Secret Water. By Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by the Author. LONDON : 1939. HARDBACK in JACKET.
by RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Good Plus
- Seller
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square, 1939. Fourth Impression . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Good Plus. 8vo. Illustrated by the Author.. FIRST EDITION. First Printing. LONDON : 1939. Eight in series. Hardback. Illustrated by the Author. Original green cloth; gilt lettered spine. In series-style pictorial dust-jacket (not price-clipped). Map end-papers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear and chipping to jacket not faded but is chipped to head and foot with loss. VERY GOOD INDEED in GOOD jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. 380 pages. Referenced by: Hammond, Wayne G. Arthur Ransome: a bibliography A28a. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.
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- Bookseller
- Rosley Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 055034
- Title
- Secret Water. By Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by the Author. LONDON : 1939. HARDBACK in JACKET.
- Author
- RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967)
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by the Author.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Impression
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Children's stories in English - Ransome, Arthur - Biograp Travellers Library Hies Winter ; Juvenile fiction. Amazons (Fictitious characters : Ransome) ; Juvenile fiction. Swallows (Fictitious characters) ; Juvenile fiction. Adventure stories. Outdoor
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Rosley Books
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria
About Rosley Books
SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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