27th Jul, 2023 9:30
Arthur Ransome, ten first edition novels published by Jonathan Cape from the Swallows and Amazons series, with dust covers, prices and green cloth bindings: Peter Duck (1932), owner's inscription in ink dated 1932 on the flyleaf; Winter Holiday (1933); Coot Club (1934) with loose Erratum leaf for page 19; Pigeon Post (1936); We Didn't Mean to go to Sea (1937); Secret Water (1939) owner's stamp on front endpaper map; The Big Six (1940); Missee Lee (1941) owner's inscription in ink dated 1941 on the flyleaf; The Picts and The Martyrs (1943); Great Northern? (1947)
Sold for £400
Arthur Ransome, ten first edition novels published by Jonathan Cape from the Swallows and Amazons series, with dust covers, prices and green cloth bindings: Peter Duck (1932), owner's inscription in ink dated 1932 on the flyleaf; Winter Holiday (1933); Coot Club (1934) with loose Erratum leaf for page 19; Pigeon Post (1936); We Didn't Mean to go to Sea (1937); Secret Water (1939) owner's stamp on front endpaper map; The Big Six (1940); Missee Lee (1941) owner's inscription in ink dated 1941 on the flyleaf; The Picts and The Martyrs (1943); Great Northern? (1947)
