Arthur Ransome
Winter Holiday
London, Jonathan Cape, 1943. Cloth. The fourth novel in Arthur Ransome's beloved Swallows and Amazons series, in the original decorative dustwrapper. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, with price clipped.The eleventh impression of the first edition, originally published in 1933.Set during the interwar period, journalist and author Arthur Ransome's twelve book 'Swallows and Amazons' series has proved enduringly popular.This edition is illustrated throughout by Ransome himself.In this fourth novel of the series, the usual emphasis on sailing is absent, with the focus instead on the children's wintertime adventures of ice skating and sledging. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dustwrapper. Externally very smart. Only minor shelfwear to head and tail of spine. Discolouration to dustwrapper, most concentrated to spine and rear panel. Minor chipping to head and tail of spine panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Arthur Ransome. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.
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