Ransome, Arthur — Peter Duck

Jonathan Cape 1932 4th impression. Cloth, dj, G+/G+. 432pp, b/w frontis, 20 b/w illustrations, vignettes, endpaper maps, cloth generally rubbed & bumped, spine a little faded, dustjacket spine rather faded, several chips with loss to the dustjacket edges, an attractive copy in a fair jacket which has been supplied from a later copy - the list of titles in the S&A series runs down to Picts & Martyrs which was published in 1943. The third Swallows & Amazons adventure to be published, but one which contains events invented by the children. The invent a story which sees them sailing with Peter Duck to the Caribbean to search for his lost treasure.