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Condition Summary: (Very Good/[No dustjacket]) A tidy book with clean covers and pages. Light rubbing to the edges of the cloth and darkening of the spine. Previous owner's name on front endpaper which is SIGNED by the author on the title page. Dustjacket not present
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| Book Number | B0010261 |
|---|---|
| Title | Bohemia in London |
| Author(s) | Author: Ransome, Arthur [Mitchell] 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 | Second Edition—Edition identified by: No later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information Hardcover. xii, 293, 6 (advertisements) printed pages in publisher's blue cloth with black lettering. Ransomes first major work based on the portrayal of writers and poets. In Rupert-Hart Davis's introduction to the OUP edition of this book, he states '…since the firm [Stephen Swift] almost immediately [upon publication of the book] went into liquidation, … it is doubtful whether many copies of this edition ever saw the light' (printed pages xv- xvi). Hammond states '… only a few copies indeed can now be traced…' (printed page 16) [Hammond A8c] |
| Publisher(s) | Stephen Swift and Co. Limited, London, 1912 |
| Series | No |
| Content | No |
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