Author: RANSOME, ARTHUR
Title: Missee Lee [Based on information supplied bythe Swallows and Amazons]
Description: London, Jonathan Cape. 1949, 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Book, [Swallows And Amazons # 10 ]" Missee Lee is set in 1930s China. The Swallows and Amazons are on a round-the-world trip with Captain Flint aboard the schooner Wild Cat. After the Wild Cat sinks, they escape in the boats Swallow and Amazon, but are separated in a storm. Both dinghies eventually end up in the lair of the Three Island pirates-Chang, Woo and Lee-where they are held prisoner by the unusual Missee Lee, the leader of the Three Island pirates " A exceptionally neat, tight, unmarked vintage copy [8th impression] of this classic story.356p.illus [B & W] maps Coloured charts on end papers. Fine/No Jacket.

Keywords: Childens Books Youth Fiction China Seas T Swallows & Amazons