Secret Water
by Ransome, Arthur
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1939. Book. Illus. by Ransome, Arthur. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good first edition of this title in the Swallows and Amazons sequence of novels. As is well documented Ransome based the family on the Altounyans, friends of T. E Lawrence. Bound in original green cloth.352pp. Map endpapers. Previous owners name dated 1939 to first blank ep..
Synopsis
Secret Water is the eighth book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. It was published in 1939. This book is set in and around Hamford Water in Essex, close to the resort town of Walton-on-the-Naze. It brings the Swallows and the Amazons together and introduces a new group of characters, the Eels and the Mastodon. Ransome used to sail to Hamford Water, an area of tidal salt marshes and low-lying islands, in his yacht Nancy Blackett.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rickaro Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061436
- Title
- Secret Water
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Illustrator
- Ransome, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Swallows Amazons Childrens Fiction Lake District
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction and Poetry; Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rickaro Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2018
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
About Rickaro Books Ltd
At Rickaro Books, we have over 30 years experience in bookselling and customer care. We specialise in T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) but also carry a wide range of other titles across the fields of military, local history and first edition fiction. if you are seeking for a particular title, we are happy to assist and are always interested in purchasing good, collectable books.
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- First Edition
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