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| Book Number | B0009236 |
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| Title | Approaching Arthur Ransome |
| Author(s) | Author: Hunt, Peter Illustrators: Nina Hamnett, Clifford [Cyril] Webb, Fred Taylor and Arthur [Mitchell] Ransome Clifford [Cyril] Webb (1895 to 1972)—Wood engraver, etcher, painter. Born in London, Webb studied at Westminster School of Art. In the 1920s he established a reputation as one of Britain's most interesting engravers, specialising in landscapes and animal subjects and Arthur [Mitchell] Ransome (1884 to 1967)—English author and journalist, born in Leeds and best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books (Swallows and Amazons, Swallowdale, Peter Duck, Winter Holiday, Coot Club, Pigeon Post, We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea, Secret Water, The Big Six, Missee Lee, The Picts And The Martyrs: or Not Welcome At All and Great Northern?). He was also the author of forty or so other titles including other children's books, fishing books, sailing books and books on politics |
| Edition and Format | First UK Edition—Book edition identified by: Publisher's imprint information states 'This revised text first published in Great Britain 1992' and no later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: Blurb and priced '£13.99 net in UK only' on the front flap and a series of4 book reviews ending with one for 'Nancy Blackett: Under Sail with Arthur Ransome' on the lower panel Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 192 printed pages in publisher's original red cloth with gilt 'Approaching Arthur Ransome', 'Peter Hunt' and Jonathan Cape Limited logo on the spine, in dust jacket. 192 printed pages. Contains black and white illustrations by Nina Hamnett and others. ISBN 0224032887 [9780224032889] |
| Publisher(s) | Jonathan Cape Limited, London, 1992 Jonathan Cape Limited—(Founded in 1919) British publisher founded in 1919 by Herbert Jonathan Cape (1879-1960), the son of a builder who started as an apprentice in the book trade. The company was initially named Jonathan Page and Company (Page was his mother's maiden name) and this changed to Jonathan Cape in 1921. Its most books and authors are probably: T. E. Lawrence, Arthur Ransome, the later Roald Dahl books, Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano, Fitzroy Maclean's Eastern Approaches, the James Bond series by Ian Fleming and more recently Anita Brookner, Margaret Atwood, Julian Barnes, Salman Rushdie. It is currently an imprint of Random House. |
| Series | No |
| Content | Content This book offers a critical assessment of Ransome's legacy to English literature. |
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