SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
by RANSOME, ARTHUR
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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HAWTHORN EAST, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, London, 1945. 375 pp, maps on end-papers, b&w illustrations, gift inscription opposite half-title,light stains on boards, else very good copy in green, cloth boards.. First published 1930.
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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- Bookseller
- Camberwell Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 225395
- Title
- SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
- Author
- RANSOME, ARTHUR
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape, London, 1945
- Keywords
- modern firsts childrens literature england
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