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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 ADVENTURERS SET SAIL
A Treasure Hunt in the Caribbees
ARTHUR RANSOME
Illustrated by the Author
A Godine Storyteller
DAVID R. GODINE · PUBLISHER
BOSTON
This is a Godine Storyteller
published in 1987 by
DAVID R. GODINE · Publisher
Post Office Box 450
Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452
First Published in 1932 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.:
revised edition published in 1983.
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SOFTCOVER ISBN 978-1-56792-429-9
EBOOK ISBN 978-1-56792-479-4
LCCN 86-46247
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