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by the Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

£55 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape, 1941. Children's Adventure FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo 21 x 15cm , pp.336. With 26 illustrations, including a frontispiece, by Ransome, as well as colour-illustrated maps to endpapers. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind to upper. Toning to edges and some light wear to cloth. Very good. The tenth in the classic 'Swallows and Amazons' boating/outdoor adventure series, set in China. Item #57517

• Printing: first

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