The Big Six
by Ransome, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good, 1st edition (3rd imp - orig in 1940), green boards with staining and fading, blind-pressed titling on front, gilt spine ti
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1942. 1st (3rd imp). hardback. Good, 1st edition (3rd imp - orig in 1940), green boards with staining and fading, blind-pressed titling on front, gilt spine titling bright, pages unmarked and reasonably tight, guttering loose. Wartime papers.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 9. It's great detective work that's needed now. Bill, Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting boats adrift and the whole river is against them. Only Dick, Dorothea and Tom Dudgeon are there to stand by their friends and they soon set to work to investigate the crimes and trap the real criminals.
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
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC55289
- Title
- The Big Six
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st edition (3rd imp - orig in 1940), green boards with staining and fading, blind-pressed titling on front, gilt spine ti
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st (3rd imp)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
- Pages
- 400
- 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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