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1951 Swallowdale
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Description
Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed
Signed by the author to the half title.
Ink note to the verso of the front endpaper 'Elaine Morrell, given to her by the Author, Littlehampton, July 1951'.
'Swallowdale' is a charming classic children's adventure novel by Arthur Ransome, following two sets siblings as they camp in the hills and moorland country around a lake. An old Great Aunt is the antagonist of the novel.
This was the second book in the 'Swallows and Amazons' series.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, and illustrations throughout.
Collated, complete.
Colour maps to the paste downs and endpapers.
The twenty-third impression.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A little rubbing to the joints and extremities. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.
Near Fine
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