"Racundra's" First Cruise

Ransome, Arthur

Published by London Jonathan Cape 1927, 1927

About this Item

New edition. 224 pages. The book is firmly bound in coarse blue cloth, lettered and decorated in silver to the spine, the extremities are lightly bumped and rubbed. The text block is lightly marked, dusty and age toned. The dust jacket, printed in blue and black on cream-coloured paper is the original and not price clipped, it is quite marked, stained and rubbed, with small chips and closed tears to the edges, some repaired with tape to the reverse. Hammond notes: "4000 copies printed. The publisher's records indicate that the first delivery of bound copies was made on 27 October (advance copies) and 7 November (100 copies). [It] was then bound in small lots, 50 or 100 copies, through October 1943.". The drip feed of copies over 16 years means considerable variation in bindings and dust jackets. This format with the blue and black illustrated dust jackets became standard for new titles issued in the series around the mid-1930s, and this is the form in which this title is most commonly encountered, which would be consistent with sales having gradually increased from 1930 onwards due to the popularity of the Swallows and Amazons series. So, although all copies technically qualify as first printings of this New Edition, this is almost certainly one of those issued in the later years.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: "Racundra's" First Cruise
• Publisher: London Jonathan Cape 1927
• Publication Date: 1927
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included