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THE CUCKOO TREE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328951
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Dido Twite and Captain Hughes set out from Chichester Harbour with urgent dispatches for London. Their coach overturns in the middle of nowhere leading Dido to become involved in some 'havey cavey goings in' with smugglers, witches, kidnappers and treasonous pirates. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illus. 251 pages. ISBN: 0224005146. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink and another name blotted out to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge worn, slightly marked to front panel with a tear to top spine corner and spine is slightly browned.

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THE FAITHLESS LOLLYBIRD AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328950
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Stories of magic, mystery and miraculous surprise. ISBN: 0224013327. Spine bumped and faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby.

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DIDO AND PA
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328949
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A rollercoasting historical story. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0224023640. Page browning throughout, pale foxing to textblock. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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MIDNIGHT IS A PLACE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328947
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A return to the 19th century and the Yorkshire setting of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 303 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224009680. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and worn, spine is sunned.

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MIDWINTER NIGHTINGALE
Written by Joan Aiken.
Stock no. 1328935
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. A chilling welcome greets Dido Twite.... ISBN: 0224064894. Some very light foxing to textblock.

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THE KINGDOM UNDER THE SEA AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.
Stock no. 1328766
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Delightful retelling of traditional East European folk tales. Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. Full-page colour pictures - exquisitely beautiful, black silhouettes against marble colours, plus numerous other silhouette illustrations. 104 pages. ISBN: 0224618822. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light vertical mark to centre of front cover. Slight foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss. Small red ink mark to front panel of wrapper, authors name partially rubbed to spine.

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THE MOON'S REVENGE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
Stock no. 1328627
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224024779. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A few small marks to page margins.

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SILVER JACKANORY
Written by Joan Aiken; Helen Cresswell; Dick King-Smith; Tony Robinson; et al. Illustrated by Quentin Blake; et al..
Stock no. 1328375
Published by BBC Books. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

To mark the 25th birthday of BBC TV's Jackanory a group of well-known writers were asked to write a story on the theme of silver... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 2 stories illustrated by Blake. ISBN: 0563361719. Minimal bumping to spine.

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A CREEPY COMPANY
Written by Joan Aiken.
Stock no. 1323828
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An ensemble of spooky stories. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 156 pages. ISBN: 0575055448. SIGNED by the author for Robin to title-page. Spine very slightly bumped. Slight evidence of some pencil erasure to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is bright and complete.

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THE CUCKOO TREE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1402899
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dido Twite and Captain Hughes set out from Chichester Harbour with urgent dispatches for London. Their coach overturns in the middle of nowhere leading Dido to become involved in some 'havey cavey goings in' with smugglers, witches, kidnappers and treasonous pirates. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illus. 251 pages. ISBN: 0224005146. Spine and corners bumped. Ex -Library with stamps to front and rear endpapers. Textblock edge a little grubby but contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge worn. Spine is darkened.

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GHOSTLY BEASTS
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Amanda Harvey.
Stock no. 1605767
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories and poems. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224064630.

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