Arthur Ransome

Secret Water

London and Toronto, Jonathan Cape, 1939. Cloth. An exciting children's adventure tale, the eighth in the popular 'Swallows and Amazons' series by Arthur Ransome. Set during the interwar period, this series of adventure novels follow groups of children exploring the nature of England during their school holidays. Many feature sailing, and the works popularised adventure holidays across places such as the Lake District. It consisted of twelve novels, beginning with 'Swallows and Amazons&apos.Arthur Ransome was an English author best known for this children's series, detailing the adventure holidays of children set in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads.This work is the eighth in the series.A first edition, third impression, published in the same year as the first, 1939. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart, with some edgewear. Dust wrapper has loss to the tail of the spine, which is a little sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Arthur Ransome. Very Good Indeed/Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 787R26

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Arthur Ransome Swallows and Amazons Secret Water Children's Literature Swallows and Amazons Children's Adventure Fiction Arthur Ransome

RANSOME Arthur

Signalling from Mars. The Letters of Arthur Ransome. Edited and introduced by Hugh Brogan. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Jonathan Cape,, [1997]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, illustrations and facsimiles in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Hammond A45

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 22701

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern firsts, arthur ransome, arthur ransome, modern first editions, signalling, from, mars

ARTHUR RANSOME

Signed Postcard from the Hotel Continental, Petrograd [Russia].

1916. Autographed postcard, signed and dated. Addressed to F.J. Hillier at the Daily News in London, Ransome asks to be sent The Star as well as the Daily News. Ransome went to Russia in 1913, probably to escape his first wife and daughter, initially to study Russian folklore, but after the start of the war he became foreign correspondent for the radical Daily News, covering the Eastern Front, later the Bolshevik Revolution. He was friendly with the Bolsheviks and eventually married Trotsky's personal secretary.

Michael S. Kemp - BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 45856

RANSOME, Arthur

The soldier & death: a Russian folk tale told in English

Jonathan Cape, 1945. Used - Good. Good stapled paperback . Reprint (1st published 1920). Small 28pp paperback. Staples rusty Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_17073_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS241542I

Arthur Ransome

The Soldier and Death

London, Printed for the Author; John G Wilson; Westminster Press, 1920. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of this first Arthur Ransome translation of this Russian folk tale. With the book label of Charles Ballantyne of Yarrow to the front pastedown. An uncommon work. Former owner's pencil inscriptions to the front endpaper 'bound by John P Gray & Son Ltd. Cambridge July 1967&apos. Former owner's inscription to the recto of rear endpaper in pencil. With the original wraps bound in.  Retaining the colophon leaf which explains this work was printed for the Author at the Westminster Pres, London. Ransome is known to have referred to this short story as 'my favourite of all Russian tales&apos. In a full crushed morocco binding. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with occasional light spots to pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 789L10

Catalogue: World Literature

Keywords: Ballantyne Folk Tale Scarce Folk Tale None

RANSOME, ARTHUR

Swallowdale

Cape, 1944. Reprint. Hardback. Ransome, Arthur. Octavo. Dark green cloth-covered boards. Dustwrapper worn and soiled, with tape repairs at edges and corners. Light wear to edges of covers. Binding sound. Edges of page block darkened and marked. Name and address on half-title. Pages tanned. Good.

The Childrens BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 109067

Catalogue: Post 1940

Keywords: Sailing Lake District

RANSOME, ARTHUR,

SWALLOWDALE.

London. Penguin Puffin, 1987., Reprint, paperback. When the Swallows & Amazons boat is holed in an accident they explore the countryside & discover a secret valley in this adventure. 441 pages. Illustrated by author. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine cover, priced £2.95 on back but faint crease on front. 7" x 4.25". ISBN 0140303391 1987

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 5824

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Swallows & Amazons Swallowdale

RANSOME, Arthur

Swallowdale

Jonathan Cape, 1960. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket . Reprint, 1960. A very nice clean copy; dust jacket not price-clipped, with slightly browned spine, short tear in front fold, & protected in removable clear film Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_83991_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS306022I

ARTHUR RANSOME

Swallowdale. With illustrations by Clifford Webb.

Jonathan Cape, 1932. 3rd impression of the 1st edition with Clifford Webb illustrations. Inscription dated 1933 otherwise Very Good in slightly chipped, but unclipped dust wrapper with no repairs or restorations. The edition with Ransome's own illustrations appeared in 1938 [the 9th printing].

Michael S. Kemp - BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 44987

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions

RANSOME, ARTHUR

Swallowdale

London, Jonathan Cape. 1990, Revised Edition. (ISBN: 0224606328) Hardcover. Book, [Swallows And Amazons #2] Swallowdale is a children's adventure novel first published in 1931. The book features Walker siblings (The Swallows) and Blackett sisters (The Amazons), camping in the hills and moorland country around a lake, with Maria Turner, the Blacketts' Great Aunt, acting as an antagonist. Ransome was living in the Lake District and he drew on his experiences and memories of encounters over many years with the local farming community. Ransome had often climbed Old Man of Coniston and in the book this becomes the children's Kanchenjunga. 448p.illus [B & W] map. Coloured sea charts on end papers. Fine/Near Fine - Slight Chip.

Kalamos BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 045278

Keywords: 0224606328

RANSOME, ARTHUR

Swallowdale

Jonathan Cape, 1990. Reprint. Hardback. Ransome, Arthur. Dark green covers. Gilt lettering on spine. Minor wear to edges of dustwrapper. Very Good.

The Childrens BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 116138

Catalogue: Post 1940

Keywords: Sailing

RANSOME, ARTHUR

Swallowdale

Puffin, 1981. Paperback. Ransome, Arthur. Light wear to edges of covers. Pages slightly tanned. Good.

The Childrens BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 116896

Catalogue: Post 1940

Keywords: Sailing

RANSOME, Arthur

Swallowdale

London, Jonathan Cape, 1931. Used - Acceptable. Ex-lib rebound hardback (no dustjacket) 1st.ed.. Illus by Clifford Webb.. Ex Smith's library - bookplates on front pastedown; rebound in green library cloth with gilt titles. Appears to have been trimmed at top edge when rebound; cloth worn at board edges, & head & foot of spine; gilt on spine rubbed; text generally clean. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_21577_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS053215I

Arthur Ransome

Swallowdale

Jonathan Cape 1968 Hardback. Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout and cooked it yourself? The four Swallows, John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake full of such plans and they can't wait to meet up with Nancy and Peggy, the Amazon Pirates. When the 'Swallow' is shipwrecked and the Amazon's fearsome Great-Aunt makes decides to make a visit their summer seems ruined. Then they discover a wonderful hidden valley and things take a turn for the better.' No DJ: gift inscription and previous shop sticker inside. Good.

Book HavenProfessional seller

Book number: 1562560

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Childrens, Adventure, Fiction

Ransome, Arthur

Swallowdale

Jonathan Cape 1960, Reprint, Hardcover. . Owner name to front free-endpaper, mapped endpapers. Green cloth boards tight and straight, inner pages unmarked. Dust Jacket is flap-intact, clean with light edgewear, now protected within mylar cover.; 453 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Books On The BoulevardProfessional seller

Book number: 65067

Catalogue: Children