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Swallowdale (Swallows and Amazons series)

Swallowdale (Swallows and Amazons series)

Swallowdale (Swallows and Amazons series)
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Swallowdale (Swallows and Amazons series)

by Ransome, Arthur

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  • Paperback
  • first
Condition
VG++/VG
ISBN 10
0140303391
ISBN 13
9780140303391
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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 15th.* Date of Publication: 1988* Publisher: Puffin/Penguin.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card illustrated covers. No bumps, minimal rubs to top and bottom edges. No creases to spine or hinge. Small tear at base of spine, repaired, VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, no visible faults. minimal colouration to page edges. Seems un-read. VG++* Illustrations: B/w line drawings & vignettes by the author throughout.* Pages: 441 pp. text. iv pp. Advertisements 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 & a small spine fault reducing it to VG.*

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Bookseller
Cocksparrow Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
3225
Title
Swallowdale (Swallows and Amazons series)
Author
Ransome, Arthur
Format/Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition
Used - VG++/VG
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition Thus, Late Rep.
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0140303391
ISBN 13
9780140303391
Publisher
Penguin, Puffin
Place of Publication
London Uk 0
This edition first published
1968

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