We didn't mean to go to sea - Hardcover

RANSOME

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224606379 ISBN 13: 9780224606370

Publisher: CAPE, 1939

Synopsis

1937. 2nd Impression. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block.

About this title

About the Author

Arthur Ransome was born in 1884. He was in Russia in 1917 and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District of England with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. Thus began a writing career that has produced some of the best children s literature of all time.

Review

“He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure.” –Observer

“There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating.” –TLS
From the Trade Paperback edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: CAPE
• Publication date: 1939
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224606379
• ISBN 13: 9780224606370
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352