The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien - 1977

ROWLING, J[oanne] K[athleen].Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Illustrations by Mary GrandPre. [NY]: Scholastic [1999]. 8vo, xii 436pp. Purple half-cloth with green patterned boards and spine stamped in green. Red endpapers; b&w illustrated chapter headings. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author, J.K. Rowling, and the artist, Mary GrandPre.First US Edition. The third book in the bestselling Harry Potter series. Harry must face his greatest challenge yet when his infamous godfather, Sirius Black, escapes from Azkaban prison. Is he out to get Harry? Or is there more to the story than Harry's been told?

HARDINGE, Frances. Fly By Night. [NY]: HarperCollins [2005]. 8vo, [viii] 487pp. Color pictorial paper wrappers. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners, else a fine copy, with publisher's press release and comment reply card laid in.
Advance Reader's Edition, being issued to reviewers in a very limited quantity prior to the release of the first printing. The first book by this celebrated and award-winning British author. Mosca Mye's father insisted on teaching her to read—even in a world where books are dangerous, regulated things. Eight years later, Quillam Mye died, leaving behind an orphaned daughter with an inauspicious name and an all-consuming hunger for words. Trapped for years in the care of her cruel Uncle Westerly and Aunt Briony, Mosca leaps at the opportunity for escape, though it comes in the form of the sneaky swindler Eponymous Clent. As she travels the land with Clent and her pet goose, Saracen, Mosca begins to discover complicated truths about the world she inhabits and the true… Read More

HOFFMAN, Alice. Green Angel. NY: Scholastic [2003]. 8vo, [vi] 119 pp. Color pictorial boards. Olive endpapers; 6 double-page half-tone illustrations in green ink. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author, Alice Hoffman.
First edition. The first novel for teens by the New York Times best-selling author of Practical Magic, as well as the first book in the Green Angel duology. Left on her own when her family is lost in a terrible disaster, 15-year-old Green is haunted by loss and by the past. Struggling to survive physically and emotionally in a place where nothing seems to grow and ashes are everywhere, Green retreats into the ruined realm of her garden. But in destroying her feelings, she also begins to destroy herself, erasing the girl she'd once been as she tattoos ravens and bats into her skin. At first leaving the house only to find food, Green gradually begins to relearn the lessons of love and heal by caring for others and sharing her own story. Told in a spare,… Read More

KONIGSBURG, E[laine] L[obl]. Silent to the Bone. NY: Atheneum [2000]. 8vo, [x] 261pp. Blue board spine stamped in gold with orange boards. Orange endpapers. A near fine copy with slight bumping to upper spine end, in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author, two-time Newbery Medalist, E.L. Konigsburg.
First edition. Connor is sure his best friend, Branwell, couldn't have hurt Nikki. She's Branwell's baby half sister. But she's in a coma and Branwell has lost his ability to speak. Suspected of a horrible crime, he's being kept isolated in a juvenile detention center. Connor won't believe his friend could do such a horrible thing, but how can he break through Branwell's wall of silence and prove Branwell didn't commit the unspeakable act?

PATERSON, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia. Illustrated by Donna Diamond. NY: Thomas Y Crowell [1977]. 8vo, [x] 131pp. Black cloth with spine stamped in silver, front cover stamped in blind. 8 full-page and 4 half-page half-tone illustrations. Spine ends and lower corners lightly rubbed; faint, tiny discoloration in midst of front free endpaper; else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (a fw tiny chips at spine ends, spine a tad sunned, medal affixed). With a bookplate signed by two-time Newbery Medalist Katherine Paterson laid in.
First edition. 1978 Newbery Medal Winner! This moving novel of two friends who create a magical kingdom for themselves to deal with the stresses in their lives has been beloved since its publication. The basis for a 1985 PBS TV movie and the 2007 Disney feature film starring Josh Hutcherson and written by the author's son, David Paterson (whose loss of a dear friend as a child inspired the book).

ROWLING, J[oanne] K[athleen].Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Illustrations by Mary GrandPre. [NY]: Scholastic [1999]. 8vo, xii 436pp. Purple half-cloth with green patterned boards and spine stamped in green. Red endpapers; b&w illustrated chapter headings. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author, J.K. Rowling, and the artist, Mary GrandPre.First US Edition. The third book in the bestselling Harry Potter series. Harry must face his greatest challenge yet when his infamous godfather, Sirius Black, escapes from Azkaban prison. Is he out to get Harry? Or is there more to the story than Harry's been told?

HARDINGE, Frances. Fly By Night. [NY]: HarperCollins [2005]. 8vo, [viii] 487pp. Color pictorial paper wrappers. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners, else a fine copy, with publisher's press release and comment reply card laid in.
Advance Reader's Edition, being issued to reviewers in a very limited quantity prior to the release of the first printing. The first book by this celebrated and award-winning British author. Mosca Mye's father insisted on teaching her to read—even in a world where books are dangerous, regulated things. Eight years later, Quillam Mye died, leaving behind an orphaned daughter with an inauspicious name and an all-consuming hunger for words. Trapped for years in the care of her cruel Uncle Westerly and Aunt Briony, Mosca leaps at the opportunity for escape, though it comes in the form of the sneaky swindler Eponymous Clent. As she travels the land with Clent and her pet goose, Saracen, Mosca begins to discover complicated truths about the world she inhabits and the true… Read More

HOFFMAN, Alice. Green Angel. NY: Scholastic [2003]. 8vo, [vi] 119 pp. Color pictorial boards. Olive endpapers; 6 double-page half-tone illustrations in green ink. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author, Alice Hoffman.
First edition. The first novel for teens by the New York Times best-selling author of Practical Magic, as well as the first book in the Green Angel duology. Left on her own when her family is lost in a terrible disaster, 15-year-old Green is haunted by loss and by the past. Struggling to survive physically and emotionally in a place where nothing seems to grow and ashes are everywhere, Green retreats into the ruined realm of her garden. But in destroying her feelings, she also begins to destroy herself, erasing the girl she'd once been as she tattoos ravens and bats into her skin. At first leaving the house only to find food, Green gradually begins to relearn the lessons of love and heal by caring for others and sharing her own story. Told in a spare,… Read More

KONIGSBURG, E[laine] L[obl]. Silent to the Bone. NY: Atheneum [2000]. 8vo, [x] 261pp. Blue board spine stamped in gold with orange boards. Orange endpapers. A near fine copy with slight bumping to upper spine end, in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author, two-time Newbery Medalist, E.L. Konigsburg.
First edition. Connor is sure his best friend, Branwell, couldn't have hurt Nikki. She's Branwell's baby half sister. But she's in a coma and Branwell has lost his ability to speak. Suspected of a horrible crime, he's being kept isolated in a juvenile detention center. Connor won't believe his friend could do such a horrible thing, but how can he break through Branwell's wall of silence and prove Branwell didn't commit the unspeakable act?

PATERSON, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia. Illustrated by Donna Diamond. NY: Thomas Y Crowell [1977]. 8vo, [x] 131pp. Black cloth with spine stamped in silver, front cover stamped in blind. 8 full-page and 4 half-page half-tone illustrations. Spine ends and lower corners lightly rubbed; faint, tiny discoloration in midst of front free endpaper; else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (a fw tiny chips at spine ends, spine a tad sunned, medal affixed). With a bookplate signed by two-time Newbery Medalist Katherine Paterson laid in.
First edition. 1978 Newbery Medal Winner! This moving novel of two friends who create a magical kingdom for themselves to deal with the stresses in their lives has been beloved since its publication. The basis for a 1985 PBS TV movie and the 2007 Disney feature film starring Josh Hutcherson and written by the author's son, David Paterson (whose loss of a dear friend as a child inspired the book).