COOT CLUB. ** [A NORFOLK BROADS ADVENTURE.]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,reprint edn.[Shrink-wrapped and only opened to ascertain issue+year date and to collate,and the shrink-wrap kept as protective dw/dj and further wrapped+protected.] No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - last copy available.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,3-colour block (red+b/w) colour pictorial montaged illustrated front panel+spine of dw/dj,with capitalised, black-lettered title+author name and sub-title; spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author+part-title as front and publisher's capitalised black-lettered name,to foot of same,rear panel with black-lettered critics' reviews to twelve titles in the series of 'Swallows and Amzaons'. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges,bright,crisp and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,unread other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark green cloth boards with title impressed to upper board and bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip,and immaculate repeated coloured map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,reprinted edn,7- 352pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,an Illustrations list/table,a dedication,a b/w line illustrated individual Books' separator pages with a Note to its reverse,Books One+Two comprising XV (15) and 14 chapters - interspersed with b/w line illustrations by Arthur Ransome - respectively,a Postscript as last page; plus [unpaginated] half-title with publisher's advert for author's other titles to its reverse,a b/w line illustrated frntis by Ransome,and a thumbnail b/w line illustrated title page. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 14 year-old age and nature, i.e. a once shrink-wrapped children's book. It really is an exceptional, exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness and lack of detracting faults. Arthur Michell Ransome,CBE., (b. 18th January,1884 - d. 3rd June,1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the 'Swallows and Amazons' series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. 'Coot Club' is the fifth book the 'Swallows and Amazons' series,originally first published in 1934 and reprinted many, many times since. The book sees Dick and Dorothea Callum visiting the Norfolk Broads during the Easter holidays,eager to learn to sail and thus impress the Swallows and Amazons when they return to the Lake District later that year. Along with a cast of new characters, Dick and Dorothea explore the North and South Broads and become 'able seamen'. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE . ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from the UK to these destinations can now cost more the the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1.2 of the standard US AIR quotrate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **