The Big Six
by Ransome, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sydney: Australasian Publishing Company in association with Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Good dust jacket. (1949). Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Rear flap of dust-jacket trimmed. Dust-jacket trimmed along long edges, and now about 3mm shorter than the book. Dust-jacket spine very faded. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First Australian edition. 399, [1] pages. Green cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Maps on endpapers. Page dimensions: 198 x 134mm. Illustrated. "Pete had a loose tooth, and could not keep his tongue from jiggling it." - the opening sentence. .
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
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22519
- Title
- The Big Six
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Australasian Publishing Company in association with Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- (1949)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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