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London: Jonathan Cape,, 1930-47. A rare complete set of this classic children's series First editions, first impressions, all in the dust jackets. Together, these works "changed British children's literature, affected a whole generation's view of holidays, helped to create the national image of the English Lake District, and added Arthur Ransome's name to the select list of classic British children's authors" (Hunt, p. 13). The debut title, consisting of 2,000 copies only, "sold slowly at first, taking two years to earn its advance of £100". By 1948, "the house journal of Jonathan Cape announced that the one millionth copy, of the total copies printed of the twelve books in the 'Swallows and Amazons' series, would soon be on sale" (Hammond). The series has inspired many adaptations, including the 1963 BBC children's series, the 1974 film starring Virginia McKenna and Ronald Fraser, and the 2016 film starring Andrew Scott and Harry Enfield. In 2010, a musical version of the first book premiered at…
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The Swallows and Amazons novels: Swallows and Amazons; Swallowdale; Peter Duck; Winter Holiday; Coot Club; Pigeon Post; We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea; Secret Water; The Big Six; Missee Lee; The Picts and the Martyrs; Great Northern?
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Swallowdale
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1931. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". Clifford Webb. A fantastic first edition of Arthur Ransome's 'Swallowdale'. Signed by the illustrator of this work, Clifford Webb. With the exceedingly scarce dustwrapper. Signed by the illustrator to the recto of front endpaper 'To Robbie from Clifford Webb Nov 1931'. The inscription is to Robert Cleveland-Stevens. Possibly Captain Bobby Cleveland-Stevens of the Welsh Guards. Webb illustrated the first two Swallows and Amazons books. With the original exceptionally scarce unclipped dustwrapper in a fantastic condition. The dustwrapper has been subject to some professional repairs, that are imperceptible externally. This story follows the Walker siblings and Blackett sisters camping in the hills and moorland around a lake. It is the second novel in Ransome's famed 'Swallows and Amazons' series. A truly exceptional copy of Ransome's famed children's adventure novel. It is exceptionally scarce to have this work…
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SWALLOWDALE
by RANSOME, Arthur; illustrated by WEBB, Clifford:
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London: Jonathan Cape. 1931. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original bluish green cloth with titles in gilt to the spine and upper board. No dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers and black and white drawings throughout by Clifford Webb. A good copy, the binding firm, the cloth split and frayed to the lower spine fold, with small nicks and chips to the tips of the slightly faded spine. The contents, lightly toned at the margins and with some faint spotting at the prelims, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The first printing of the second book in the Arthur Ransome's 'Swallows and Amazons' series. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Swallowdale
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1932 First Edition, Fourth Impression. 393pp, bound in original illustrated red cloth, with binding and hinges tight, penned name on front free endpaper, light foxing on preliminary pages and foredge. Dust jacket bears the price of $1.00 [not price clipped], with a small edge piece missing from back of dj, light foxing, and is in a protective mylar cover.
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Swallowdale
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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.
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Swallowdale
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1932. First Edition. Octavo. 393 pages. Illustrated. A book the critics loved but was slow to sell. The Walker children and their allies, the Blacketts, sailing Lake Windermere and exploring the fells. "If there is a nice book this side of Treasure Island, I have missed it."--London Observer. Bound in brown cloth lettered and decorated in yellow, spine lettering yellow, endpapers are maps. previous owner's name to half-title A near fine copy in unclipped very nice dust jacket with just a few tiny edge tears.
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1931. Hardcover. Good.. 8vo.. First impression of the first edition. Green cloth boards, no dj. Gilt lettering to front and spine. Covered in sticky backed plastic. Spine and board edges are bumped. Boards and spine are fading. Some foxing to page edges and prelims. Endpapers have spotting and marking. Previous owners' signatures on flyleaf. Illustrations by Clifford Webb. In fair to good condition. 8vo. 1931
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Swallowdale
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Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1932. First American Edition. Neat ownership signature; a fine copy in a dust jacket with very slight spine browning and some tiny nicks. An excellent example.
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Swallowdale (1st U.S. edition)
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1/1/1932. Hardcover w/DJ. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1932. 1st edition, 8th printing. Dust jacket in protective cover; spine tanned; dark orange cloth with yellow illustration on front cover and yellow lettering on spine; spine is stamped ""F-3""; endpapers foxed in gutter; text edge has one small stain; binding good; text clean. G/G
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Swallowdale
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Phila: Lippincott. Good+, NO dj. 1932. 1st US. hardcover. 12mo . 393pp . 'To from April 1932' on half title, spine QUITE cocked. Front flap of DJ laid in. No printings listed on verso. .
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Swallowdale (Swallows and Amazons series)
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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…
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1940. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8th book in the exciting Swallows and Amazons series. 1940 Reprimn of the 1931 first edition. Endpapers illustrated with Coloured Chart. Full page and In-Text illustrations. Green cloth cover with Gilt Lettering on spine. 453 pages, 690g, 8" Tall. Gift inscription on half-title page, dated 1941. No other inscriptions.
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Swallowdale
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Amulet Books, 2014. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unmarked, clean and bright copy. Tiny cut on paper over board inside front cover, otherwise near fine in clean and bright dust jacket, not price clipped.
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Swallowdale
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1944. 1st Edition 16th Printing. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition sexteenth impression Original format hardback green cloth gilt 454 pp Illustrated + coloured end paper maps. Very Good + condition . No inscriptions. A newspaper article from 1964 by Geoffrey Moorhouse about the Swallows and Amazons series has been affixed to the first blank page. Nice copy.
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Penguin Books, 1968. Paperback. Good. 1968. First Edition Thus. 441 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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Swallowdale (Copy 2).
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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.*…
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