Secret Water by Arthur Ransome - 1947

Penguin paperback, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Jonathan Cape, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. Eighteenth Impression. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Jonathan Cape, 1962. Hardcover. Good. 1962. Reprinted. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is slightly forward leaning. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Small dark marks to rear board.

Jonathan Cape, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1945. Ninth Impression. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Binding is slightly shaky. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be slightly loose. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Book is forward leaning. Light tanning to spine and edges. Minor dark marking and faint foxing overall.

Jonathan Cape, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. Eleventh Impression. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Light thumb-marking present. Minor pencil inscription to half-title page. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be slightly loose. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Scuffing and light marking overall. Small stain to front board. White stickers and some white marking to rear board.

Jonathan Cape, 1968. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1968. Nineteenth Impression. 380 pages. Illustrative jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Frontispiece is coloured in. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges.Textblock is shaky. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Sticker to frotn panel.

Jonathan Cape, 1945. Hardcover. Good. 1945. Ninth Impression. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and illustrated plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Jonathan Cape, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Jonathan Cape, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. 10th impression. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black & white illustrations. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding is shaky, however pages remain fully attached. Some pages are dog-earred. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Book has forward lean.

Jonathan Cape, 1945. Hardcover. Good. 1945. Ninth Impression. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.