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London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.304, with illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, pictorial endpapers in colour, illustrated dust-wrapper correctly priced at 8/6. A lovely clean copy of the book with discreet owner name to half title, in a lightly worn dust-wrapper. A bright copy. The eleventh and penultimate finished novel in the classic 'Swallows and Amazons' boating / outdoor adventure series, set in the Lake District. Item #48288
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