First edition of Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome.(1936)

First impression

In VG condition, there is a previous owner bookplate to blank endpaper and some rippling to the top of the same page, no other markings, pages clean, binding firm, the jacket has some chipping and wear to extremities, now in removable protective sleeve.

About

Can you imagine finding gold? That’s just what the Swallows and Amazons and Dick and Dorothea decide to hunt for in the hills high above the lake. But it’s a hot and dry summer and water is in scarce supply. Worse still for the troubled campers, they have competition: Squashy Hat. Anybody can see he is a prospector. And talk about squashy hats! The children have never seen squashier. Just who is he and what sort of traps is he laying? Using pigeons to carry messages, braving dangerous mines and fires, the Swallows, Amazons and D’s Mining Company must stake their claim before their dreaded rival...