Swallowdale
by Arthur Ransome
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
-
San Mateo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Lippincott, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. This is the second book in the childrens adventure series Swallows and Amazons. Description: 8vo. 393 pages. Stated sixth impression. Red cloth boards with yellow pictorial front cover and yellow title on spine. Orange and black pictorial map pastedown. Condition: Corners and top/bottom of spine are bumped and lightly worn. Dust jacket is price-clipped, and has small chips and tears around edges, one 1 closed tear at top center of front cover. Now protected in mylar.
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
- B Street Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2015-V62
- Title
- Swallowdale
- Author
- Arthur Ransome
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
B Street Books, ABAA
We accept returns of any book within 30 days and refund the price, so long as the book is returned in the same condition it was sent.
About the Seller
B Street Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
San Mateo, California
About B Street Books, ABAA
We buy and sell used, rare, collectible and antiquarian books and are conveniently located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area peninsula. We are San Mateo's only used bookstore and have served the area for over 10 years.
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