Collection of the works of Joan Aiken

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 (truncated) 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, underlying the sometime terrifying arbitrariness of her world” — John Clute, The Enclyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE).

This collection includes her most beloved titles, with signed copies of both London and New York editions of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, and 14 additional titles signed, among them 4 inscribed books (her last book inscribed to Clute, “I hope it finds you”), together with a typed letter, signed, 7 May 2002, reading in part: “I tried on the whole to keep the supernatural out of my adult books. Except for The Haunting of Lamb House, The narrator of Eliza's Daughter has an odd hand which sometimes solves problems; that's about all. Voices and The Shadow Guests would not count as adult fiction”. An alphabetical list follows (further details available).

1. Aiken, Joan. All You've Ever Wanted. And Other Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. Signed.

Arabel and Mortimer books:
2. Arabel and Mortimer books: Aiken, Joan. Arabel's Raven. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1972
3. Aiken, Joan. The Escaped Black Mamba. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1973
4. Aiken, Joan. The Bread Bin. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1974
5. Aiken, Joan. Mortimer's Tie. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1976
6. Aiken, Joan. Mortimer and Arabel. London: BBC Books, 1992. Signed
7. Aiken, Joan, and Lizza Aiken. Mortimer's Pocket. London: BBC Children's Books, 1994
8. Aiken, Joan, and Lizza Aiken. Mortimer's Mine. London: BBC Children's Books, 1995
9. Aiken, Joan. Tales of Arabel's Raven. Containing / Arabel's Raven / The Escaped Black Mamba / The Bread Bin, 1972 - 1974. London: British Broadcasting Corporation/Jonathan Cape, 1974
10. Aiken, Joan. Arabel and Mortimer. Containing / Mortimer's Tie / The Spiral Stair / Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur, 1976-1979. London: British Broadcasting Corporation/Jonathan Cape, 1980
11. Aiken, Joan. Mortimer's Cross. Containing / The Mystery of Mr Jones's Disappearing Taxi / Mortimer's Cross / Mortimer's Portrait on Glass, 1982-1983. London: British Broadcasting Corporation/Jonathan Cape, 1983
12. Aiken, Joan. Mortimer Says Nothing. Containing / Mortimer Says Nothing / Arabel's Birthday / Mr Jones's Rest Cure/ A Call at the Jones’. London: Jonathan Cape, 1985

13. Aiken, Joan. Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1968
14. Aiken, Joan. Blackground. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1989
15. Aiken, Joan. A Bundle of Nerves. Stories of Horror, Suspense and Fantasy. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1976
16. Aiken, Joan. The Butterfly Picnic. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1972
17. Aiken, Joan. Castle Barebane. New York: The Viking Press, 1976
18. Aiken, Joan. The Cockatrice Boys. New York: Tor, 1996. Signed
19. Aiken, Joan. The Cockatrice Boys. London: Gollancz, 1996.
20. Aiken, Joan. A Creepy Company London: Victor Gollancz, 1993
21. Aiken, Joan. Deception London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987
22. Aiken, Joan. Died on a Rainy Sunday London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1972
23. Aiken, Joan. The Embroidered Sunset London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1970
24. Aiken, Joan. The Erl King's Daughter, 1988. New York: Barron's, 1989 (without jacket as issued)
25. Aiken, Joan. The Faithless Lollybird. And Other Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1977
26. Aiken, Joan. The Faithless Lollybird. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1978. (Contents differ from UK book with same title)
27. Aiken, Joan. The Far Forests. Tales of Romance, Fantasy, and Suspense. New York: The Viking Press, 1977
28. Felix and Juana books Aiken, Joan. Go Saddle the Sea, [1977]. London: Jonathan Cape 1978. First British edition [Felix and Juana 1]
29. Aiken, Joan. Bridle the Wind. New York: Delacorte Press, 1983 [Felix and Juana 2]
30. Aiken, Joan. The Teeth of the Gale. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988. First American edition [Felix and Juana 3]
31. Aiken, Joan. A Fit of Shivers. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1990
32. Aiken, Joan. Fog Hounds, Wind Cat, Sea Mice. London: Macmillan, 1984 (without dust jacket as issued)
33. Aiken, Joan. A Foot in the Grave. London: Jonathan Cape, 1989
34. Aiken, Joan. The Fortune Hunters Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company Inc, 1965. Signed
35. Aiken, Joan. Foul Matter. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1983
36. Aiken, Joan. Ghostly Beasts. London: Jonathan Cape 2002
37. Aiken, Joan. Give Yourself a Fright. Thirteen Tales of the Supernatural. New York: Delacorte Press, 1989
38. Aiken, Joan. A Goose on Your Grave -1983-1987-. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987
39. Aiken, Joan. The Green Flash. And Other Tales of Horror, Suspense, and Fantasy 1954-1971. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971
40. Aiken, Joan. A Handful of Gold. London: Jonathan Cape, 1995
41. Aiken, Joan. A Harp of Fishbones. And Other Stories -1960-1972-. London: Jonathan Cape, 1972. Signed
42. Aiken, Joan. Hate Begins at Home London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967
43. Aiken, Joan . The Haunting of Lamb House. London: Jonathan Cape, 1991

Jane Austen Entertainments
44. Aiken, Joan. Mansfield Revisited. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984 [Jane Austen Entertainments 1]
45. Aiken, Joan. Eliza's Daughter. London: Victor Gollancz, 1994. [Jane Austen Entertainments 3]
46. Aiken, Joan. The Youngest Miss Ward. London: Victor Gollancz, 1998. [Jane Austen Entertainments 5]

47. Aiken, Joan. The Jewel Seed. London: Hodder Children's Books, 1997
48. Aiken, Joan. The Kingdom and the Cave London: Abelard-Schuman, 1960. Signed
49. Aiken, Joan. The Kingdom Under the Sea. And Other Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1971
50. Aiken, Joan. The Kitchen Warriors. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1983
51. Aiken, Joan. The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories 1977-1985. London: Jonathan Cape, 1985
52. Aiken, Joan. Mice and Mendelson. London: Jonathan Cape, 1978 [“stories first transmitted in 1977 by Thames Television”]
53. Aiken, Joan. Midnight Is a Place. London: Jonathan Cape, 1974
54. Aiken, Joan. The Midnight Moropus. Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Simon & Schuster Young Books, 1993
55. Aiken, Joan. The Monkey's Wedding and Other Stories 1956-2002. Easthampton, Massachusetts: Small Beer Press 2011. Proof
56. Aiken, Joan. Moon Cake. And Other Stories. London: Hodder Children's Books, 1998
57. Aiken, Joan. The Mooncusser's Daughter. A Play for Children. New York: The Viking Press, 1974
58. Aiken, Joan. More Than You Bargained For [1955]. New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1957. First American edition. Signed.
59. Aiken, Joan. Morningquest. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1992. Inscribed
60. Aiken, Joan. A Necklace of Raindrops. And Other Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1968
61. Aiken, Joan. Night Fall, 1969 New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. First American edition
62. Aiken, Joan. Not What You Expected. A Collection of Stories. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974. Inscribed. [Dust jacket repaired with kraft paper, poor]
63. Aiken, Joan. Past Eight O'Clock. Goodnight Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986
64. Aiken, Joan. The People in the Castle. Selected Strange Stories. Easthampton, Massachusetts: Small Beer Press 2016. Proof
65. Aiken, Joan. Return to Harken House, 1988. New York: Delacorte Press, 1990. First American edition . dj/Linda Benson
66. Aiken, Joan. The Ribs of Death London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967

St. Boan
67. Aiken, Joan. In Thunder's Pocket London: Red Fox, 2001 [St Boan 1]
68. Aiken, Joan. The Song of Mat and Ben London: Red Fox, 2001 [St Boan 2]
69. Aiken, Joan. Bone and Dream London: Red Fox, 2002 [St Boan 3]

70. Aiken, Joan. The Scream London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2002. Signed
71. Aiken, Joan. The Serial Garden. The Complete Armitage Family Stories. Easthampton, Massachusetts: Big Mouth House, 2008
72. Aiken, Joan. The Shadow Guests London: Jonathan Cape, 1980
73. Aiken, Joan. Shadows & Moonshine. Boston, Massachusetts: David R Godine 2001
74. Aiken, Joan. The Shoemaker's Boy, 1991. chap New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1994
75. Aiken, Joan. The Silence of Herondale Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company Inc, 1964
76. Aiken, Joan. The Skin Spinners. Poems. New York: The Viking Press, 1976
77. Aiken, Joan. A Small Pinch of Weather. And Other Stories -1959-1969- London: Jonathan Cape, 1969
78. Aiken, Joan. The Smile of the Stranger Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1978
79. Aiken, Joan. Smoke from Cromwell's Time. And Other Stories. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1970
80. Aiken, Joan. Snow Horse. And Other Stories. London: A & C Black 2004
81. Aiken, Joan. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs New York: DK Publishing, Inc 2002
82. Aiken, Joan. Street. A Play [1977] New York: The Viking Press, 1978
83. Aiken, Joan. Tale of a One-Way Street. And Other Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1978
84. Aiken, Joan. A Touch of Chill. Stories of Horror, Suspense & Fantasy. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1979
85. Aiken, Joan. A Touch of Chill. Tales for sleepless nights. New York: Delacorte Press, 1980. (Contents differ substantially from UK edition)
86. Aiken, Joan. Trouble With Product X. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1966
87. Aiken, Joan. Up the Chimney Down. And Other Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. Proof
88. Aiken, Joan. Up the Chimney Down. And Other Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1984
89. Aiken, Joan. Voices in an Empty House. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975
90. Aiken, Joan. The Weeping Ash. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980
91. Aiken, Joan. A Whisper in the Night. Stories of Horror, Suspense and Fantasy. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982

Willoughby Chase novels
92. Aiken, Joan. The Whispering Mountain London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. Signed. [Willoughby prequel.]
93. Aiken, Joan. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. Illustrations by Pat Marriott Signed. [Willoughby 1]
94. Aiken, Joan. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. 1962 Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1963. First American edition. Signed. Illustrations by Pat Marriott (6 new to this edition). Dust jacket illustration by Edward Gorey [Willoughby 1]
95. Aiken, Joan. Black Hearts in Battersea. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1964. First American edition. Signed. [Willoughby 2]
96. Aiken, Joan. Nightbirds on Nantucket. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1966. Signed. [Willoughby 3]
97. Aiken, Joan. The Stolen Lake. London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. [Willoughby 4]
98. Aiken, Joan. Limbo Lodge. London: Jonathan Cape, 1999. [Willoughby 5]
99. Aiken, Joan. The Cuckoo Tree. London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. [Willoughby 6]
100. Aiken, Joan. Dido and Pa. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. [Willoughby 7]
101. Aiken, Joan. Midwinter Nightingale New York: Delacorte Press, 2003. Inscribed to John Clute, with a letter. [Willoughby 8]
102. Aiken, Joan. Is. London: Jonathan Cape, 1992. Signed. [Willoughby 9]
103. Aiken, Joan. Cold Shoulder Road. London: Jonathan Cape, 1995. [Willoughby 10]
104. Aiken, Joan. The Witch of Clatteringshaws. London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. [Willoughby 11]
105. Aiken, Joan. The Windscreen Weepers. And Other Tales of Horror and Suspense. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1969. Signed
106. Aiken, Joan. The Winter Sleepwalker. And Other Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1994.
107. Aiken, Joan. Winterthing. A Play for Children [1970]. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. First American edition
108. Aiken, Joan. Winterthing. And The Mooncusser's Daughter. Two Plays for Children. London: Jonathan Cape, 1973.
109. Aiken, Joan. The Wooden Dragon London: Jonathan Cape, 2004. Provenance: John Clute/Elizabeth Hand. Cf. https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/aiken_joan (Inventory #: 369320)