The Picts and the Martyrs
by Ransome, Arthur
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Cedar Ridge, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1943. 1st edition US. Hardcover. Ransome, Arthur. 1st ptg., 8vo, full green cloth, illustrated by the author in line with map endpapers, a Swallows and Amazons tale involving a visit from Dick and Dorothea that overlaps with one from a difficult Great-Aunt. Corners lightly bumped else near fine in chipped and darkened but not price-clipped dj.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Bud Plant & Hutchison Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32954
- Title
- The Picts and the Martyrs
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Illustrator
- Ransome, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition US
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
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