Arthur Ransome Signed (7 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 3rd Imp 1944. Signed by the author to the half title page. The eleventh book in the Swallows and Amazons series. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good+ and quite bright. Edges rubbed and nicked. Reused War time wrapper from old paper stock.19261. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 7th Imp 1947. Signed by the author to the half title page. The tenth book in the Swallows and Amazons series. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. Small inscription to inner page. The wrapper is very good+ and quite bright. Edges rubbed and nicked. 19261. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Reprint. Reprint 1936. Includes a signed postcard by the author addressed to his publisher confirming a change of address. In the same format as the 1st edition. Book is very good++ and quite bright. Contents good. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked, A few small closed tears to edges. Light soiling to white rear. More images can be taken upon request. Ref12096/18836. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 12th Imp 1947. Signed by the author to the half title page. The second book in the Swallows and Amazons series. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good+ and quite bright. Edges rubbed and nicked. Minuscule loss to spine tips.Ref19261. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 23rd Imp 1946. Signed by the author to the half title page. The first book in the Swallows and Amazons series. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. Small inscription to inner page. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. Edges rubbed and nicked. Age toned. Small loss to spine tips.Ref19261. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. 1st Edition. 1st Edition 1929. Signed by the author to the title page. Highly acclaimed 20th Century fishing book by the author of Swallows and Amazons. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Light fading to the wrapper in areas. Light edge rubbing. Quite a nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 19295. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. 1st Edition. 1st Edition 1959. With 2 typed letters and Signed by Arthur Ransome bound in at front, on Hurlingham Court, London blindstamped headed paper, one dated Feb. 10, 1960, 'Your letter horrified me. What a dreadful thing to have done. And it is not as if I could claim not to have known your book. Fortunately for me I have known very well and, indeed, said what I thought of it in the list of fishing books compiled for the National Book League in 1955. My fishing and fly-tying have come to an end. I had a baddish fall in December 1958 (happily after that good season was over). I spent most of 1959 on my back unable to move, and never once had even a distant sight of Derwent or Leven. It started up a form of arthritis and my fingers are not much use to me. I have not looked at my feathers since 1958 but I will have a hunt and find you some Vulturines. Mr. Black and I had a lot of trouble in finding a name for that book. Then, suddenly we had it. I now know how we got it, and cannot sufficiently apologise for my unintentional, half-witted, kleptomaniac picking up of your title, yours truly, Arthur Ransome', the other shorter letter concerns the Blue Vulturine Guineafowl fly and other hackles and is signed in initials.The recipient is unknown but possibly Robert Hartman, who authored About Fishing in 1935 and who seemingly claims to have already used that title. Provenance: The Angling Library of John Simpson, Part 2, sold at Bonhams on 06/02/2005.More delightful angling essays with an emphasis on fly-dressing, chapters on Victorian and earlier fly-dressers, and, of course, on Ransome's famous Blue Elver fly, as well as discussions on the food of salmon, and on angling literature. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges rubbed and nicked. Ref 19262. Signed by Author(s).