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Swallow Dale
by Ransome, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0224606328
- ISBN 13
- 9780224606325
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, London, 2010. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Illustrator: Arthur Ransome. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 453 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. The world that the children enter as soon as they get off the train in the Lake District is as separate from their everyday world as Hogwarts or Narnia... For most readers, the idea of cooking trout you have caught yourself is as strange and poetic as the idea of casting a spell that turns a teacup into a turtle." --Guardian "'Ahoy Ahoy Swallows Ahoy '" Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout and cooked it yourself? The four Swallows, John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake full of such plans and they can't wait to meet up with Nancy and Peggy, the Amazon Pirates. When the "Swallow" is shipwrecked and the Amazon's fearsome Great-Aunt makes decides to make a visit their summer seems ruined. Then they discover a wonderful hidden valley and things take a turn for the better." Illustrator: Arthur Ransome. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children; England; 1930s; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780224606325. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10579. . 9780224606325
Synopsis
Swallowdale is the second book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. It was published in 1931. In this book, camping in the hills and moorland country around Ransome's Lake in the North features much more prominently and there is less sailing. A significant new character, Maria Turner, the Blacketts' Great Aunt, is introduced. Ransome was living in the Lake District and he drew on his experiences and memories of encounters over many years with the local farming community.
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10579
- Title
- Swallow Dale
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Illustrator
- Arthur Ransome
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0224606328
- ISBN 13
- 9780224606325
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- BZDB137 arthur ransome, swallows, amazons, pirates, swallowdale, lake district Children; England; 1930s; Arthur Ransome Unbranded EAN: 9780224606325 Ransome, Arthur Swallow Dale
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