Posted by Wayne Hammond on 1/06/100 from max-2-adams-104.bcn.net:
In Reply to: Re: Swallows and Amazons, a couple of questions. posted by Terry Carman on January 05, 19100 at 18:22:14:
I don't have any figures on Lippincott printings; unfortunately, the publisher's records seem to have disappeared without trace. There could well have been more than one printing in 1931, the book was popular enough in the U.S. The Lippincott Ransomes also were published by the Junior Literary Guild, under their imprint.
Which is more desirable, the Cape or the Lippincott? To a serious Ransome collector, both would be desirable, as the first illustrated editions, and each is interesting for its art.
Wayne