SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
by ARTHUR RANSOME
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 022460631X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224606318
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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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
- booksonlinebrighton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131122
- Title
- SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
- Author
- ARTHUR RANSOME
- Illustrator
- AUTHOR
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 022460631X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224606318
- Publisher
- JONATHAN CAPE
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome.
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