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| Book Number | TAR11164 |
|---|---|
| Title | Chimes From a Wooden Bell: A Memoir, A Hundred Years in the Life of a Euro-Armenian Family |
| Author(s) | Author: Altounyan, Taqui [Barbara Harriet] Taqui [Barbara Harriet] Altounyan (1917 to 1992)—The inspiration for John in Swallows and Amazons after Arthur Ransome, taught her and her brothers and sisters (Susan, Titty, Roger and Brigit) to sail on Coniston Water in two 14ft lug-sailed dinghies, Swallow and Mavis in 1928. She wrote two memoirs: 'In Aleppo Once' and 'Chimes from a Wooden Bell' |
| Edition and Format | First Edition, [First Printing] —Edition identified by: Publisher's imprint information states 'First published in 1990 by I. B. Taurus & Co. Ltd' and no later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information Hardcover, Octavo 223 mm (8 3/4 inches) by 145 mm (5 3/4 inches). [viii] and 189 printed pages in publisher's original red cloth with gilt 'Chimes From a Wooden Bell', 'Taqui Altounyan', 'A Memoir, A Hundred Years in the Life of a Euro-Armenian Family' and 'I. B. Taurus' on the spine, in dust jacket. ISBN 1850432392 [9781850432395] |
| Publisher(s) | I. B. Taurus and Co. Limited, London, 1990 |
| Series | No |
| Content | Content A life memoir tracing 100 years of family history including connections to Arthur Ransome, John Ruskin, T. E. Lawrence and W. G. Collingwood, by the inspiration for 'John Walker' of the Swallows and Amazons Series. Companion to Taqui's earlier book In Aleppo Once. |
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