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2.
Great Northern?
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
1948, Jonathan Cape.
Green cloth-covered boards.
5th impression.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and slightly soiled.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
3.
Great Northern?
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
5th edition, 1948, Jonathan Cape.
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
351 pages.
Dustwrapper soiled and worn at edges, with 2cm loss at base of spine.
Name of previous owner stamped on dustwrapper front flap.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
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5.
Great Northern?
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
Reprint, 1948, Jonathan Cape.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Very good condition.
6.
Missee Lee
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
1947, Cape.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
335 pages.
Dustwrapper slightly worn at edges, one closed tear.
Rear dustwrapper flap has list of names, mostly erased.
Covers slightly faded in places.
Name written on prelims.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
7.
Missee Lee
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
1st edition, 1941, Cape.
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
335 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Text mostly clean and white.
Finger-marking and closed tear at base of P. 208.
Rear hinge cracked.
Very good condition.
8.
Missee Lee
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
1947, Cape.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper a little soiled, with light wear at edges.
Covers clean and unmarked.
A few marks on fore edge.
Contents clean, but slightly tanned.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
9.
Old Peter's Russian Tales
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Dmitri Mitrokhin.
Reprint, 1938, Thomas Nelson and Sons.
Dark green paper-covered boards.
Cream cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Top edge olivine.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Spine worn at edges and a little soiled.
A little faint foxing to fore edge.
Binding sound.
Contents generally clean, but some intermittent, very faint foxing.
Good condition.
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12.
Pigeon Post
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
3rd edition, 1936, Cape.
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt decoration on spine.
383 pages.
3rd impression of 1st Edition, same year as 1st.
Light wear to covers corners upper board bumped.
Contents unmarked.
Very good condition.
13.
Pigeon Post
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
1949, Cape.
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Blind embossed lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
383 pages.
Book itself VG, but dustwrapper in poor condition, with old sellotape marks, all edges chipped and some reinforcement reverse.
Covers clean and bright, some minor wear at bottom edge.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
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15.
Secret Water
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
8th edition, 1943, Cape.
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Blind embossed lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
380 pages.
Dustwrapper in poor condition:
Much of back the panel, spine strip, and bottom of front panel missing.
Remainder has been pasted onto brown paper base.
Covers have light wear at spine ends.
Name stamped on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
16.
Secret Water
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
1st edition, 1939, Cape.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
A few small marks on covers and spine.
Corners slightly bumped.
Inner hinges a little strained, but binding otherwise sound.
Name on prelims.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition.
17.
Secret Water
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
Reprint, 1941, Cape.
Dark green covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges and unevenly faded.
Bookplate on half-title.
Pages a little tanned.
Good condition.
18.
Secret Water
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
8th edition, 1943, Cape.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition.
19.
Secret Water
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Arthur Ransome.
Revised edition, 1991, Jonathan Cape.
ISBN: 0224606387.
Dark green covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
20.
Swallowdale
By
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator
Clifford Webb.
Reprint, 1935, Cape.
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
453 pages.
This is the 4th reprint of the 1931 1st edition.
Light wear to covers, and corners slightly bumped.
Lower board has a few small, light coloured spots.
Light spotting on front endpaper.
Occasional marks on a few pages, but mostly clean.
Binding tight.
Very good condition.