Secret Water
by Ransome, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition green cloth. Unclipped jacket is worn along edges with splitting along hinges. Some foxing. Gift inscription to front end paper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38707
- Title
- Secret Water
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1939
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