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ALTOUNYAN, TAQUI ILLUSTRATOR: DORA ALTOUNYAN ; STEPHENS, NICHOLAS PHOTOGRAPHER: ALTOUNYAN, TAQUI AND OTHERS In Aleppo Once
________ First Edition Thus (Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information.), Amazon Publications, London, 2001, Hardcover, Octavo 256 mm (10 1/8 inches) by 179 mm (7 0/8 inches). [viii] and 159 printed pages in publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and blind-stamped lettering on the upper board, in pictorial dust jacket. Contains black and white and colour illustrations including 22 paintings by Dora Altounyan. ________ An account of a childhood spent mainly in Aleppo in Syria, where the author's father was in charge of a hospital, but also the English Lake District, staying with the Collingwood's (her maternal grandparents) and spending time Arthur Ransome. The real life story of growing up a by the model for 'John' of Ransome's "Swallows & Amazons", but strong parallels between the Altounyan's life and those of the fictional Swallows. This edition contains many additional photographs including some of Dora's paintings and an additional postscript by Jill Goulder and Alan Hakim.. Fine, ________ (Fine/Fine). __ Condition Comments Book: (Fine) A fine, tightly bound book with clean boards and crisp pages. __ Condition Comments Dust Jacket: (Fine) A fine dust jacket. 815 grams)..
Offered for GBP 200.00 = appr. US$ 327.20 by: Kirkland Books of Kendal - Book number: 10496
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