Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome

Winter Holiday

by Arthur Ransome

Jonathan Cape, 1969, black and white illustrations, line drawings in text, illustrated endpapers (maps), illustrated frontispiece, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners’ inscription and date on half title page; clipped dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, bumping and chipping to edges and corners, small tear at top back spine (see photographs)

“It is a tale of two parties of children spending a winter holiday on farms by the side of a great lake under the elbows of mountains.  Every step taken by the children is possible, and everyone is transmuted into romance by deliberate purpose.  Nothing that the children do is beyond the reach of a group provided that parents are sufficiently benevolent, and provided that winter, a frozen lake and mumps connive to perfect adventure.”