Peter Duck by Arthur Ransome and Helene Carter, First Us Edition with Dust Jacket

Arthur [Mitchell] Ransome (1884 to 1967)—English author and journalist, born in Leeds and best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books (Swallows and Amazons, Swallowdale, Peter Duck, Winter Holiday, Coot Club, Pigeon Post, We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea, Secret Water, The Big Six, Missee Lee, The Picts And The Martyrs: or Not Welcome At All and Great Northern?). He was also the author of forty or so other titles including other children's books, fishing books, sailing books and books on politics and Helene Carter (1887 to 1960)—A Canadian artist who illustrated children's books and some adult fiction

J. B. Lippincott Co—(Founded in 1836) an American publishing house founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Joshua Ballinger Lippincott. [McBride page 63] [Zempel and Verkler page 256] .

Swallows and Amazons—A series of 12 (Swallows and Amazons, Swallowdale, Peter Duck, Winter Holiday, Coot Club, Pigeon Post, We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea, Secret Water, The Big Six, Missee Lee, The Picts And The Martyrs: or Not Welcome At All and Great Northern?) children's books by English author Arthur Ransome, named after the title of the first book in the series. They involve the outdoor adventures of children, most notably John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker, Nancy and Peggy Blackett and Dick and Dorothea Callum. They portray an idyllic, yet also realistic, depiction of childhood adventure set in the 1930s. The series contains 12 books. The first book was originally published in 1930 and the last book was originally published in 1947. Titles in the series are: 1—'Swallows and Amazons', 2—'Swallowdale', 3—'Peter Duck', 4—'Winter Holiday', 5—'Coot Club', 6—'Pigeon Post', 7—'We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea', 8—'Secret Water', 9—'The Big Six', 10—'Missee Lee', 11—'The Picts and the Martyrs: Or Not Welcome at All', 12—'Great Northern?' and 13—'Coots in the North (Unfinished)'

The Swallows and Amazons go on a pirate adventure with Captain Flint and Peter Duck. Soon their boat is on its way to a Caribbean treasure hunt and they find themselves up against shark, storm, earthquake - and the vilest pirate who ever eavesdropped at a porthole.

There are thirty six chapters: 1—'Quayside', 2—'Red Haired Boy', 3—'Trial Trip', 4—'Washing the Anchor', 5—'Peter Duck Spins His Yarn', 6—'And it Winds Up', 7—'Outward Bound', 8—'First Night at Sea', 9—'Beachy Head the Wight', 10—'Captain Flint's Fidgets', 11—'Words in the Dark', 12—'Blind Mans Buff', 13—'Decision', 14—'Quit of the Viper', 15—'Bill Finds His Place', 16—'The Madeiras at Dusk', 17—'Trade Wind', 18—'Land Ho!', 19—'Island Morning', 20—'Blazed Trail', 21—'Duckhaven', 22—'Goodbye to the Wild Cat', 23—'Swallow's Voyage', 24—'Digger's Camp', 25—'Diggers at Work', 26—'Threatening Weather', 27—'Great Guns', 28—'The Finding of the Treasure', 29—'Spanish Gallion', 30—'Dirty Work', 31—'The Only Hope', 32—'Whose Steps in the Dark?', 33—'All Aboard Once More', 34—'Waterspout', 35—''Bonies' And 'Mallies'' and 36—''Spanish Ladies''.