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Tale of a One-Way Street: Available Copies
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Below are the first 30 of the lowest-total-price offerings from AbeBooks; all information shown is as specified by the sellers. To see all responses direct from AbeBooks—who may have more than 30—click here.
Tale of a One-way Street (Red Fox Read Alone S.) by Aiken, Joan
Paperback
ISBN: 9780099402336
Publisher: Random House UK (1999)
Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $1.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $7.00
The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Tale of a One-Way Street And Other Stories: Tale of a One Way Street; the Lions; Bridget's Hat; the Goodbye Song; the Queen of the Moon; Clean Sheets; the Alarm Cock; the Tractor the Duck And the Drum by Aiken, Joan
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Tale of a One-Way Street And Other Stories: Tale of a One Way Street; the Lions; Bridget's Hat; the Goodbye Song; the Queen of the Moon; Clean Sheets; the Alarm Cock; the Tractor the Duck And the Drum by Aiken, Joan
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Tale of a One-way Street (Red Fox Read Alone S.) by Joan Aiken
Paperback
ISBN: 9780099402336
Publisher: Red Fox 05/08/1999 (1999)
Seller: AwesomeBooks (Wallingford, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $4.73
Shipping: $5.62
TOTAL Cost: $10.35
This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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Tale of a One-way Street (Red Fox Read Alone S.) by Joan Aiken
Paperback
ISBN: 9780099402336
Publisher: Red Fox 05/08/1999 (1999)
Seller: Bahamut Media (Reading, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $4.73
Shipping: $8.73
TOTAL Cost: $13.46
Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
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Tale of a One-way Street (Red Fox Read Alone) by Joan Aiken
Paperback
ISBN: 9780099402336
Publisher: Red Fox (1999)
Seller: Brit Books (Milton Keynes, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $4.24
Shipping: $14.97
TOTAL Cost: $19.21
***Simply Brit*** Welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.
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Seller: Brit Books (Milton Keynes, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $4.24
Shipping: $14.97
TOTAL Cost: $19.21
***Simply Brit*** Welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.
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Tale of a One-Way Street and other stories by AIKEN, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Book Club Associates (1979)
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books (Cheltenham, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $10.31
Shipping: $16.26
TOTAL Cost: $26.57
Undated Book Club edition, probably c.1979. Illustrations by Jan Pienkowski. Text clean; binding tight; dust jacket a little wrinkled. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket
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Tale of a One-Way Street and other stories by Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780224011587
Publisher: Jonathan Cape (1978)
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills (Llanwrda, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $16.68
Shipping: $13.70
TOTAL Cost: $30.38
hardback, a good tightly bound copy but with the signature of a previous owner and signs of erasing to the front free endpaper and thus good only. The pictorial dust jacket is price clipped and faded mildly to the spine. Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski in colour and b&w, 127pp
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Tale of a One-Way Street and Other Stories by Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780224011587
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London (1978)
Seller: Laura Books (Georgetown, SA, Australia)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $10.08
Shipping: $22.00
TOTAL Cost: $32.08
some wear to cover edges, library marks mainly endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: some edge wear, library sticker spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Tale of a One-Way Street and other stories by Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780224011587
Publisher: Book Club Associates / Jonathan Cape Ltd, London (1978)
Seller: The Print Room (Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $12.88
Shipping: $31.27
TOTAL Cost: $44.15
First Book Club edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine slightly faded, corners very slightly rubbed, not price clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 127pp, illustrated. We are taken to peculiar lands where all the magical things that only seem to happen in dreams really do happen. We meet strange creatures by going the wrong way up a one way street. We learn about what a peculiar muddle your presents can get into when your birthday cake is baked with a wishing spoon. And if you manage to save the king of grasshoppers from drowning in your soup, what wonderful rewards may come your way! A magical collection of short stories from bestselling author Joan Aiken. Joan Delano Aiken (1924-2004), was an English novelist, specialising in supernatural fiction and alternative history novels. Quite scarce even in this Book Club edition.
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Tale of a One-Way Street and other stories by Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780224011587
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, London (1981)
Seller: The Print Room (Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $32.21
Shipping: $31.27
TOTAL Cost: $63.48
First published in 1978, this is a second impression of 1981. Ex library with usual stamps and defects. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine very slightly faded, corners bruised, not price clipped (£7.95), no personal inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 127pp, illustrated. We are taken to peculiar lands where all the magical things that only seem to happen in dreams really do happen. We meet strange creatures by going the wrong way up a one way street. We learn about what a peculiar muddle your presents can get into when your birthday cake is baked with a wishing spoon. And if you manage to save the king of grasshoppers from drowning in your soup, what wonderful rewards may come your way! A magical collection of short stories from bestselling author Joan Aiken. Joan Delano Aiken (1924-2004), was an English novelist, specializing in supernatural fiction and alternative history novels. Quite a scarce book.
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TALE OF A ONE WAY STREET. (SIGNED) by AIKEN, Joan, Jan Pienkowski (Illus).
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780224011587
Publisher: Jonathan Cape,, London, (1978)
Seller: Burwood Books (Wickham Market, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $70.85
Shipping: $23.14
TOTAL Cost: $93.99
First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Original publishers dark blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Signed by Jan Pienkowski on the half title page. ISBN: 0224011588 Pages: 127 Bookplate on the first blank page, otherwise very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket, with slight fading at spine. Decent copy.
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