ARTHUR RANSOME: Winter Holiday 1944 SWALLOWS and AMAZONS Polar Expedition ARCTIC

Description: GOOD CONDITION This sale is for a vintage hardback edition entitled “Winter Holiday,” by Arthur Ransome, author of “Swallows & Amazons,” with 27 illustrations by the author, including a frontispiece, and COLOUR endpaper maps of the North Polar Expedition. It was published by Jonathan Cape, of London, in May 1944 and is the thirteenth impression of the 1933 FIRST EDITION. The fourth book in the Swallows and Amazon series, set in the Winter so less of a sailing-adventure plot than in the earlier books. Two new friends are introduced - Dick and Dorothea Callum. Activities focus more on their play on Arctic expeditions to the North Pole - ice skating, signalling with semaphore and Morse code, igloo building, and sledging. Arthur Ransome drew on his schoolday memories of the Great Frost of 1895 when Lake Windermere froze completely. The book measures 8 inches x 5.75 inches and has 360 pages (including illustrations). The book is in good, neat condition for its age, with minor wear/bumps to the original cloth hardback cover, with a previous owner’s signature at the front, and no other ink or pencil markings in the book. The binding is good with no loose or missing pages. There is no dust-jacket. A wonderful, illustrated vintage edition. COMBINED POSTAGE - ALL BIDDERS: We offer 20% off the total postage & packing/‘shipping’ for additional items after the cost of the heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice. Please click on “View Sellers Other Items” towards the top right hand side of this page for other vintage editions. Buyer to pay postage & packing For UK Postage: 2nd Class/Parcels = £3.10; or 1st Class = £3.90 European Union Postage: = 6.95 GB Pounds USA Postage: Air Mail (USA) = 13.45 GB Pounds Rest of the World Postage: Air Mail (Anywhere else in the World) = 10.70 GB Pounds Surface Mail (Anywhere in the World) = 13.20 GB Pounds Unwinsbooks have held down shipping prices from 2013-2020 in spite of small increases in postage costs. However, Royal Mail Prices dramatically changed on 1 July 2020, as a result of exceptional cost increases outside of their control, so we are reluctantly having to pass on pricing increases for parcels being sent overseas (primarily USA, New Zealand, Australia and the Rest of the World). These costs are a direct result of: An increase of more than 100% in the fees the US Postal Service (USPS) charges for the delivery of international mail. Securing air freight at inflated market costs due to a 95% reduction in air passenger flights globally. This has not affected domestic or postage within the EU. “Royal Mail, always aim to deliver the best value international services. We fully recognise that these changes are significant. This was a decision we reluctantly took but is necessary in view of the increased costs borne by Royal Mail.” If the Royal Mail reduce their charges in the future (in particular what they term “Temporary Air Carrier Supplement Pricing”) unwinsbooks will reduce the international costs accordingly. Unwinsbooks always obtain a proof of postage receipt from the Royal Mail. Packages over Royal Mail size rules may be sent by courier (customer will be informed). Goods will be WELL PACKAGED by Unwins Books and dispatched once payment has cleared. PAYMENT FOR UK BIDDERS: By Paypal, UK cheque, or postal order. POSTAGE UK BIDDERS: If you require registered post - "sign for" - then this will be an extra £1.10 per package (UK purchasers only). PAYMENT FOR OVERSEAS BIDDERS: By Paypal Only. Sorry, but overseas (non UK) personal checks and International Money Orders are NOT accepted due to huge bank charges. POSTAGE OVERSEAS BIDDERS: Please note that Surface Mail is very slow (6 to 12 weeks).

Price: 14 GBP

Location: Shaftesbury, Dorset

End Time: 2024-12-31T15:20:19.000Z

Shipping Cost: 16.84 GBP