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| Book Number | TAR12114 |
|---|---|
| Weight (grams) | 660.0000 |
| Series | Swallows and Amazons Number Nine |
| In Stock | In Stock |
| Title | The Big Six |
| Authors | Author: Ransome, Arthur [Mitchell] Illustrator: Arthur Ransome |
| Edition Points | Reprint—Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information |
| Bibliographical Information | Jonathan Cape Limited, London, 2004, ISBN 0224606395 [9780224606394]. Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 339 printed pages in green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, in a dust jacket printed in a similar style to the first UK edition. Colour map endpapers. Contains full page black and white illustrations and in-text drawings by Arthur Ransome |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape Limited |
| Published Place | London |
| Published Date for Display | 2004 |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Size | Octavo (20-25 cm high) |
| ISBN10 | 0224606395 |
| ISBN13 | 9780224606394 |
| Download Link | Download Printable Details |
| Content | The Coot Club becomes Scotland Yard to track down the person who is casting off boats and trying to lay the blame on the Coot Club. The last of the Broads based stories in the series. |
| About the Author(s) | 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 |
| About the Series | Swallows and Amazons—A series of 12 (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 Aland Great Northern?) children's books by English author Arthur Ransome, named after the title of the first book in the series. They involve the outdoor adventures of children, most notably John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker, Nancy and Peggy Blackett and Dick and Dorothea Callum. They portray an idyllic, yet also realistic, depiction of childhood adventure set in the 1930s. The series contains 12 books. The first book was originally published in 1930 and the last book was originally published in 1947 |
| About the Publisher | 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 in 1987 |
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