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| Book Number | B0010496 |
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| Title | In Aleppo Once |
| Author(s) | Author: Altounyan, Taqui [Barbara Harriet] Illustrators: Dora Altounyan, Nicholas Stephens Photographers: Altounyan, Taqui [Barbara Harriet] and Others 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' and Dora Altounyan—One of W. G. Collingwood's daughters who married Ernest Altounyan and whose children became the inspiration for the 'Swallows' in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons books |
| Edition and Format | First Edition Thus Edition identified by: Publisher's imprint information states 'Privately published in 2001 for subscribers by Amazon Publications' Hardcover Octavo 256 mm (10 1/8 inches) by 179 mm (7 inches). [viii] and 159 printed pages in publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and blind-stamped lettering on the upper board, in pictorial dust jacket. This edition contains many additional photographs including some of Dora's paintings and an additional postscript by Jill Goulder and Alan Hakim. Contains black and white and colour illustrations including 22 paintings by Dora Altounyan |
| Publisher(s) | Amazon Publications, London, 2001 Amazon Publications—(Founded in 1991) Amazon Publications is a publishing co-operative which publishes both original books and reprints of books associated with Ransome. They have an agreement with the Literary Executors of Ransome's estate, that allows them to publish material that would normally be unavailable, although on the condition that they only sell publications to Arthur Ransome Society members. The first publication was in 1991 and there is usually one substantial book produced each year, with a few special extras. The standard on content and production are high and print runs typically small, with most copies being sold by subscription prior to publication. Note on identifying first editions: To date, Amazon Publications has only ever produced one edition and printing of each title. |
| Series | No |
| Content | content The real life story of the childhood of the model for 'John' of Ransome's 'Swallows and Amazons', along with her siblings Susan, Titty and Roger. It contains strong parallels between the Altounyans' lives and those of the fictional Swallows. Much of the account is of time in Aleppo in Syria, where the author's father was in charge of a hospital, but it also describes holidays in the English Lake District, staying with the Collingwoods (her maternal grandparents) and a number of encounters with Arthur Ransome. There are fifteen chapters: 1) 'Black Gran'pa and White Gran'pa', 2) 'Journey to Syria and First Impressions', 3) 'First Days in Aleppo and the Old House', 4) 'Settling Down', 5) 'The New House', 6) 'Inside the Fortress', 7) 'Lessons', 8) 'Feast Days and Celebrations', 9) 'The Hospital', 10) 'The View From the Battlements', 11) 'Sorties Outside the Fortress', 12) 'Summer in the Mountains', 13) 'Back to Aleppo', 14) 'Exile - England and School' and 15) 'Return to Aleppo'. . |
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