Swallows Amazons (5 results)
More imagesPublished by Jonathan Cape, London, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: A Few Books More. . ., Billings, MT, U.S.A.A Few Books More. . .
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. sm 8 vo, 335 pp. Eighth impression, of first edition. 1949. Green cloth, embossed title front cover, and gilt title on spine. No jacket. Decorated eps: maps of Miss Lee's Islands. Classical adventure stories for children. Previous owner's name light in pencil on half-title. Otherwise c…lean interior, no marks, no damage. Spine has slight roll, about an 1/8". Covers are a little faded, base of spine is darkened by something but I don't know what. See photos. Wonderful detail on the eps maps. Additional b/w illustrations in text. (illustrator).
Arthur Ransome : Author of the Swallows & Amazons Books. By Helen Macleod. This is an original article separated from an issue of The Book & Magazine Collector publication.
ARTHUR RANSOME : AUTHOR OF THE POPULAR SWALLOWS & AMAZONS CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
Published by Book & Magazine Collector, London, 1985
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United KingdomCosmo Books
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. 8 pages, illustrated. With list of books. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over… finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).
Published by Book & Magazine Collector, London, 2001
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United KingdomCosmo Books
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. 16 pages, illustrated. With list of books. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function ove…r finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).
Published by Junior Literary Guild, New York, 1931
- Hardcover
Seller: St Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A., Peterborough, United KingdomSt Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First USA edition. Illustrated by Helene Carter. Pictorial end papers. No dw. VG.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Jonathan Cape, 1930, 1931, 1938, London, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United KingdomGeorge Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Frontispiece map drawn by Steven Spurrier [mis-spelt Stephen on the title-page]. First Edition. 8vo. [201 x 135 x 30 mm]. 349, [1] pp. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in light brown morocco, the covers with a gilt fillet border extending across the smooth spine with the points of the com…pass, across the centre a series of gilt gouges and blue, black and yellow fillets, following the pattern of the endleaves, with the "Swallows and Amazons For Ever" block and date on the front, the spine lettered in gilt, the edges of the boards tooled with a gilt fillet, the turn-ins with a gilt roll, multicoloured chiyogami endleaves, double-page coloured map endleaves bound in, gilt edges. [4139] London: Jonathan Cape. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith,1930 [With] Swallows & Amazons. Frontispiece, 27 plates and vignette tail-pieces by Clifford Webb and a map by Steven Spurrier. First Illustrated Edition. 8vo. [201 x 135 x 36 mm]. 349, [1] pp. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in light blue morocco to match above but with a different pattern of gilt, black and red gouges and fillets, following the pattern of the chiyogami endleaves, double-page coloured map endleaves bound in. London: Jonathan Cape, 1931 [And] Swallows & Amazons. Frontispiece, 23 full-page illustrations and vignette tail-pieces by Arthur Ransome, with help from Miss Nancy Blackett and a map by Steven Spurrier. First Ransome Illustrated Edition. 8vo. [201 x 135 x 33 mm]. 375pp. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in light green morocco to match the above but with a different pattern of gilt, green and blue gouges, following the pattern of the chiyogami endleaves, double-page coloured map endleaves bound in. London: Jonathan Cape, 1938 With contemporary ink signature on recto of the frontispiece. The three volumes are housed together in a slipcase lined with felt and covered in lichen cloth with a black morocco opening and black ribbon.
