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WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328879
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1937. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps. 34 b/w illustrations. 351 pages. 4th impression, same year and month (November) as first edition. Minimal shelf bumping to spine. Very light foxing to top edge of textblock. Name and date in ink to front fly-leaf. Minimal edge rubbing to wrapper and very light browning to spine.

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PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328878
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt title to front. Front endpaper is a chart of the atlantic ocean. B/w text illustrations throughout. 431 pages. 8 x 5.5". 5th impression, March 1935. Spine very slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Newspaper clipping (Ransome relevant) to half title-page. Top edge of textblock is slightly foxed. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and very slightly browned to spine.

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GREAT NORTHERN?
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328877
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 351 numbered pages. Third impression, same year and month (August) as first edition. Spine and corners bumped. Some very neat ink writing to top margin of front free-endpaper. Very light foxing to top edge of textblock. Neat pencil writing to front flap of wrapper. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly browned to spine with chips at base.

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PIGEON POST
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328876
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Green boards with gilt titles to spine and blind titles to front board. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224021249. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to textblock and to dustwrapper. Wrapper is edge rubbed, faded to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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SWALLOWDALE
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328875
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth gilt title to spine. Blind title to front. B/w illustrations. 453 pages. 18th impression. Minimal shelf bumping to spine. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly browned to spine.

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SECRET WATER
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328874
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

The Swallows and Amazons are busy again, in a book which Explorers and Savages, of whatever age, will enjoy! Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine and blind title to front. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations throughout. 380 pages. Spine bumped, lightly browned and very slightly scratched. Top edge of textblock is very slightly dusty.

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COOT CLUB
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328873
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1944. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind title to front cover. Maps to endpapers. 22 illustrations. 351 numbered pages. 11th impression. Spine very slightly bumped. Tiny white spot to front cover (paint?) with no. 5 written inside it. Very light foxing to top edge of textblock. Ex-Libris label to half title-page with name and date in ink written on it. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed with slight browning to spine.

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SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328388
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Edition, type re-set. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and blind title to cover. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 351 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and browned (especially to spine).

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COOT CLUB
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328381
Published by Jonathan Cape. 2014. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Green boards, gilt title to spine and blind title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 352 pages. A Norfolk Broads adventure. ISBN: 9780224606356. Spine very slightly bumped. Small patch of surface paper damage to front pastedown (tear in the paper). Some faint foxing else contents clean. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328182
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Edition, type re-set. Green boards with gilt title to spine and blind title to cover. Endpapers are maps. 351 pages. ISBN: 022460631X. Spine slightly bumped. A couple of small brown spots to front endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed. There is a closed tear to top edge of front panel with associated creases.

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WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328172
Published by Jonathan Cape. 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Neat inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Dustwrapper has a tiny nick to top of spine.

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THE SWALLOWS & AMAZONS ADVENTURES (6 VOLUME SET)
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome; Nancy Blackett.
Stock no. 1325977
Published by Jonathan Cape. 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Boxed set of 6 of the 'Swallows & Amazons' titles: Swallows and Amazons; Swallowdale; Peter Duck; Pigeon Post; We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea; The Picts and the Martyrs. Spines of books and dustwrappers slightly bumped else a fine set. Contained in green slipcase which has some slight surface paper damage to lower edge.

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