|
|
Joan Aiken ListingsIf you cannot find what you want on this page, then please use our search feature to search all our listings. Click on Title to view full description
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Aiken, Joan A FOOT IN THE GRAVE
London, Great Britain Puffin 1992 0140361111 / 9780140361117 First Thus Soft Cover Good+ Pienkowski, Jan
PB, (number line intact), pictorial card covers, G+/--, 128pp, col ills by Jan Pienkowski. Moderate rubbing to edges and creases to corners of covers, inside is square, clean, tight and without any markings. Creepy ghostly stories concerning; a nasty grave-robber; a ghost-snatcher; a poisonous old aunt; a strong-minded ghost who refuses to return to the grave; and much more, lighthearted or disturbing, as you wish, brilliant writing and illustrating. 250g when packed.
Price:
11.00 AUD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
Aiken, Joan MIDNIGHT IS A PLACE
London, Great Britain Jonathan Cape Limited 1975 0224009680 / 9780224009683 1st Reprint Hard Cover Very Good- Good+ Ex-Library Marriott Pat
HB, black boards in red pictorial DJ, VG-/G+, 303pp. Pric-clipped DJ has general rubbing, creasing to edges & spine ends, now protected. Book has general rubbing to covers, inside has light tanning to edges, usual school library stamps & sticker removals, tape reinforcement to back epp hinge, tape ghosts to epp, else square & tight. Set in 19th century Yorkshire ans is an historical/magical tale involving the dreadful practice of child exploitation in industry. 500g when packed.
Price:
16.00 AUD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
Aiken, Joan TALE OF A ONE-WAY STREET AND OTHER STORIES
London, Great Britain Jonathan Cape Limited 1978 0224011588 / 9780224011587 First Edition Hard Cover Good+ Very Good++ Pienkowski, Jan
HB, First Edition, blue/gilt paper boards in pictorial DJ, G+/VG++, dec epp, 127pp, b/w & col ills Illustrated by Pienkowski in superb silhouettes. Unclipped DJ has light creases to spine ends and corners, now superb in archival film. Book has mild rubbing to edges and corners, epp have tape ghosts from previous covering ffep has been price-clipped, hand soiling has turned to foxing on margins of some pages, age toning to top edge, else square and tight, a more than good copy in a VG++ protected DJ. A beautiful production. 595g when packed.
Price:
15.00 AUD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
Aiken, Joan THE STOLEN LAKE
New York, USA Delacorte Press 1981 0440083176 / 9780440083177 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good+ Ex-Library Lewin, Ted
HB, Ex-Lib, mustard boards with pink cloth spine in pictoprial DJ, VG/VG+, 291pp. " Aboard the Thrush, twelve-year- old Dido is on her way home to London from Nantucket when the ship is summoned to the aid of the Queen of New Cumbria, two thousand miles to the south in Roman America." , This volume comprises the third adventure of Dido Twite and her travels. Usual ex-lib. markings to epp & publ page. Unclipped DJ has minor creases to edges, now in archival film. Book has small tape ghosts to covers near spine, minor rubbing to edges and corners, inside is square, clean and tight, very crisp and clean for an ex-lib, one of the best I've seen this year! 560g when packed.
Price:
23.00 AUD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
Aiken, Joan THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE ( Red Fox Cassics)
London, Great Britain Red Fox 2001 0099411865 / 9780099411864 First Thus Soft Cover Very Good Marriott, Pat
PB, pictorial card covers, VG/--, 192pp, b/w illus. Minor rubbing to covers, inside has a touch of tanning to page edges, else square. clean and tight, without markings. A perilous journey trough frozen wastes ends for Bonnie at warm Willoughby Chase, but the good adults are away, leaving the children in the clutches of human predators... 230g when packed.
Price:
10.00 AUD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
Aiken, Joan THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE ( Red Fox Cassics)
London, Great Britain Puffin Books 1988 0140303103 / 9780140303100 Soft Cover Very Good Marriott, Pat
159pp, b/w illus. Minor rubbing to covers, inside has a touch of tanning to page edges, else square. clean and tight, without markings. A perilous journey trough frozen wastes ends for Bonnie at warm Willoughby Chase, but the good adults are away, leaving the children in the clutches of human predators...
Price:
5.00 AUD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
