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A Foot in the Grave: Available Copies
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A Foot in the Grave by Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780670841691
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers (1992)
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale) (Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $7.14
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TOTAL Cost: $7.14
Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers.
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A Foot in the Grave by Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780670841691
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers (1992)
Seller: Better World Books (Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $7.15
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $7.15
Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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A Foot in the Grave by AIKEN, JOAN & PIENKOWSKI, JAN
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Jonathan Cape 1989 (1989)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd. (Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $14.32
Shipping: $20.71
TOTAL Cost: $35.03
First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
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A Foot in the Grave : And Other Ghost Stories by Pienkowski, Jan, Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780857550651
Publisher: Penguin Random House (2013)
Seller: Better World Books Ltd (Dunfermline, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $30.50
Shipping: $6.67
TOTAL Cost: $37.17
Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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A Foot in the Grave : And Other Ghost Stories by Pienkowski, Jan, Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780857550651
Publisher: Penguin Random House (2013)
Seller: Better World Books Ltd (Dunfermline, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $30.50
Shipping: $6.67
TOTAL Cost: $37.17
Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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A Foot in the Grave by Joan Aiken
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Jonathan Cape London (1989)
Seller: Bentfinger Book Services (Loughborough, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $20.62
Shipping: $16.68
TOTAL Cost: $37.30
8vo(26.2x16.8) HB 1st edition. 128pp illus by Jan Pienkowski. Lt grey cloth boardssilver lettering to spine-fine. Brown Illus Black price-clipped dust jacket with silver & white lettering else fine. Neat inscr to verso of ffep else internaly mint. (545g)
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A Foot in the Grave: and other ghost stories by Jan AIKEN Joan & PIENKOWSKI
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780857550651
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, (2013)
Seller: Black Gull Books (P.B.F.A.) (St Leonard's on Sea, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $27.49
Shipping: $17.35
TOTAL Cost: $44.84
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A Foot in the Grave: and other ghost stories by Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780224027052
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London (1989)
Seller: M & P BOOKS PBFA MEMBER (Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $13.75
Shipping: $45.38
TOTAL Cost: $59.13
Tight Firm Clean Copy - First Edition - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Illustrated. Grey Cloth Hard Cover With Silver Gilt Titled Spine - Faint Wear. Unclipped Jacket With Light Wear.
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A Foot in The Grave by AIKEN Joan & PIENKOWSKI Jan:
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: London. Jonathan Cape. 2013. (2013)
Seller: Gemini-Books (Shrewsbury, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $34.37
Shipping: $26.69
TOTAL Cost: $61.06
First print of this 2013 edition. Hardback. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition. Illustrated with colour plates by Jan Pienkowski . Jacket fitted with a new removable clear cover. Securely packaged.
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A Foot in the Grave by Joan Aiken
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Jonathan Cape (1989)
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A. (CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $54.99
Shipping: $28.03
TOTAL Cost: $83.02
1st edition, a mint copy, illustrated by Jan Pienkowski, Illustrations accompanied by Ghostly stories
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Seller: WeBuyBooks 2 (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $78.56
Shipping: $6.78
TOTAL Cost: $85.34
Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that 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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Seller: WeBuyBooks 2 (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $78.56
Shipping: $6.78
TOTAL Cost: $85.34
Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.
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Seller: MacKellar Art & Books (Bournemouth, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $82.48
Shipping: $38.70
TOTAL Cost: $121.18
1989 J. Cape Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression . Near Fine with near fine unclipped dustjacket. Wonderful jacket design as shown. Signed by Author on title page with dedication.
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Past Eight O'Clock; A Foot in the Grave; The Thousand Nights and One Night; The Glass Mountain by Joan Aiken; David Walser; Jan Pienkowski
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Puffin Books; Jonathan Cape; Walker Books 1986-2014, London (1986)
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA (Bath, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $123.72
Shipping: $26.68
TOTAL Cost: $150.40
An enchanting collection of short stories and folk tales illustrated by Jan Pienkowski. The first editions, first impressions of these works.Complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.This set offers four excellent short-story collections, each of which are brought to life with Jan Pienkowski's illustrations.Pienkowski was a Polish-born British author of children's books and a designer of movable books, best known for illustrating the 'Meg and Mog' picture book series. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was UK nominee in 1982 and again in 2008 for the biennial, internationalHans Christian Andersen AwardPast Eight O'Clock (1986) - A collection ofeight stories by Joan Aiken about the mysterious world of sleeping, dreams and bedtime.A Foot in the Grave (1989) - A haunting combination of Joan Aiken's stories and Pienkowski's striking paintings. Featuring eery ghosts against modern backdrops.The Thousand Nights and One Night (2007) - Retellings of classic tales from Arabian Nights by David Walser.The Glass Mountain (2014) - A retelling of eight of the best-loved Polish folk tales by David Walser, with Pienkowski's vibrant and witty paper cut illustrations. In the original cloth bindings except for 'Glass Mountain', which is in the original pictorial boards. Externally, excellent, with only minor shelf wear. Dust wrappers are also excellent, with mild edge wear and handling marks. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine
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