Swallows and Amazons

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First American edition of the first book in Ransome's wonderful series about a clan of sailing British children between the wars, who manage quite handily mostly without the adults around, thank you; camping, sailing, exploring, and doing some fine storytelling along the way. First printing, same date on title & copyright pages, no later printings noted - originally published in the UK a year earlier. Hardcover, full green cloth, black titling; in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, but some light water stains to the spine & small part of the bottom page edges, top margin of front cover darkened; jacket shows light waterstaining, mostly visible internally, a couple of short tears, one with a decent but not archival scotch tape mend to inside head of spine; externally, the jacket shows minor rubbing, light chipping, edges darkened, spine a bit darkened with minor scuffing & light creasing/cockling, minor silverfishing; book store ("The Book Shop") rubberstamp on free endsheet & half-title page; presents quite nicely. Text clean; 343 pages, map endsheets, title page & interior map in two colors, other fine line illustrations (mostly headpieces) by Helene Carter - Ransome started illustrating his books later in the series, and in later editions of this title his technically primitive but more atmospheric work replaces Carter's. Size: 5¾" by 8¼". N° de ref. del artículo w0550

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Detalles bibliográficos

Título: Swallows and Amazons
Editorial: J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
Año de publicación: 1931
Encuadernación: Cloth
Ilustrador: Helene Carter
Condición: Good
Condición de la sobrecubierta: Good
Edición: First American Edition.