Owing to the screen size of your device, you may obtain a better viewing experience by rotating your device a quarter-turn (to get the so-called “panorama” screen view).
Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
You can get a site directory by clicking on the “hamburger” icon () in the upper right of this page.
Or you can search this site with Google (standard Google-search rules apply).
(Be aware that “sponsored” links to other sites will appear atop the actual results.)
Search term(s):
Welcome to the Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works web site!
You have apparently come to this page from a link on a search engine or another site. If this is your first visit here, I much recommend that you take a few minutes to look over the introductory material accessible via the red “Introductory” zone of the Site Menu available from the “hamburger” icon in the upper right of this (and every) page. An understanding of the purposes and principles of organization of this site will, I hope and believe, much augment your experience here, for this page and in general. You can simply click this link to get at the site front page, which, unsurprisingly, is the best place to start. Thank you for visiting.
A Touch of Chill: Available Copies
Notes: the sort order is by total price (that is, with shipping included), from lowest on up. The background colors for each seller listing are keyed to the listed condition of the book, to enable you to quickly scan for conditions of interest to you. The codes are as follows:
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
A TOUCH OF CHILL by Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Gollancz (1979)
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979 (ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $31.32
Shipping: $12.50
TOTAL Cost: $43.82
A TOUCH OF CHILL, Gollancz, 1979, first edition, fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
A Touch of Chill: Stories of Horror, Suspense and Fantasy by Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780575026674
Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London (1979)
Seller: Jim's Old Books (Kirkwall, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $15.36
Shipping: $37.60
TOTAL Cost: $52.96
Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, a tiny bit of bumping to top end of spine of green boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of fifteen stories of horror, suspense and fantasy (as the title page has it) by the author. Issued in the US as "A Touch of Chill: Tales for Sleepless Nights", but with a different selection of stories. This UK edition has 'Lodgers', 'Mrs Considine', 'The Sewanee Glide', 'Listening', 'The Companion', 'The Rented Swan', 'Jugged Hare', 'A Game of Black and White', 'Time to Laugh', 'He', 'The Story about Caruso', 'The Helper', 'Power-cut', 'Who Goes Down this Dark Road?', and 'A Train full of War-Lords'. 190pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
A Touch Of Chill by Joan Aiken
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London (1979)
Seller: Juniper Books (Petersfield, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $40.06
Shipping: $25.92
TOTAL Cost: $65.98
Review, pre-sale copy complete with comps slip from publisher. Verry good condition with non-price clipped, protected DJ. DJhas a 4cm closed tear to top of spine. Presents well.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
A TOUCH OF CHILL: TALES FOR SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Delacorte Press [1980], New York (1980)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $100.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $107.00
Octavo, cloth. Signed inscription by Aiken to a mystery book publisher and book seller on the title page. Publisher's review slip laid in. Collection of fifteen stories. The contents of this book differ from the U.K. title of the same name, (nearly half the stories differ). [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-11]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (12824)
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
(Clicking here will not buy the book—you would do that, if you so choose, from their page).
A Touch of Chill: Stories of Horror, Suspense & Fantasy. by AIKEN, Joan (1924-2004).
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: London: Victor Gollancz Ltd (1979)
Seller: Benedict Wilson Books (Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $100.15
Shipping: $25.93
TOTAL Cost: $126.08
FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.190; [2]. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket featuring a painting by Stuart Hughes, with printed price of £3.75 net. Internally fine, some spotting to top edge, wrapper toned to flaps, spine almost imperceptibly sunned. Near fine. A collection of fifteen short stories, aimed at younger readers.
Click the button below to go to this seller’s detailed offer page.
This site is one of The Owlcroft Company family of web sites. Please click on the link (or the owl) to see a menu of our other diverse user-friendly, helpful sites.
Like all our sites, this one is hosted at the highly regarded Pair Networks, whom we strongly recommend—click the link to learn more. (To get 20% off on hosting fees if you move to Pair, use code pairref-FyXypEEk)
(Note: All Owlcroft systems run on Ubuntu Linux and we heartily recommend it to everyone—click on the link for more information).
) in the upper right of this page.
