Varian Johnson

Second book in the Jackson Greene series, school spy antics for middle grade and above.

2016 Levine Books/Scholastic jacketed hardcover. Signed first edition with complete number line. See photos.

Pristine edition, stored since it was picked up at book convention. A souvenir of my publishing career!

Complete with promotional bookmark.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Minnesota

One Fake Video. One Real Problem

When a video frames Jackson Greene and his friends for a crime they didn't commit, Gang Greene battles the blackmailers in this sequel to the acclaimed The Great Greene Heist.Jackson Greene is riding high. He is officially retired from conning, so Principal Kelsey is (mostly) off his back. His friends have great new projects of their own. And he's been hanging out a lot with Gaby de la Cruz, so he thinks maybe, just maybe, they'll soon have their first kiss.Then Jackson receives a link to a faked security video that seems to show him and the rest of Gang Greene flooding the school gym. The jerks behind the video threaten to pass it to the principal -- unless Jackson steals an advance copy of the school's toughest exam. So Gang Greene reunites for their biggest job yet. To get the test adn clear their names, they'll have to outrun the school's security cameras, outwit a nosy member of the Honor Board, and outmaneuver the blackmailers while setting a trap for them in turn. And as they execute another exciting caper full of twists and turns, they'll prove that sometimes it takes a thief to catch a cheat.

To Catch a Cheat SIGNED

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Ceramic travel cup featuring Emily Brontë quote:
"Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the Autumn tree."

Owlcrate Sept 2021 Haunted Hearts box. 16 oz cup features a silicon sleeve and lid. Design by Macarena Chomik.

Beautiful cup with fall design, in original box, never used. Walk around in style!

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Owlcrate

Bronte quote cup

Dark Romance Magnetic Frame Set.

Large magnetic frames featuring book quotes:
"All the time in the world is worth nothing if I don't get to spend it with you." From The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller. Vertical/portrait ornate frame, roughly 5.5 x 8".
"It's easy to lose sight of what's real when you're lost jn the stars." From The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh. Landscape/horizontal frame with roses, roughly 6.5 x 4.5".

From Sept 2021 Owlcrate box. Brand new. Use on your fridge, on a filing cabinet, etc.


The Beautiful

You can just hear Bilbo shouting this as he runs down the path, away from his hobbit hole and out into the big wide world!

Brand-new with tag still attached cloth/nylon passport wallet with zip opening. Features RFID to prevent identity theft. Water resistant material.

Features quote from The Hobbit, "I'm going on an adventure!" Owlcrate exclusive.


Zips open to hold all your important papers. A very fun addition to your travel kit!

The Hobbit passport wallet

Plush satin sleepmask with ACOMAF quote: "to the stars who listen - and the dreams that are answered." From A Court of Mist and Fury.

Never used. Probably Owlcrate or could be LitJoy. So very soft. Perfect luxury item to pamper yourself!

The front is the same color purple as the back, but is not rendering correctly here.

Sleepmask

ACOMAF quote

Louisa Alcott

A story outside the Little Women universe, in a lovely edition.

1996 Little, Brown trade paperback. There is a smudge on the top of the front cover which bleed-through where some idiot was overzealous in scratching out a name with a Sharpie. Let that be a lesson to you. Sometimes the cure is worse than the cold.

Otherwise, really pristine condition! Lovely cover art by Jane Dyer.

From the Original Publisher

Relates the adventures of Ben Brown, his performing poodle Sancho, and the two young girls who feed and care for them after the boy and dog run away from the circus.

Under the Lilacs

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Hope Jahren

My mistake! Bought this from the Buy one, get one 1/2 off table. But I already have it!

2017 Vintage Books paperback. Absolutely unread. Bestselling memoir of a life in plants.

National Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Film Prize for Excellence in Science Books Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, TIME.com, NPR, Slate, Entertainment Weekly, Newsday, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Kirkus Reviews Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life--but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. In these pages, Hope takes us back to her Minnesota childhood, where she spent hours in unfettered play in her father's college laboratory. She tells us how she found a sanctuary in science, learning to perform lab work "with both the heart and the hands." She introduces us to Bill, her brilliant, eccentric lab manager. And she extends the mantle of scientist to each one of her readers, inviting us to join her in observing and protecting our environment. Warm, luminous, compulsively readable, Lab Girl vividly demonstrates the mountains that we can move when love and work come together.

Lab Girl

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Gaston Leroux

John L. Flynn

The classic dark romance! A soft spooky read for the season.

2001 Signet Classics paperback. Good overall condition, binding is tight, spine uncreased. Corners slightly bumped.

Add this one to your gothic lit collection!

In 1910, the mystery novelist Gaston Leroux, working from scraps of history, theatrical lore, and his own fertile imagination, created a masterpiece in Le fantome de l'opera, the story of a disfigured composer who lives in the labyrinthine depths of the Paris Opera. After the breathtaking debut of Christine Daae, the whispers of an Opera ghost seem to become reality as the young singer vanishes. As the Phantom strikes again and again, targeting foes from a jealous diva to a romantic rival, Leroux spins a thriller of obsession and violence with, at its center, a tormented murderer who awakens our deepest fears and sympathies. The inspiration for Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running musical, Leroux's novel is still more riveting than anything Broadway could produce



The Phantom of the Opera

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Howard Goldowsky

Anthology of chess fiction including authors such as Katherine Neville, Wells Tower, Paul Eggers, Stephen Carter, and more.

2010 Mongoose Press, hardcover. Missing dustjacket.

For any fan of The Queen's Gambit!

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Mongoose Press Anthology of Chess Fiction

All profits from Masters of Tecnnique: The Mongoose Anthology of Chess Fiction, help support multiple chess charities. --Book Jacket.

Masters of Technique

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Alice Hoffman

Beautiful gift-quality hardcover of a middle grade tale by the author of Practical Magic.

2015 Wendy Lamb Books, jacketed hardcover. First edition. Like new, some minor shelfwear to top of dustjacket.

A beautiful addition to your Alice Hoffman collection, and a lovely story for your middle school child.

Living in a town where fairy tales are real and a monster is rumored to be hiding, young Twig witnesses astounding changes in her efforts to break a witch's curse on her family. A first middle-grade novel by the award-winning author of Here on Earth. Simultaneous eBook.

Nightbird

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Alexandra Bracken

Brand new, never read product of a giveaway I won back in the day. Fourth book in the Darkest Minds series.

2018 Hyperion jacketed hardcover. Book has literally not been cracked open. Pristine.

By the author of the Passenger series.

Don't miss the hotly-anticipated new novel in the New York Times bestselling Darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken, just in time for the major motion picture adaptation of The Darkest Minds, starring Amandla Stenberg and Mandy Moore! Told through the eyes of beloved character Zu, now seventeen, this harrowing, standalone story of resilience, resistance, and reckoning will thrill loyal fans and new readers alike.

The Darkest Legacy (the Darkest Minds, Book 4)

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Illustrated vintage paperback with complete stories. Each story in Just So Stories has an illustration.

1986 Bantam Classics trade paperback. US first edition. Rare cover with a painting by a Mogul artist, "Plane Tree and Squirrels." Good condition, tight and clean.

Great addition to your classics collection!

From the library of my Book Aunt.

The Jungle Books and Just So Stories

Groovy vintage edition of standalone Christie, original UK title Murder Is Easy.

1974 Pocket paperback. Very good vintage condition.

Great addition to your Agatha collection!

Easy to Kill

Jane Smiley

Two novellas from the author of A Thousand Acres.

1992 Ballantine Books vintage paperback. Good overall condition. Former owner name sticker on fep.

Hard-to-find volume for your library! From the library of my Book Aunt.

"Smiley's stories lucidly explore the complexities of contemporary sexual and dometic life...the emotional and moral complexity that she uncovers in the characters of these resonant novellas confirms Jane Smiley's singular talent. ORDINARY LOVE AND GOOD WILL is an extraordinary achievement." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD ORDINARY LOVE At a reunion with her grown children, a woman recalls the long-ago affair that ended her relationship with their father--and changed all their lives irrevoccably. GOOD WILL Despite the carefully self-sufficient life he has designed for his small family, a man discovers that even the right choices have unexpected consequences--sometimes heart-breaking ones.

Ordinary Love and Good Will

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Indie vampire comics series!

Self-pubbed edition from 2020, soon to come from Storm King Comics. From the artist whose credits include DC (Batman and Wonder Woman), Dynamite and IDW.

This is his original self-published edition, signed, including his fandom sticker, published through his Patreon.

Brand new in original wrapper.

Blood of the Taken SIGNED

Running Press

Running Press, 2016. Like new, all pieces present.

Coloring kit that includes 30 small cards to color (think the size of playing cards), two magnetic frames, and 10 colored pencils.

Fun piece of fandom merch for any fan of Harry Potter!

A set of beautifully illustrated cards and colored pencils allow you to bring the world of Harry Potter to vibrant life. The set includes: 30 illustrated cards with detailed designs to complete (card size: 2-1/2 x 3-1/2) 10 colored pencils 2 distinct magnetic frames to display your art

Harry Potter Coloring Kit

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Brenna Harlow

Signed copy of Book One of The SoulBlood series (one of seven).

2021, paperback. Self-published on Kindle Unlimited.

"This is like a wonderful mash of Ice Planet Barbarians and The Vampire Academy!" - Reviewer

If you like horror, here's your chance to have a physical copy of book one of this series!

A Dark Vampire Paranormal Romance Novel

Will she forgive him for his sins, or is their bond destined to fracture before it's even forged? KORA Everything changed when the vampires arrived. I'm starving, alone in a dark cave, and grieving those who I lost. But I'm not giving up just yet. I'm a fighter, a survivor. A little fear won't get in my way. A vampire will, though. And he chooses the worst time to show himself. Only he doesn't want blood... He wants something even more sacred. Something I'm not willing to give away. ALDEON I am dhampir, and I've been lost to the bloodlust like many of my people. Yet I awaken from the haze, only to find myself in a strange world, drinking from even stranger beings. When I catch her scent, everything changes. The Calling awakens deep within, and I know she is my mate. My fated. But she is different. She is human, native to this land, and in dire trouble. A mysterious enemy leads a horde of maddened dhampirs straight to her dwelling, ready to drink her dry. It is my duty to protect her. I'll fight to the death if I must. And when the time is right, I will claim her as mine. "Adult fans of Stephenie Meyer and Richelle Mead will love this new Vampire Paranormal Romance." If you enjoy enemies to lovers, fated mates, telepathic vampires, blood bonds, and a romance so hot you have to stuff your face in the freezer to recoup, then you're in the right place.

Blood at Dusk

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Kate Douglas Wiggin

1994 Wordsworth trade paperback. Complete and unabridged. Good vintage condition. Slight tear at bottom of spine but binding is tight.

Rebecca Randall is one of seven fatherless children, but is full of fun and strange ideas. She leaves her family at Sunnybrook Farm and goes to live with her two aunts in Riverboro. There she goes to school for the first time, embarks on a madcap scheme to sell soap, nearly runs away, befriends the kindly stagecoach driver Jeremiah Cobb, and with 'Mr Aladdin' helps repair her family's fortunes. This charming story of the good-natured, but never goody-goody Rebecca has delighted generations of children on both sides of the Atlantic. AUTHOR Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin was born in Philadelphia, America, and was of Welsh descent. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). With her sister during the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labour.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

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Vintage edition of the story of everyone's favorite governess.

1981 Bantam Classics mass market paperback. Good vintage condition. Spine is slightly faded. Some nicks along edges consistent with shelfwear. Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates.


Add this hard-to-find edition to your Jane Eyre collection!

Jane Eyre

Daphne Du Maurier

Vintage edition of the classic romantic thriller. Perfect for your gothic vibes in spooky season!

1971 Avon mass market paperback, later printing. Very good vintage condition. Slight shelfwear on edges. Binding is tight, interior is clean. Spine has nary a crease.

Lovely addition to your du Maurier collection! 

"Last Night I Dreamt I Went To Manderley Again." So the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter remembered the chilling events that led her down the turning drive past ther beeches, white and naked, to the isolated gray stone manse on the windswept Cornish coast. With a husband she barely knew, the young bride arrived at this immense estate, only to be inexorably drawn into the life of the first Mrs. de Winter, the beautiful Rebecca, dead but never forgotten...her suite of rooms never touched, her clothes ready to be worn, her servant -- the sinister Mrs. Danvers -- still loyal. And as an eerie presentiment of evil tightened around her heart, the second Mrs. de Winter began her search for the real fate of Rebecca...for the secrets of Manderley.

Rebecca

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Arwen Rock Candy figurine. Similar in size to Funko.

She is lovely, she is pristine, and she is the fanciest Arwen available. Goes well with King Elessar.

Swipe for details. The way the light falls makes it look like some of the silver has rubbed off her hair ornament; this is not the case.

Box not included.

Queen Arwen Rock Candy

Hercule Poirot goes to the dentist - and gets more than he bargained for! Excellent story with more twists than a set of braces.


1972 Dell mass market paperback. Good vintage condition. Corners bent on cover, however all intact. Spine is perfect, binding is tight.


Love this cover! Original titles: The Patriotic Murders (US) and One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (UK). Original price 75 cents!

An Overdose of Death

Barbara Kingsolver

Early short stories from the author of The Poisonwood Bible and Animal Vegetable Miracle.

1993 Harper Perennial trade paperback. Good vintage condition. Minor scuffing on spine. Binding is tight.

With the same wit and sensitivity that have come to characterize her highly praised and beloved novels Animal Dreams and The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver gives us a rich and emotionally resonant collection of twelve stories. Spreading her memorable characters over landscapes ranging from northern-California to the hills of eastern Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Kingsolver tells stories of hope, momentary joy, and powerful endurance. In every setting, Kingsolver's distinctive voice -- at times comic, but often heartrending -- rings true as she explores the twin themes of family ties and the life choices one must ultimately make alone. Homeland and Other Stories creates a world of love and possibility that readers will want to take as their own.

Homeland and Other Stories

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Nancy Horan

The romantic yet tragic story of Frank Lloyd Wright and his paramour, Mamah Borthwick Cheney. If you don't know this story, or even if you do, this makes for an enthralling read.

2008 Ballantine Books trade paperback. Good condition. Some scuffing to edges. Binding is tight.

I reviewed this title when it came out for Library Journal and gave it a starred review.

A Novel

Fact and fiction blend in a historical novel that chronicles the relationship between seminal architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney, from their meeting, when they were each married to another, to the clandestine affair that shocked Chicago society.

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