Autographed Books and Out of Print Books For Sale

My husband and I recently moved from a large house with a lot of storage space  into a condo with almost no storage space at all.  So the boxes of out-of-print hardback books (many of them first editions) that I've dutifully hauled around with me from place to place, waiting for them to become collectors' items, have had to go.  Since I originally posted that information, most of the young adult novels have been purchased.  However, there are a few copies left of some of the older, lesser known books; the anthologies; children’s picture books; and WHO KILLED MY DAUGHTER?, the non-fiction book I wrote to prevent the facts of our teenage daughter’s unsolved murder from becoming buried. None of these are "used books," but the early books show the inevitable signs of aging, (faded jackets, etc.)  If you have an interest in any of those, send me an e-mail and I’ll tell you how to order.

I have limited quantities of the following Young Adult Suspense Novels, hard-cover, ($24 each, plus $2.00 for packaging and shipping):

ON THE EDGE, 2000  (short story anthology, edited and with a forward by Duncan)

TRAPPED! (short story anthology, edited and with a forward by Lois Duncan)

NIGHT TERRORS, 1996  (short story anthology, edited and with a forward by Duncan)

THEY NEVER CAME HOME, 1968

WHO KILLED MY DAUGHTER? is also available for purchase.  This is the true story of the murder of our teenage daughter and our family’s on-going investigation after police dropped off the unsolved case.  Although I wrote this book for adults to motivate informants, it has been embraced by high school and middle school students nationwide and was named a "Best Adult Book of the Year for Young Adults" by both the ALA and the School Library Journal.  $35 plus shipping.

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The following Young Adult books are not suspense novels and by now are collectors’ items.  I have very few of them left -- $35 each, plus $2.00 packaging and shipping:

PEGGY, 1970: A historical novel, which is actually “faction” – a combination of fact and fiction – written in first person from the viewpoint of Benedict Arnold’s teenage bride, Peggy Shippen.

SEASON OF THE TWO-HEART, 1964: The story of a Native American girl, who leaves her New Mexico pueblo to live and attend school with a Caucasian family in Albuquerque.

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Out-of-print hard-cover picture books for young children, $24 each unless marked otherwise, plus $2.00 for packaging and shipping:

Song of the Circus, 1999: This book is a romp and describes the wild adventures of “Gisselda, who took her naps on tattooed shoulders and sequined laps, for she was a child of the circus.”  I can’t believe the hardcover edition is already out of print! 

The Longest Hair In The World, 1996: A humorous book for little girls who dream of having VERY long hair.  After reading this book, they may change their minds.

The Birthday Moon, 1989:  “On your very next birthday I’ll give you a moon, on the end of a string like a golden balloon.”  A fantasy in verse, as the wondrous birthday gift keeps changing shape with the different phases of the moon.

Horses Of Dreamland, 1985:  “A child who dreams of horses flies fast and far at night, and travels miles of moon-trail before the sky grows light.”  A magical journey with a lovely twist at the end.

From Spring To Spring, 1982:  “Throughout the year, from spring to spring, God writes the songs that children sing.”  Rhymed verse, with a religious tone, illustrated by my own full-page black and white photographs.  The photos are mostly of loved ones – my children, my father, my mother-in-law, my children’s friends, my friends’ children.  I love this book!

 Silly Mother, 1962: My very first little children's picture book, written when I was the mother of toddlers.  My neighbor down the street, Suzanne Larsen, did the illustrations.  We took turns babysitting each other’s youngsters while we wrote/illustrated.

 The Circus Comes Home, 1993: a non-fiction photo book, done in collaboration with my late father, Joseph Janney Steinmetz, a world famous photographer.  Our family lived in Sarasota, Florida, during the 1940s, when it was winter quarters for Ringling Brothers Circus.  My father lived the magic of the circus, and his remarkable photographs document the performers (including the clown, Emmett Kelly, having a bubble bath), their families (such as 5-yr-old Carla Wallenda, practicing her high wire act in her back yard), the animals, and the circus crew, revealing a side of the circus rarely seen by outsiders.  I wrote the text to go with those spectacular photos:  “Once upon a time – when the ground was made of sawdust, and people in spangled tights flew through the air like birds, and elephants dressed in tutus and danced on their toes – there was magic in our land.  And that magic was CIRCUS!”  $30 plus shipping.  (This book is more expensive than the others because of the photographs.)

SONGS FROM DREAMLAND, 1988: Original lullabies, written for my first grandchild, this book comes with a cassette or CD.  It’s a mother-daughter project -- I wrote the lyrics and narrate; my daughter, Robin, a professional musician, composed the music and performs the vocals.  You can listen to the songs and place your order at Robin’s web site at www.lullabysongs.net.

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Out-of-print hard-cover books for adults:

HOW TO WRITE AND SELL YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, 1979: An autobiographical, best-selling "how-to" published by Writers Digest Books.  The market information in this book is long outdated.  However, the "how-to" information is as relevant today as it ever was and forms the basis for classes I teach at writers’ conferences.  I have a few hard cover copies of the first edition and a few paperback trade books from the updated edition.  $24 plus shipping

 WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, 1974: An adult novel, written in first person, loosely based upon my own experiences as a young divorced mother struggling to support three children while seeking my own adult identity.  The jacket makes it look like a sleazy romance novel, but it isn’t.  It was written with my heart’s blood.  $24 plus shipping.