Arthur Ransome - Peter Duck - Rare 1932 UK 1st/1st HB DJ - Swallows & Amazons
Item History & Price
Arthur Ransome - Peter Duck - 1932 U.K. first edition published by Jonathan Cape
The book is reasonably firmly bound in the publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt and blind, the extremities are bumped and rubbed, there are a few small tears to the cloth and patches of fading. The text block is age browned with a bookplate to the first blank page, a crossed out name to the top corners of the half-title, slight cracking at points and some scattered foxing.
The dust jacket is... the original and not price clipped, it has been professionally restored to a high standard by Richard Reeve, and presents well with only minor toning, grubbiness and crease marks, the restoration is chiefly around the spine area which was split, browned and had quite significant loss. (See the photographs for before and after images of the dust jacket.)
The third title in the Swallows and Amazons series and one of the most elusive as a jacketed first edition.
The book is reasonably firmly bound in the publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt and blind, the extremities are bumped and rubbed, there are a few small tears to the cloth and patches of fading. The text block is age browned with a bookplate to the first blank page, a crossed out name to the top corners of the half-title, slight cracking at points and some scattered foxing.
The dust jacket is... the original and not price clipped, it has been professionally restored to a high standard by Richard Reeve, and presents well with only minor toning, grubbiness and crease marks, the restoration is chiefly around the spine area which was split, browned and had quite significant loss. (See the photographs for before and after images of the dust jacket.)
The third title in the Swallows and Amazons series and one of the most elusive as a jacketed first edition.
