Collection of the works of Joan Aiken

by Aiken, Joan

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London: Jonathan Cape, British Broadcasting Corporation, etc., 2011. First editions, UK or American according to precedence, plus some first American editions, as noted. Variously illustrated by Pat Marriott, Quentin Blake, and others. 109 vols. 8vo. Original publisher's bindings, illustrated dust jackets when called for. Often with ownership signature of John Clute, and Hand Clute bookplate by Judith Clute. Generally very good to fine. First editions, UK or American according to precedence, plus some first American editions, as noted. Variously illustrated by Pat Marriott, Quentin Blake, and others. 109 vols. 8vo. Comprehensive collection of the Joan Aiken (1924-2004), daughter of Conrad Aiken, and the highly esteemed and prolific author of fantasy for children and Young Adult readers. "Almost none of her many adult novels contain explicit fantasy content, though some have supernatural implications ... Aiken was never strongly drawn to the writing of sf, though her most famous sequence, beginning with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1962) and ending with The Witch of Clatteringshaws (2005), is set in a genuine Alternate History version of Britain where the Stuart dynasty has survived (James III has acceded in 1832), though Hanoverian plots against the throne abound (directly reversing the historical record). A channel tunnel, which allows wolves into England, has been constructed. As in the works of E Nesbit, parents and other authority figures are often absent or lost, unde

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape, British Broadcasting Corporation, etc.
• Year: 2011
• Edition: First editions, UK or American according to precedence, plus som
• Binding: unknown

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