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SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
by Ransome, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Mint/mint
- ISBN 10
- 0224606328
- ISBN 13
- 9780224606325
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 2004. 448pp. A modern reprint in perfect as new condition. NO clipping, inscriptions, wear, fading or marks. Green boards, gilt with a mint d.j. [Originally published by Cape in 1931 this is a copy of the reset edition of 1982]. Reprint. Hardback. Mint/mint. 8vo.
Synopsis
Swallows and Amazons is the first book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome and was first published in 1930. It is set in the Lake District between the two World Wars. At the time Ransome had been working as a journalist with the Manchester Guardian, but decided to become a full-time author rather than go abroad as a foreign correspondent. He continued to write part-time for the press.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GT1257
- Title
- SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Mint
- Jacket Condition
- mint
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0224606328
- ISBN 13
- 9780224606325
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
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Thomas Rare Books
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Yaxley, Suffolk
About Thomas Rare Books
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Glossary
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...