Separated, captured, miles from home, the Swallows and Amazons are about to meet their fate and the pirate who holds it: the legendary Missee Lee." Subjects Children's stories. The Walkers see themselves as explorers, while the Blacketts declare themselves pirates. The Walker children from London, staying at a lakeside farm in the school holidays, sail a dinghy named Swallow, while the local Blackett girls, living on the opposite shore, have one named Amazon. Until the day that Gibber the monkey accidentally sinks the faithful Wild Cat. The series begins with Swallows and Amazons, published in 1930. A friendly harbourmaster has given them a warning: to watch out for pirates roaming the waters around the Chinese coast, but they haven't paid much heed. It's been plain sailing for a hundred ports and now they are on their way to China. 'Don't run into Missee Lee!'" The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint are on a round-the-world voyage. Summary In the tenth instalment of the Swallows and Amazons series, the young crew come face-to-face with the fiercest pirate of the South China Seas. Sequel to "Swallows and Amazons." Title blind stamped on front cover spine title and author's name stamped in gilt. Physical description 9-336 p., 1 leaf of plates : ill. Remains quite well-preserved overall tight, bright, clean and strong. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved.
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