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Swallowdale (Copy 2).
by Ransome, Arthur
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG++/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0099963000
- ISBN 13
- 9780099963004
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 10th.* Date of Publication: 1993* Publisher: Red Fox.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card illustrated covers (different to that shown). No bumps, minor rubs to top and bottom edges & front corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Very slight dish. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or inscriptions, no visible text block faults. Seems un-read. VG++* Illustrations: B/w line drawings & vignettes by the author throughout.* Pages: 512 pp. text. iv pp. No appendices at rear.* Product Description:- In this, the second instalment of Ransome's twelve-book Swallows and Amazons series. The Swallows return to the lake for another summer camping on their island alongside their allies, the Amazon pirates. But the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. If they can't have the island, there's always Swallowdale, a secret valley, hidden from the world.* This is a NEAR FINE un-read copy with minimal shelf wear reducing it to VG++*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5441
- Title
- Swallowdale (Copy 2).
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, 10th. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0099963000
- ISBN 13
- 9780099963004
- Publisher
- Red Fox, London
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 512
- Date Published
- 1993-07-01
- Size
- 17.8 x 3.5 x 11 cm
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