Other editions of book Peter Duck: A Treasure Hunt in the Caribbees

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 1st Edition. 25th Impression, Jonathan Cape 1958. 431pp. Frontispiece, title-page vignette, charming and profuse illustrations including 20 further full-page plates, in-text vignettes, coloured map endpapers. Textblock very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscriptions or ownership marks of any kind, firmly held in joints and hinges. In blind and bright gilt embossed green cloth sun-faded to spine and bleached to white at lower corners of boards and spine [damp?], internally unaffected. We have many more Arthur Ransome books from the Swallows and Amazon series for sale bought from the same collection, please see our listings.

Friendship, resourcefulness, and sailing, too! Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series has stood the test of time. More than just great stories, each one celebrates independence and initiative with a colorful, large cast of characters.Peter Duck takes intrepid explorers John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker and fearsome Amazon pirates Nancy and Peggy Blackett onto the high seas. Under the command of the infamous Captain Flint (Nancy and Peggy’s Uncle Jim), the children brave a real-life pirate and his cutthroat crew, sharks, and the ravenous creatures of Crab Island in the search of buried treasure.The entire Swallows and Amazons series is for children or grownups, anyone captivated by a world of adventure and imagination, exploring and setting sail.The third book in the series, Peter Duck takes intrepid explorers John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker and fearsome Amazon pirates Nancy and Peggy Blackett onto the high seas. Under the command of the infamous Captain Flint (Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim), the children brave a real-life pirate and his cutthroat crew, sharks, and the ravenous creatures of Crab Island in the search of buried treasure.