New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2016. Lazo, Haley. 319 pp. Octavo. [21.5 cm]. Yellow paper over boards. On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced..... 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, 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, 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
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 164pp. 16 pages of publisher's adverts at the rear. Sextodecimo [17 cm] Cloth over boards with full color illustration to both boards. illustrated frontispiece in color. Decorative green floral borders on title page. Underlying boards exposed at the corners and spine ends..... More
New York: Swoon Reads, 2020. Later printing. Hardcover. 344pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Maroon boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. Gilt stamped floral design on front board. "Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can't get rid of him. When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true..... More
New York: Scholastic, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. 372pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Blue boards with title stamped in silver on spine. Blind stamped design on front board. 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