Arthur Ransome — Secret Water

London and Toronto, Jonathan Cape, 1939. Cloth. An exciting children's adventure tale, the eighth in the popular 'Swallows and Amazons' series by Arthur Ransome. Set during the interwar period, this series of adventure novels follow groups of children exploring the nature of England during their school holidays. Many feature sailing, and the works popularised adventure holidays across places such as the Lake District. It consisted of twelve novels, beginning with 'Swallows and Amazons&apos.Arthur Ransome was an English author best known for this children's series, detailing the adventure holidays of children set in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads.This work is the eighth in the series.A first edition, third impression, published in the same year as the first, 1939. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart, with some edgewear. Dust wrapper has loss to the tail of the spine, which is a little sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Arthur Ransome. Very Good Indeed/Good.