Missee Lee - a sequel to Peter Duck
by Ransome, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, green boards clean and gilt spine titling bright; pastedown maps good but slightly foxed; p
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1941. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, green boards clean and gilt spine titling bright; pastedown maps good but slightly foxed; pages unmarked and tight.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 10. Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them. forever.
Synopsis
Missee Lee is the tenth book of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, published in 1941. This is considered one of the metafictional books of the series. It is set in 1930s China. The Swallows and Amazons are on a round the world trip with Captain Flint aboard the schooner Wild Cat. After the Wild Cat sinks, they escape in the Swallow and Amazon but are separated in a storm.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC55697
- Title
- Missee Lee - a sequel to Peter Duck
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, green boards clean and gilt spine titling bright; pastedown maps good but slightly foxed; p
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1941
- Pages
- 336
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, young people, Ransome
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8\"\" x 5_\"\")
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