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Aiken, Joan Arabel's Raven Garden City NY Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1974 3rd printing Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj Illustrated by Quentin Blake [ex-school library but with light wear (some evidence of removed labels on ffep, school stamp on rear fep, NO exterior markings at all); jacket clean and bright, one small closed tear at top of front panel, small tape marks at top & bottom of both flaps, "Doubleday Reinforced Library Edition" sticker across spine]. Price: 35.00 USD
Aiken, Joan Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home Garden City NY Doubleday & Company, Inc. (c.1968) First Edition Hardcover Good in Very Good dj Illustrated by Betty Fraser [ex-library book with typical markings (incl. pocket on ffep, stamps on top/bottom edges), general wear, tape residue on endpapers and pastedowns, etc.; the jacket is fairly presentable, with a tiny piece missing at top corner of front panel, uneven fading to spine, also a "Doubleday Reinforced Library Edition" sticker across the spine and extending into the front panel]. "In stories that range from hilarious to haunting, Joan Aiken once again draws readers irresistibly into her special world -- a world where absurdity is logical, marvelous humor is the mother of invention, and boredom simply hasn't a chance of surviving." (NOTE that this is the "Doubleday Reinforced Library Edition," with pictorial hard covers matching the jacket.) Price: 25.00 USD
Aiken, Joan The Cuckoo Tree Garden City NY Doubleday & Company (c.1971) 1st U.S. edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good dj Illustrated by Susan Obrant (price-clipped) [solid copy, slight fading to cloth at top/bottom edges, spine very slightly turned, light bumping to bottom corners; jacket shows light wear at edges/extremties, one small tear and associated creasing at top of rear panel, tiny chip at lower corner of front panel]. "On a dark and blustery night as Dido Twite and her friend Captain Hughes are on their way to London bearing an important dispatch for the Admiralty, the coach in which they are traveling overturns. The two soon find themselves amidst an exceedingly strange assortment of people. ... [The author] is at the top of her form in this pell-mell novel blending excitement, humor, and a pleasantly-chilling spookiness as only an Aiken story can." Price: 15.00 USD
