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      The Picts and Martyrs
      The Picts and Martyrs
      The Picts and Martyrs
      The Picts and Martyrs
      The Picts and Martyrs
      The Picts and Martyrs
      The Picts and Martyrs
      The Picts and Martyrs
      The Picts and Martyrs
      The Picts and Martyrs

      The Picts and Martyrs

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      Ransome, Arthur
      VG with minor chipping to the D/W and front board gilt lettering missing
      1st edition
      Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and and front board, pictorial dust wrapper retaining original nclipped price
      Small 8vo, 21cm
      Ransome, Arthur
      303pp
      London - UK
      1943
      Jonathan Cape
      Description:

      VG copy of the 11th title of the beloved Swallows and Amazon's series by Arthur Ransome.

      The gilt lettering on the front board has faded, there is very light bumping to the corners of the boards, and there is minor sporadic foxing to the edges of the text block. Externally the dust-wrapper is in generally good condition with minor chipping and small tears at the top and bottom of the spine.


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