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Winter Holiday
by Arthur Ransome
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$240.20A$216.18
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8.5 by 6". Arthur Ransome. The fourth novel in Arthur Ransome's beloved Swallows and Amazons series, in the original decorative dustwrapper. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, with price clipped.The eleventh impression of the first edition, originally published in 1933.Set during the interwar period, journalist and author Arthur Ransome's twelve book 'Swallows and Amazons' series has proved enduringly popular.This edition is illustrated throughout by Ransome himself.In this fourth novel of the series, the usual emphasis on sailing is absent, with the focus instead on the children's wintertime adventures of ice skating and sledging. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dustwrapper. Externally very smart. Only minor shelfwear to head and tail of spine. Discolouration to dustwrapper, most concentrated to spine and rear panel. Minor chipping to head and tail of spine panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
Winter Holiday is the fourth novel of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. It was published in 1933. In this story, the third set of major characters in the series, the Ds — Dick and Dorothea Callum—are introduced. The series' usual emphasis on boats and sailing is largely absent, as the story is set in the winter. Instead, the children's activities focus on ice skating, signalling with semaphore and Morse code and sledging.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 774F6
- Title
- Winter Holiday
- Author
- Arthur Ransome
- Illustrator
- Arthur Ransome
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 8.5 by 6"
- Keywords
- Swallows and Amazons Lake District Norfolk Broads Lake District
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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- Price Clipped
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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