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Rare and modern books

Ransome, Arthur

Missee Lee [Based on information supplied bythe Swallows and Amazons]

Jonathan Cape, 1949

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Year of publication
1949
Place of printing
London
Author
Ransome, Arthur
Publishers
Jonathan Cape
Edition
1st UK Edition
Keyword
CHILDENS BOOKS YOUTH FICTION CHINA SEAS T SWALLOWS & AMAZONS
Cover description
No Jacket
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

[Swallows And Amazons # 10 ]" Missee Lee 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 boats Swallow and Amazon, but are separated in a storm. Both dinghies eventually end up in the lair of the Three Island pirates-Chang, Woo and Lee-where they are held prisoner by the unusual Missee Lee, the leader of the Three Island pirates " A exceptionally neat, tight, unmarked vintage copy [8th impression] of this classic story.356p.illus [B & W] maps Coloured charts on end papers.