Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1934. The Big Little Book. Hardcover. 314pp. Twenty-fourmo [11.5 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. The edges of the covers are rubbed and gently bumped, and the underlying boards are exposed occasionally along the edges. The spine is subtly rolled. The front free endsheet..... More
1976. Hardcover. SIGNED. 26pp. Quarto [31 cm] Beige and black pictorial cloth covered boards. Very good. The rear cover is just a little soiled. In a good only dust jacket, with light soiling and 2 moisture stains. The larger moisture stain measures approximately 2 inches in diameter. The edges are..... More
New York: Harcourt, 2000. Later printing. Hardcover. 111pp. Octavo [21.5cm] Hardcover in dustjacket. NEW. From the jacket flap: "In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes--love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. Calling on his own experiences of growing..... More
New York: Harcourt, 2009. Second printing. Hardcover. 100pp. Octavo [21.5cm] Hardcover in dustjacket. NEW. From the jacket flap: "Celebrated poet Gary Soto captures the voices of young people as they venture toward their first kiss, brood over bruised hearts, and feel the thrill of young love." More
New York: Harcourt, 1992. Later printing. Paperback. 154pp. Small Octavo [17.5cm] Paperback. NEW. From the back cover: "Lincoln Mendoza is brown, not white. Nothing is going to change that. Sure, these days he lives in Sycamore, the most ly rich, mostly white suburbs, instead of the hard-knocks barrio where he..... More
New York: Harcourt, 2006. Third printing. Paperback. 157pp. Small Octavo [17.5cm] Paperback. NEW. From the back cover: "In these pages, you'll meet kids who don't have it easy. They live in shabby neighborhoods and don't have nice clothes to wear. For them, the school yard can be even more dangerous..... More
Portland, OR: Loon Song Publishing, 2015. First edition. Paperback. Signed; Octavo [23cm] Illustrated wraps. A coming of age adventure novel for children ten and up, set in the San Juan Islands, and featuring Samantha Carlisle and her younger brother who traverse through daunting situations full of underwater friends and above..... More