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Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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Not What You Expected: Available Copies
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Not What You Expected: A collection of short stories by Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385085168
Publisher: Doubleday, New York (1974)
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $60.00
Shipping: $3.00
TOTAL Cost: $63.00
Pictorial hardbound in jacket. Standard used copy, some light staining to page edges, wear to jacket. Tipped in to endpaper is Reading award presented to a student. This is a 'reinforced library edition' but is NOT an ex library copy.
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NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES. by Aiken, Joan
Hardcover
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Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc. [1974], Garden City (1974)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $150.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $157.00
Octavo, cloth backed boards. Signed inscription by Aiken to a mystery book publisher and book seller on the title page. Two brief notes signed by the author laid in. A collection of stories which appeared in previous collections of the author's work. No equivalent U.K.edition of this book. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some mild dust soiling. (12825)
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