Books in print by Arthur Ransome

Books in print by Arthur Ransome

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With one exception, all the books below are in print, and can (unless another distributor is indicated), be ordered by members of the Arthur Ransome Society from the Society stall. Books shown with an asterisk * may only be ordered from the Society stall. To check stock or costs or place an order by phone, fax, or stamped addressed envelope, contact the TARS Stall. In all cases, the cost of postage is additional where the price is shown

Two early political books:
- 1919 Six weeks in Russia
- 1920The Crisis in Russia
Published as a boxed set (ISBN 18722 08029) by Redwords,
Obtainable from Bookmarks Bookshop, 265 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London, N4 2DE (Ł12.95 + postage).
Old Peter's Russian Tales (Cape)
The Swallows and Amazons series available in Jonathan Cape hardback and Red Fox paperback
- Swallows and Amazons (Ł10.99/Ł3.99)
- Swallowdale (Ł10.99/3.99)
- Peter Duck (Ł10.99/Ł3.99)
- Winter Holiday(Ł12.99/Ł3.99)
- Coot Club (Ł12.99/Ł3.99)
- Pigeon Post (Ł10.99/Ł4.50)
- We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (Ł10.99/Ł3.99)
- Secret Water (Ł9.99/Ł3.99)
- The Big Six (Ł10.99/Ł3.99)
- Missee Lee ($10.99/Ł3.99)
- The Picts and the Martyrs (Ł12.99/Ł4.99)
- Great Northern? (Ł12.99/Ł3.99)
Both Jonathan Cape and Red Fox are part of Random House UK Ltd, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1V 2SA. Public Order Department 01628 816362, International Sales Office +44 (0)171 840 8551 (Fax +44 (0)171 8408/9).
The Red Fox series also includes:
- Swallows and Amazons for Ever! (Ł3.99) Despite its title, this is a conflation of Coot Club and The Big Six - neither book containing a single Swallow or Amazon!
All the S&A series up to Secret Water are published in USA by David R. Godine: see their Swallows and Amazons page for details and how to order.
*The Swallows and the Amazons. (Amazon Publications, Ł13.50) The first draft of 'Swallows and Amazons': fascinating to see how the book took shape!
The War of the Birds and the Beasts introduction by Hugh Brogan (Cape, 1976)
Coots in the North and Other Stories, ed. Hugh Brogan (Cape, 1988). (This includes the unfinished fragment of the thirteenth novel in the Swallows and Amazons series.). Also available in paperback (Ł3.99) as part of the Red Fox series, see above.
Some fishing books:
Flyfisher's Classic Library
- Rod and Line. Providing enough pre-publication orders are forthcoming, this will be reprinted Spring 98. Pre-publication cost Ł38 (USD 65.00), thereafter approx. Ł45..
- Mainly About Fishing. Ł39 (USD 60.00).
- The Fisherman's Library Ł30 (USD 47.00).
All available from the Flyfisher's Classic Library at 3 North Street, Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7QJ, England, UK.
Telephone/Fax +44 (0)1364 653828.
They accept Visa and Mastercard, but not American Express
P&p on all books is Ł3.00 (UK), Ł4.00 (Europe), Ł9/10.00 USD (Rest of world).
- Arthur Ransome on Fishing (collected fishing essays) ed. Jeremy Swift, 1994. Cape hardback (Ł14.99) or Pimlico paperback (Ł8.99).
Autobiography of Arthur Ransome ed. Rupert Hart-Davis, Cape (1976). Currently out of print, but available from Doug Faunt. He has 10 copies and wants USD 10.00 each plus shipping.
Signalling from Mars: letters of Arthur Ransome ed Hugh Brogan, Cape 1997.
*Arthur Ransome at Sea: notes from the chart table Collected logs from Ransome's yacht voyages, ed. Roger Wardale, Amazon Publishing 1996 (Ł12 + postage)