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We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (2nd printing, same month as 1st in first edition d/w)
by Ransome, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Lydbury North, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1937 Book. Illus. by Arthur Ransome. VG+/Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, 2nd printing (same month as first printing) in FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE D/W, two small corner bumps, otherwise near-Fine in a VG unclipped 1st edition d/w, some rubs, mainly at corners, no loss.
Synopsis
ARTHUR RANSOME was born in Leeds in 1884. He had an adventurous life -- as a baby he was carried by his father to the top of the Old Man of Coniston, a peak that is 2,276 ft high! He went to Russia in 1913 to study folklore and in 1914, at the start of World War I he became a foreign correspondent for the Daily News . In 1917 when the Russian Revolution began he became a journalist and was a special correspondent of the Guardian . He played chess with Lenin and married Trotsky's personal secretary, Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina. On his return to England, he bought a cottage near Windermere in the Lake District and began writing children's stories. He published the first of his children's classics, the twelve Swallows and Amazons books, in 1930. In 1936 he won the first ever Carnegie Medal for his book, Pigeon Post . He died in 1967.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Schutte
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005976
- Title
- We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (2nd printing, same month as 1st in first edition d/w)
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Illustrator
- Arthur Ransome
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
David Schutte
I am a specialist children\'s bookseller with over 30 years in the trade. NOTE THAT \'1st\' MEANS U.K. FIRST EDITION UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE. Cash with order, please, cheques UK Sterling only, once availability of book(s) has been confirmed. I can also take Visa and Mastercard. I will need: (1)Name of issuing bank and type of card; (2)Card No. and expiry date; (3)Exact name as it appears on the card. (4)Security code from signature strip. (5)Confirmation that the card address and delivery address are the same. Books will be reserved for 14 days only pending payment. Postage and insurance are extra at cost. A choice of surface or airmail will be quoted, but high value orders must be sent airmail for insurance purposes. Books may be returned immediately on receipt if they are found not to have been described accurately.
About the Seller
David Schutte
Biblio member since 2006
Lydbury North, Shropshire
About David Schutte
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