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A Brief Guide to Arthur Ransome Books From Amazon Publications

  • The Arthur Ransome Society Transcripts From the First Literary Weekend: Bowness-On - First edition
  • The Arthur Ransome Society Transcripts From the Second Literary Weekend: Pulburough, Essex - First edition
  • Transcripts From the Third Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: Rydal Hall - First Edition
  • Transcripts From the Fourth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: Rydal Hall - First Edition
  • Transcripts From the Fifth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: St. John's - First Edition
  • Transcripts From the Sixth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: Durham University - First Edition
  • Transcripts From the Seventh Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: University of -
  • Transcripts From the Eighth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: University of - First Edition
  • Transcripts From the Ninth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: University of - First Edition
  • ARLWBIB0001 The Arthur Ransome Society Transcripts From the First Literary Weekend: Bowness-On-Winderemere, November 1991 First edition

    The Arthur Ransome Society Transcripts From the First Literary Weekend: Bowness-On-Winderemere, November 1991
    Bibliographical Details: First edition, First [Only] Printing (Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information.), The Arthur Ransome Society, Kendal, 1993, Staplebound, Quarto (296 mm/11.7 inches by 208 mm/8.2 inches). 42 printed pages in publisher's original orange card covers with black lettering and decoration on the upper cover. Contains black and white illustrations.

    Contents: A report on and transcripts of talks presented at biennial Literary Weekend including: Penny-Whistler - The Making of an Author, Collecting Arthur Ransome, Romance and Realism in Arthur Ransome - With Special Reference to Peter Duck, Reminiscences of Arthur Ransome, Tread Softly for You Tread on My Dreams - Academicising Arthur Ransome, The Crafting of a Typical Ransome Novel - With Special Reference to Coots in the North.

    ARLWBIB0002 The Arthur Ransome Society Transcripts From the Second Literary Weekend: Pulburough, Essex October 1993 First edition

    The Arthur Ransome Society Transcripts From the Second Literary Weekend: Pulburough, Essex October 1993
    Bibliographical Details: First edition, First [Only] Printing (Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information.), The Arthur Ransome Society, Kendal, 1994, Spiralbound, Quarto (296 mm/11.7 inches by 208 mm/8.2 inches). 80 printed pages in publisher's original orange card covers with black lettering and decoration on the upper cover. Contains black and white illustrations.

    Contents: A report on and transcripts of talks presented at biennial Literary Weekend including: Motive and Motif in Swallows and Amazons and Pigeon Post, Illustrations From the Arthur Ransome Archive, What Russia Did for Arthur Ransome, The Holiday Adventure Story - After Ransome, Arthur Ransome As a Children's Writer, Arthur Ransome's Journalism and the River Comes First - Arthur Ransome As a Fishing Writer.

    ARLWBIB0003 Transcripts From the Third Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: Rydal Hall, Cumbria October 1995 First Edition

    Transcripts From the Third Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: Rydal Hall, Cumbria October 1995
    Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing (Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information.), The Arthur Ransome Society, Kendal, 1996, Spiralbound, Quarto (296 mm/11.7 inches by 210 mm/8.3 inches). 93 printed pages in publisher's original orange card covers with black lettering and decoration on the upper cover. Contains black and white illustrations. 93 printed pages with black and white illustrations.

    Contents: A report on and transcripts of talks presented at biennial Literary Weekend including: The Ransome and Collingwood Archives at Abbot Hall, At Home in Adventure - Comfort and Shelter in Arthur Ransome's Children's Books, Adapting Arthur Ransome for the Stage, Arthur Ransome and St. Petersburg, Missee Lee- The Most Classical of the Romance Novels, Swallows and Amazons, The Voyage of the Swallow - A Dramatised Reading, Publishing Arthur Ransome and What Arthur Ransome Means to Me.

    ARLWBIB0004 Transcripts From the Fourth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: Rydal Hall, Cumbria October 1997 First Edition

    Transcripts From the Fourth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: Rydal Hall, Cumbria October 1997
    Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing (Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information.), The Arthur Ransome Society, Kendal, 1998, Spiralbound, Quarto (297 mm/11.7 inches by 210 mm/8.3 inches). 82 printed pages in publisher's original orange card covers with black lettering and decoration on the upper cover. Contains black and white illustrations.

    Contents: A report on and transcripts of talks presented at biennial Literary Weekend including: Arthur Ransome and Rugby, The Beckfoot Flag - How the Ransome Plots Happened, Arthur Ransome and the Guardian, A Ransome Bibliographer at Work, The Master's Mental Furniture - Literary Influences on the Arthur Ransome Novels, Reading Ransome's Letters and Recorded Delivery - Listening to Arthur Ransome.

    ARLWBIB0005 Transcripts From the Fifth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: St. John's College, Cambridge, September 1999 First Edition

    Transcripts From the Fifth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: St. John
    Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing (Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information.), The Arthur Ransome Society, Kendal, 2000, Paperback (Spiral Bound), Quarto (207 mm/8.1 inches by 210 mm/8.3 inches). 91 printed pages in publisher's original pink card covers with black lettering and decoration on the upper cover. Contains black and white illustrations.

    Contents: A report on and transcripts of talks presented at biennial Literary Weekend including: Renwed Enthusiasms, Should We be Sorry about the Might-have-beens, Ransome the Story Teller, Sailing with Children in Literature and Reality, Missee Lee's Camblidge and Siblings Revisited.

    ARLWBIB0006 Transcripts From the Sixth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: Durham University, September 2001 First Edition

    Transcripts From the Sixth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: Durham University, September 2001
    Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing (Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information.), The Arthur Ransome Society, Kendal, 2002, Paperback, Quarto (297 mm/11.7 inches by 210 mm/8.3 inches). 71 printed pages in publisher's original white card covers with black and blue lettering and decoration on the upper cover. Contains black and white illustrations.

    Contents: A report on and transcripts of talks presented at biennial Literary Weekend including: Personal Reminiscences of Arthur Ransome, My Grandmother and Arthur Ransome, Owls Style and Literary Affinity in Arthur Ransome and Edward Thomas, Camping and Tramping - Writing Stories for Children 1930 To 1960, Bohemia in Durham and Entertainment and Reading Ransome Writing Adventures Down Under.

    ARLWBIB0007 Transcripts From the Seventh Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: University of Grenwich September 2003

    Transcripts From the Seventh Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: University of Grenwich September 2003
    Bibliographical Details: (Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information.), The Arthur Ransome Society, Kendal, 2004, Staplebound, Quarto (297 mm/11.7 inches by 210 mm/8.3 inches). 78 printed pages in publisher's original white card covers with black lettering and decoration on the upper cover. Contains black and white illustrations.

    Contents: A report on and transcripts of talks presented at biennial Literary Weekend including: An Astronomer Might Be Quite Useful, Ransome's Ladies - A Brief Look at Those Closest to Him, Ransome - The Inclusive Writer - Racism Sexism Class Etc in Children's Books, The Greenwich Ransome Knew - A Literary Walk, Nancy Blackett - Voyages of Discovery and Rediscovery, From Cutty Sark and Thermopylae to Wild Cat and Pommern and Spaniards and Elizabethans Forever.

    ARLWBIB0008 Transcripts From the Eighth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: University of East Anglia, Norwich, September 2005 First Edition

    Transcripts From the Eighth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: University of East Anglia, Norwich, September 2005
    Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing (Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information.), The Arthur Ransome Society, Kendal, 2006, Staplebound, Quarto (297 mm/11.7 inches by 210 mm/8.3 inches). 70 printed pages in publisher's original white card covers with black lettering and decoration on the upper cover. Contains black and white illustrations.

    Contents: A report on and transcripts of talks presented at biennial Literary Weekends, including: Duffers if Not Duffers, All Things Ransome - Signalling From Florida, The Douglas Case -The Libel Action Over AR's Oscar Wilde, Ransome's Foreign Legion - The Translation of the Twelve Swallows and Amazons Books and The Chinese Translations of Swallows and Amazons.

    ARLWBIB0009 Transcripts From the Ninth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: University of Leeds, September 2007 First Edition

    Transcripts From the Ninth Literary Weekend of the Arthur Ransome Society: University of Leeds, September 2007
    Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing (Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information.), The Arthur Ransome Society, Kendal, 2008, Staplebound, Quarto (297 mm/11.7 inches by 210 mm/8.3 inches). 99 printed pages in publisher's original creme paper covers with black lettering and decoration. Contains black and white photographs and illustrations.

    Contents: A report on and transcripts of talks presented at biennial Literary Weekends, including: Ransome the Spy, Red Blood, White Show, Ransome in Leeds, Remembering Roger Altounyan, Captain Flint and Other Parrots, 70 Years of the Carnegie Medal and others.