Swallows and Amazons

David R. Godine, Publisher. 1567924204 OVER 20 IN STOCK ON 09/19/2023. PAPERBACK. PLEASE NOTE THAT CD-ROM components, access cards/codes, digital license, and other supplemental materials are NOT guaranteed to be included for used items. If their inclusion is essential, please inquire before purchasing to determine whether they are included. Light to moderate wear and creasing to cover/edges/corners. School markings and… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's fugitive blue cloth which has unevenly faded to green, with titles stamped in gilt. Spine toned. Text block edge a bit stained, pages thumbed. Toning, creasing and former owner details in ink to preliminary pages. The first book in Arthur Ransome's series; scarce.… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape, UK, 1953. Cheap Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Author and Nancy Blackett. Book Stated First and only Cheap Edition. How wonderfully condescending ! Size: 12mo (7 to 8 inches). Item Type: Book. Boards in very good order. Binding tight, spine fine. Jacket is complete with a few small tears. Edges moderately browned/ foxed. Now… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. First Edition. Very Good. 350 pp. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green-blue cloth which has faded on the spine and unevenly on the rear cover. Two-inch split to cloth at top of front gutter, cloth lightly edge-worn, boards lightly splayed and pages thumbed. A nice copy in the original cloth, which has… Read more about this item

Red Fox, London, 1993. New Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. First impression. Size: 12mo (small). 417 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read… Read more about this item

London and Toronto: Jonathan Cape, 1934. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Clifford Webb. An early edition of Arthur Ransome's first novel in the titular series, illustrated throughout. An important piece of British children's literature. The first novel in the 'Swallows and Amazons' series.Set during the interwar period, this series of adventure novels follow groups of children exploring… Read more about this item

Puffin Books. Good. 4.33 x 0.83 x 7.13 inches. Paperback. 1962. 368 pages. Cover worn. <br>The first title in Arthur Ransome's cl assic series, originally published in 1930: for children, for gro wnups, for anyone captivated by the world of adventure and imagin ation. Swallows and Amazons introduces the lovable Walker family, the camp on Wild Cat Island, the… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very Good.

England: Jonathan Cape Limited, 1955. Book. Illus. by Arthur [Mitchell] Ransome. Good. Hardcover. Solid copy with a faded spine..

JONATHAN CAPE, 1985 Green Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 200 x 140 mm approx, illustrated end papers, 352 pp. Frontis + 23 other full page b/w illustrations by the author+ further map all as called for. Numerous other unspecified in text/chapter end pieces.1985 Reprint of the type re- set edition of 1958. Please see our images… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. Cheap Edition . Hardcover. Very Good -/Very Good. 7 ½ x 5. As noted on the dust jacket flap, this is "the first and only cheap edition of an Arthur Ransome book. It will not be reprinted." The book is slightly smaller than the original edition (7 ½ x 5 inches), and has a… Read more about this item

Hardback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

A very good hardcover in a very good jacket. The pages are clean and the binding is excellent. Illustrated throughout by the author. Maps of High Greenland on the front and back endpapers. There are 351 pages. A nice book for the serious collector.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. 375 pp, 8" H. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, blind stamped title on front board. Colour map endpapers, b&w illustrations. The four Walker children are allowed to sail to and camp out on Wild Cat Island in the Lake District of England. Adventures follow as they meet the Blackett sisters and… Read more about this item

London: Red Fox. Very Good. 20 x 13cm. Paperback. 2001. 390 pages. <br> Some very imaginative children spend a summer cam ping on an island in the middle of an English lake. They sail on the lake and pretend they are in exotic parts of the world and, a s a result, have many exciting adventures. Suggested level: prima… Read more about this item

Hardback. Acceptable.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. 35th impression. hardback. Good, 35th impression no d/j, green clothbound boards (some stains and fading on back); blindpressed titling on front, gilt titling on spine (a little fading near base); pages unmarked and clean, binding good.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 1. The ultimate children's classic… Read more about this item

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1958-06. Hardcover. Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1967 This Book Has Had Some Rather Odd Treatment, First Of All Being Laminated, After Which The Dust Jacket Has Been Cut Down And Then Stuck To The Endpapers. The Presumed Culprit Has Also Written His Name On The First Title Page. This Is A 1967 Issue, 35Th Printing In The Green Boards With Blind Stamped Title… Read more about this item