The Big Six
by Arthur Ransome
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Co., 1941. First American edition. Hardcover. very good. Octavo.( 8 1/4 x 6") Tan cloth. 353pp. Pictorial endpapers. Black and white illustrationsby the author. Lacking dust jacket.
Synopsis
The Big Six is the ninth book of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, published in 1940. The book returns Dick and Dorothea Callum, known as the Ds, to the Norfolk Broads where they renew their friendship with the members of the Coot Club. This book is more of a detective story as the Ds and Coot Club try to unravel a mystery that threatens the Death and Glories freedom to sail the river.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65969
- Title
- The Big Six
- Author
- Arthur Ransome
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...