Great Northern?

First published in 1947, this is a ninth impression of 1958. Edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket, small loss to top and bottom of spine, corners rubbed with small loss, overall browning and time staining, some slight yellowing to page block. Front flap clipped but price intact (13s 6d), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 351pp, map endpapers. Flat on his front, binoculars to his eyes, alone at dusk, Dick makes a remarkable discovery, two rare birds, never before seen in the British Isles. Captain Flint and his crew decide to consult an expert to confirm the discovery. But when the man they ask turns out to have his collector's eye on the birds’ eggs, not to mention skins, an enjoyable voyage around the Outer Hebrides becomes a desperate race to save the birds, and themselves. 'Great Northern?' is the twelfth and final completed book of Arthur Ransome's 'Swallows and Amazons' series of children's books, featuring the three families of major characters in the series, the Swallows (the Walker family), the Amazons (the Blackett sisters) and the Ds (the two Callums). .