Missee Lee.
by Ransome, Arthur:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1941 First edition. HB. Dark green cloth with gilt title to spine and blind-stamped title to front cover, no dustjacket. 336pp. With coloured maps to endpapers showing Miss Lee's Islands and 26 line drawings in text, including frontispiece. Further adventures of Swallows and Amazons. A Good+ copy. Bright gilt to covers, rubbed cover edges. Clean inside overall with light tanning to edges and endpapers. Original owner's name to flyleaf margin and gift inscription on second blank.
Synopsis
Missee Lee is the tenth book of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, published in 1941. This is considered one of the metafictional books of the series. It is set in 1930s China. The Swallows and Amazons are on a round the world trip with Captain Flint aboard the schooner Wild Cat. After the Wild Cat sinks, they escape in the Swallow and Amazon but are separated in a storm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Ford Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29366
- Title
- Missee Lee.
- Author
- Ransome, Arthur:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Jonathan Cape, 1941
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
David Ford Books
Biblio member since 2006
Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
About David Ford Books
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David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
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