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Swallows and Amazons - Complete Series

Ransome, Arthur

  • Publisher: Jonathan Cape
  • Published: 1930 , London
  • Condition: Very Good
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. Twelve volumes, the complete Swallows and Amazons series, 1930-1947, comprising: 'Swallows and Amazons', 1930, [6], 7-349pp, [1]; 'Swallowdale', 1931, [6], 7-453pp, [3]; 'Peter Duck', 1932, [6], 9-431pp, [1]; 'Winter Holiday', 1933, [6], 9-359pp, [1]; 'Coot Club', 1934, [6], 7-351pp, [1]; 'Pigeon Post', 1936, [6], 7-383pp, [1]; 'We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea', 1937, [6], 9-351pp, [1]; 'Secret Water', 1939, [6], 9-380pp; 'The Big Six', 1940, [6], 9-399pp, [1]; 'Missee Lee', 1941, [6], 9-335pp, [1]; 'The Picts and The Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All', 1943, [4], 5-302pp, [2] and 'Great Northern?', 1947, [6], 7-351pp, [1]. Uniformly bound in green morocco, raised bands, spines in six panels, vellum title label to second panel, author label to fourth, single line border to covers, inner edges with rope roll, a.e.g. Externally near fine. Internally generally bright and clean, one or two with previous owner's names. Original map endpapers (where issued) are bound in. Hammond A25, A26, A27, A28, A29, A30, A31, A32, A33, A34, A35 and A36 respectively. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo.

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