Swallowdale
by Ransome, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
(London: Cape: August 1932) Reprint. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 453. Illustrated by Clifford Webb. Prize label on front free endpaper. Spine sunned; head of spine a little worn; rubbing to the corners of the front board and a few small marks to rear cloth; otherwise a very good copy.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- exPB (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 175707
- Title
- Swallowdale
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- childrens
Terms of Sale
exPB
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About the Seller
exPB
Biblio member since 2017
Clarence Park, South Australia
About exPB
I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...