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Great Northern?
by Ransome, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth. Unclipped jacket is worn lightly along edges and hinges. Gift inscription opposite half title page. Spine lightly cocked. This is the 1937 fourth impression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Arthur Ransome was born in 1884. He was in Russia in 1917 and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District of England with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons . Thus began a writing career that has produced some of the best children’s literature of all time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38708
- Title
- Great Northern?
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1947
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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