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Illustrating Arthur Ransome

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Information about Illustrating Arthur Ransome (1994), (edited by Dave Sewart).


Illustrating Arthur Ransome was published in 1994. This page has information on its publication, availability, background and contents.

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First Publication

Published by Amazon Publications in 1994. (Edited by Dave Sewart).

Availability

Out of print.

Background

Amazon Publications is an independent publishing co-operative that aims to publish one book per year by or about Arthur Ransome. For copyright reasons its books are only sold to members of The Arthur Ransome Society.

Synopsis

For their 1994 publication, Amazon Publications reprinted all of Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series illustrations in one volume. Illustrating Arthur Ransome also includes Stephen Spurrier and Clifford Webb’s artwork for Swallows and Amazons and Swallowdale and examples of artwork overseas editions of Arthur Ransome’s books. The editor, Dave Sewart, provided a short introductory essay on Ransome’s development as an illustrator.