: FROM FANTASY TO SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1973. Octavo, boards. First edition. Adventures in time and space for children.
MAROONED ON MARS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Paul Orban, cloth. Later, fifth printing. A Robinsonade set on Mars where Earth's stranded first mission to the seemingly lifeless Red Planet is menaced by rodent-like Martians. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
MAROONED ON MARS.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, stiff pictorial wrappers. First edition, later issue. A Robinsonade set on Mars where Earth's stranded first mission to the seemingly lifeless Red Planet is menaced by rodent-like Martians. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction. These later issues are often called in error advance copies. This has the "first edition" statement on the copyright page, but is bound in a later printing dust jacket (listing 29 volumes in the series on the rear panel, rather than the 4 listed on first printing jackets for this title) which is adhered to unprinted stiff white wrappers.
THE PLANET MAPPERS.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1955. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Young adult sf adventure novel.
M IS FOR MAGIC.
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, [2007]. Octavo, illustrated by Gahan Wilson, cloth. First edition. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Gaiman and artist Gahan Wilson. Collects ten stories and a poem, several for the first time in book form.
THE GRAVEYARD BOOK VOLUME 1...
[New York]: Harper, [2014]. Octavo, pictorial boards. First edition. Graphic novel adaptation of Gaimen's Newberry Medal award book. Illustrations by Kevin Nowlan, P. Craig Russell, Tony Harris, Scott Hampton, Galen Showman, Jill Thompson and Stephen B. Scott.
BETWEEN PLANETS.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. Octavo, illustration by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. A Heinlein juvenile novel.
BETWEEN PLANETS.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. Octavo, illustration by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. A Heinlein juvenile novel.
BETWEEN PLANETS.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. Octavo, illustration by Clifford Geary, cloth. First edition. A Heinlein juvenile novel. "A teenage boy gets caught up in war between the hardy colonists of the planet Venus and a repressive Earth government. -Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 38.
CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1957]. Octavo, Illustration by Leonard Everett Fisher (jacket and title page), cloth. First edition. First serialized in Astounding magazine. "...Heinlein's knack for creating sociologically plausible cultures is well displayed." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-85, 5-60.
CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1957]. Octavo, Illustration by Leonard Everett Fisher (jacket and title page), cloth. First edition. First serialized in Astounding magazine. "...Heinlein's knack for creating sociologically plausible cultures is well displayed." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-85, 5-60. [Reference: Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 363-68].
CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1957]. Octavo, Illustration by Leonard Everett Fisher (jacket and title page), cloth. First edition. First serialized in Astounding magazine. "...Heinlein's knack for creating sociologically plausible cultures is well displayed." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-85, 5-60. [Reference: Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 363-68].
CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1957]. Octavo, Illustration by Leonard Everett Fisher (jacket and title page), cloth. First edition. First serialized in Astounding magazine. "...Heinlein's knack for creating sociologically plausible cultures is well displayed." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-507 [Reference: Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 363-68].
FARMER IN THE SKY.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A Heinlein juvenile novel. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-61].
FARMER IN THE SKY.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A Heinlein juvenile novel. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-61].