Swallows and Amazons
by Ransome, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good+/VG-
- ISBN 10
- 8497891120
- ISBN 13
- 9788497891127
- Seller
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Forrestfield, Western Australia, Australia
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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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Details
- Bookseller
- Caerwen Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037660
- Title
- Swallows and Amazons
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Illustrator
- Arthur Ransome
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+/VG-
- ISBN 10
- 8497891120
- ISBN 13
- 9788497891127
- Publisher
- The Children's Golden Library
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.