By the same author
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
SWALLOWDALE
PETER DUCK
WINTER HOLIDAY
COOT CLUB
PIGEON POST
WE DIDN’T MEAN TO GO TO SEA
SECRET WATER
THE BIG SIX
MISSEE LEE
THE PICTS & THE MARTYRS
GREAT NORTHERN?
COOTS IN THE NORTH & OTHER STORIES
RACUNDRA’S FIRST CRUISE
ROD AND LINE (FISHING ESSAYS)
OLD PETER’S RUSSIAN TALES
THE WAR OF THE BIRDS & THE BEASTS
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ARTHUR RANSOME
(ed. Rupert Hart-Davis)
ARTHUR RANSOME ON FISHING
(introduced by Jeremy Swift)
SIGNALLING FROM MARS: LETTERS
(ed. Hugh Brogan)
THE PICTS AT HOME
or, Not Welcome at All
ARTHUR RANSOME
Illustrated by the Author
A Godine Storyteller
DAVID R. GODINE · PUBLISHER
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This is a Godine Storyteller
published in 1985 by
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First Published in 1931 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.
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SOFTCOVER ISBN 978-1-56792-430-5
EBOOK ISBN 978-1-56792-480-0
LCCN 84-48802
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