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Astercote: Available Copies
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Seller: Better World Books Ltd (Dunfermline, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $6.27
Shipping: $6.77
TOTAL Cost: $13.04
Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Seller: Better World Books Ltd (Dunfermline, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $6.27
Shipping: $6.77
TOTAL Cost: $13.04
Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Seller: Better World Books Ltd (Dunfermline, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $6.27
Shipping: $6.77
TOTAL Cost: $13.04
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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Seller: WeBuyBooks (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $1.85
Shipping: $13.54
TOTAL Cost: $15.39
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: medimops (Berlin, Germany)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $3.96
Shipping: $11.47
TOTAL Cost: $15.43
Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
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Seller: AwesomeBooks (Wallingford, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $19.00
Shipping: $5.58
TOTAL Cost: $24.58
Astercote (Piccolo Books) 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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Astercote. by Lively, Penelope.
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Dutton, /1970, 1st printing Am; 153 pp., New York (1971)
Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks (Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $20.00
Shipping: $4.78
TOTAL Cost: $24.78
CONDITION: Very Good in Near Fine clipped jacket; owner inscription on half title, about 10 pages have been bumped on the fore-edge, leaving two pages with narrow margin creases, ow very nice. Juvenile hardback. Lively's first children's novel; children investigate the secrets of a stone village now deep in the wood, destroyed since the Black Death. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. .
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Astercote by LIVELY, PENELOPE
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Pan Books 1975 (1975)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd. (Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $5.42
Shipping: $20.71
TOTAL Cost: $26.13
paperback (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 cost.
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Seller: Brit Books (Milton Keynes, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $5.01
Shipping: $21.65
TOTAL Cost: $26.66
***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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Astercote. by LIVELY, Penelope.
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: London, Pan Books 1973. (1973)
Seller: Larsen Books (Exeter, NSW, Australia)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $8.00
Shipping: $20.00
TOTAL Cost: $28.00
Reprint. Paperback. Very good. Author's first novel, with b/w illustrations by Anthony Maitland. Postage within Australia for this small/light book is set at $2 ($6 overseas), so please disregard any site default rate, which will be adjusted downwards when the order is processed by the bookseller.
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Seller: Book Haven (Wellington, WLG, New Zealand)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $5.72
Shipping: $25.00
TOTAL Cost: $30.72
A brother and sister discover that nearby woods not only hide the site of a medieval village but also a well-kept and potentially dangerous secret. Tanning; spine creased. 160 pages.
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Astercote by Penelope Lively
Paperback
ISBN: 9780330236720
Publisher: Pan Books (1973)
Seller: Book Haven (Wellington, WLG, New Zealand)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $6.33
Shipping: $25.00
TOTAL Cost: $31.33
Since being wiped out in the 14th century by the Black Death, the village of Astercote has been overgrown by forest, but its past still haunts the local Cotswold folk. Soon, villagers fall ill, crosses are marked on the doors and the modern village is taken over by a medieval consciousness. Pages tanned, minor wear on cover. 160 pages.
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Astercote by LIVELY, Penelope
Paperback
ISBN: 9780749707934
Publisher: Mammoth, London (1996)
Seller: Mad Hatter Books (Auckland, New Zealand)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $4.50
Shipping: $30.00
TOTAL Cost: $34.50
Illustrated by ANTONY MAITLAND. Paperback, 2 superficial creases on front and some indentations on the back, a few light internal marks, one page corner creased, else vg. Two children discover traces of the Cotswold village Astercot which was wiped out by the Black Death in the 14th century.
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Astercote by Lively, Penelope
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780525259756
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group (1971)
Seller: Better World Books (Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $54.25
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $54.25
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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Seller: Colophon Books (UK) (Leek, STAFF, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $62.76
Shipping: $35.54
TOTAL Cost: $98.30
156 pages with illustrations & wrapper by Antony Maitland, turquoise cloth boards, in a nice dustwrapper, not torn or chipped, spine a little dark and an overall dustiness to the rear of the wrappers, priced at 21/- (£1.05p) Or an old guineas value. There is one annoying issue on page 153/4 a splot of candle wax has discoloured and left an area of discolouration and a small hole at that spot (see photo scan). a nice clean almost unread copy otherwise. *Authors first book for children and was in an archive owned by the artist. Ages 8-15.
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