Ransome Arthur Intro (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition thus. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952. 1st edition thus (orig. 1890), NF/G. Book has some light wear to spine ends & corners. DJ has hole on front panel (eliminating parts of the words "cruise" and "Alerte" in the title), chip on upper spine (eliminating parts of the words "The Cruise"), light chips on lower spine & corners, some edge & surface wear. Illustrated with 1 b & w plate of the author, 1 map of Trinidad. Island. Journey in a cutter-yacht to the lonely and uninhabited island in the South Atlantic ( not to be confused with Trinidad in the Caribbean) in 1890. 205 pp. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover. Clean, tight, and unmarked. A sound and handsome copy, very neat. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Reprint. 1st Mariners Library edition, number 15. A Good book in a Good- dust jacket. 12mo, 300 pp., bound in publishers tan cloth with illustrated dust jacket. Jacket is worn with chipping and loss along edges, tips and spine; a couple old tape repairs; light overall fading and soiling. Previous owners bookplate and inscription inside front cover. A couple notes and underlines scattered throughout. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.…

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; Second Printing. 1st edition hbk in d/w; F/F-; very nice copy indeed. Probably read carefully once; tiny nick at top of fold at d/w edge; Not price clipped; Hugh Brogan, whilst working on his book '; whilst working on his book 'The Life of arthur ransome' Hugh Brogan chanced upon the unfinished script of a 13th swallows & Amazons story; It has no title (Brogan names it coots in the North) , but there were a few preliminary drawings which Ransome might have included if this book had gone on to be published. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

3rd imp. dust jacket Nice Copy small octavo 256pp., text ills., plans, ep maps, No. 5 in the Mariners Library. Stories of Cruising in an old Pilot-Cutter by a Norwegian Sailor. Much New Zealand cruising.