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The Picts and the Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All
by Arthur Ransome
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About This Item
RANSOME, Arthur. The Picts and the Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All. London: Jonathan Cape [1943]. 8vo, 304pp. Dark green cloth with spine stamped in gilt and cover in blind. Color pictorial map endpapers; 20 full-page b&w illustrations. Spine ends a tad rubbed, lower rear corner gently bumped, else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (light edge wear, a few chips at spine ends, spine quite sunned and a bit rubbed, rear panel lightly soiled).
First edition. The penultimate book in Arthur Ransome's 12 book series of children's adventure novels. Mischief, mayhem, and all sorts of outdoor fun abound when the Callum siblings, Dick and Dorothea, visit the Blackett sisters for the summer at Beckfoot.
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 Amazon s. Thus began a writing career that has produced some of the best children’s literature of all time.
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- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049746
- Title
- The Picts and the Martyrs
- Author
- Arthur Ransome
- Illustrator
- Arthur Ransome
- Format/Binding
- Dark green cloth with spine stamped in gilt and cover in blind
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Pages
- 304pp.
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Swallows and Amazons
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About Books of Wonder
Books of Wonder is NYC's oldest and largest independent children's bookstore, specializing in both new and old books. Established in 1980, Books of Wonder has a store in the Flatiron/Chelsea area of Manhattan.
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- Jacket
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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