A Brief Guide to Arthur Ransome Books From Amazon Publications
APBIB0001 Distilled Enthusiasms
 | - Bibliographical Details: First edition. Amazon Publications, 1991, Paperback, Octavo (20-25 cm high).
APBIB0002 The Blue Treacle: The Story of an Escape
 | - Bibliographical Details: First (1st) edition. Amazon Publications, 1993 stated [1911 actual], Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 106 printed pages, in dark blue cloth with yellow decoration. [Hammond A42]. 25 copies printed (plus 375 paperbacks of a similar design).
Contents: A children's story written in 1910 for Tabitha Ransome, and the first publication of Amazon Publications.
APBIB0003 Illustrating Arthur Ransome
 | - Bibliographical Details: First edition [Edition identified by: No later editions stated on publisher‘s copyright and imprint page]. Amazon Publications, 1994, Paperback, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 185 printed pages, in white card covers with orange lettering and black lettering. Contains black and white illustrations by Arthur Ransome and others.
Contents: A comprehensive collection of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons Series drawings along with those of others.
APBIB0004 Ransome at Sea: Notes From the Chart Table
 | - Bibliographical Details: First edition [Edition identified by: No later editions stated on publisher‘s copyright and imprint page]. Amazon Publications, 1995, Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 202 printed pages illustrated with charts, photos and drawings bound in grey cloth with gilt lettering in a light blue dust jacket with black and white decoration. 35 copies printed (plus 400 in card covers). . [Hammond A44].
Contents: Arthur Ransome's sailing logbooks from 1920 to 1954, including the Baltic, the East coast, the Norfolk Broads and the Solent.
APBIB0005 Ransome at Home: Snug Berths and Temporary Moorings
 | - Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing [Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Kendal, 1996, Paperback, Octavo (20-25 cm high). Vi and 98 printed pages, in tan card covers with black lettering on the spine and decoration on the front cover. Contains black and white illustrations by Arthur Ransome and black and white photographs.
Contents: A description of Arthur Ransome's 25 homes between 1902 and his death in 1967. It describes his circumstances, lifestyle and writings in each.
APBIB0006 The Swallows and the Amazons: A Transcription of an Early Draft of Swallows and Amazons Held at Abbot Hall [Swallows and Amazons Series 01]
![The Swallows and the Amazons: A Transcription of an Early Draft of Swallows and Amazons Held at Abbot Hall [Swallows and Amazons Series 01]](http://kirkland-books.biz/media/smallimages/10095.png) | ![The Swallows and the Amazons: A Transcription of an Early Draft of Swallows and Amazons Held at Abbot Hall [Swallows and Amazons Series 01]](http://kirkland-books.biz/media/smallimages/10095d.png) | - Bibliographical Details: First Edition [Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Kendal, 1997, Paperback, Octavo (20-25 cm high). [viii], 279 printed pages, in card covers with design based on the Steven Spurrier dust jacket design of the 1930 edition. Contains black and white illustrations by Steven Spurrier. [Hammond A46]. 500 paperbacks and 50 hardbacks printed.
Contents: A transcription of an early draft of Swallows and Amazons held at Abbot Hall, with the original illustrations by Steven Spurrier. Also contains a list of Ransome's previously written works, presumably produced for the prelims, but not appearing in cape edition, notes on characters age and preliminary workings on chapter titles.
APBIB0007 Ransome the Artist: Sketches, Illustrations and Paintings by Arthur Ransome
 | - Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing [Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Kendal, 1998, Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high), ISBN: 0952131323 [9780952131328]. Ix and 199 printed pages, in decorated paper covered boards with blue lettering on the spine and yellow lettering on the upper board. Contains black and white and colour illustrations by Arthur Ransome.
Contents: A selection of sketches, illustrations and paintings by Arthur Ransome, many of which were previously unpublished. Many of them are preliminary sketches for the illustration in the Swallows and Amazons, with final illustration printed alongside to allow comparison.
APBIB0008 Ransome: Blue Water Sailing
 | - Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing [Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Kendal, 1999, Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). Vi and 122 printed pages, in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and blind-stamped lettering on the upper board, in pictorial dust jacket. Contains black and white illustrations by Arthur Ransome and black and white photographs. [Hammond A49]. 500 copies printed.
Contents: This starts with Ransome's description of a week spent aboard Nancy Blackett sailing from Pin Mill to Portsmouth 1937, first published in The Cruising Association Bulletin. Subsequent sections comprise of a collection of introductions and book reviews about sailing by Arthur Ransome, including those for the Mariners Library.
APBIB0009 A Ransome Book-Case
 | - Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing [Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Kendal, 2000, Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). [vi], 111 printed pages, in green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and blind-stamped lettering on the upper board, in pictorial dust jacket. Contains black and white illustrations and colour. 111 printed pages with colour illustrations.
Contents: The essential guide to all of Arthur Ransome's books with colour pictures of most books and detailed text outlining the content and history of each title. The format and extensive illustrations make it more accessible and readable than the full Wayne Hammond Bibliography, to which it is a useful companion.
APBIB0010 In Aleppo Once
 | - Bibliographical Details: First Amazon Publications edition [Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information]. Amazon Publications, London, 2001, Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). [viii] & 159 printed pages, in red cloth with gilt lettering, in pictorial dust jacket. Contains black and white and colour illustrations including paintings by by Dora Altounyan. This edition contains many additional photographs including some of Dora's paintings and an additional postscript by Jill Goulder and Alan Hakim.
Contents: An account of a childhood spent mainly in Aleppo in Syria, where the author's father was in charge of a hospital, but also the English Lake District, staying with the Collingwoods (her maternal grandparents) and spending time Arthur Ransome.
APBIB0011 Bohemia in London
 | - Bibliographical Details: New Edition [Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Kendal, 2002, Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 283 printed pages, in green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and blind-stamped decoration on the upper board, in dust jacket. Contains black and white illustrations by Fred Taylor.
Contents: Describes the history of London's bohemian literary and artistic communities and some of its characters. A new edition of Arthur Ransome's "first real book" reproduced with all of the original 1907 Fred Taylor illustrations.
APBIB0012 Jibbooms and Bobstays: A Miscellany for Readers of the Twelve Children's Books of Arthur Ransome
 | - Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing [Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Kendal, 2003, Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 152 printed pages, in green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and blind-stamped lettering on the upper board, in pictorial dust jacket. Contains black and white illustrations by Arthur Ransome.
Contents: A collection of short articles focussing on the Swallows and Amazons series. Sections include Lakeland, Broadland, The East Coast, The Hebrides and Far Adventures, along with help on nautical terms, Latin, chemistry, poetry, and the stars, people, plants, birds, fish, and recipes.
APBIB0013 The Best of Childhood: Writing the Swallows & Amazons Books
 | - Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing [Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Kendal, 2004, Hardcover. 343 printed pages, in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and upper board, in pictorial dust jacket. Contains black and white illustrations by Arthur Ransome and 15 black and white plates.
Contents: Draws on letters and extracts tell the history of the writing of each the twelve books in the Swallows and Amazons Series, one book per chapter. Also includes brief biographies of 10 of the key people involved in their creation (including Ransome).
APBIB0014 Ransome Broadside
 | - Bibliographical Details: First edition, First [Only] Printing [Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information]. Amazon Publications, 2005, Paperback, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 123 printed pages, in blue card covers with red lettering on the spine and pictorial decoration on the front cover. Contains 36 black and white illustrations and 8 colour plates.
Contents: A collection of writings related to Ransome's time spend in the Broads.
APBIB0015 Ransome in China 1927: Arthur's Encounters with War Lords, Revolutionaries and Missee Lee
 | - Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing (SIGNED) [Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Kendal, 2006, Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). Iii and 200 printed pages, in red cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's logo on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Contains black and white illustrations, 13 colour plates and colour map endpapers.
Contents: A detailed look at Ransome at the height of his career as a political journalist, when he was sent to China to report on the Civil War, shortly before he abandoned journalism in favour of writing Swallows and Amazons. It also explores the memories and experiences that contributed to the tenth book in the Swallows and Amazons Series, Missee Lee.
APBIB0016 Swallows & Co
 |  | - Bibliographical Details: First edition, First [Only] Printing [Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Havant, 2006, Paperback, Sextodecimo (15-17.5 cm high). Viii and 155 printed pages, in publisher's laminated card covers. Contains colour map endpapers and black and white illustrations by D. L. Bird. 350 copies printed.
Contents: A limited edition (350 copies) facsimile of a handmade book produced by the author in 1945, based on Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons characters. This is only book not written by Ransome that features the Swallows and Amazons Characters, with the approval of the Literary Executors.
APBIB0017 Swallows and Amazons Colouring Book, Volume One: The Lakes
 | - Bibliographical Details: First Edition, [First Printing]. Amazon Publications, Havant, 2006, Staplebound, Quarto (25-30 cm high). [20] printed pages, in yellow card covers. Contains 10 black and white illustrations by Arthur Ransome reproduced from the Swallows and Amazons Series and chosen by young TARS members.
Contents: A series of illustrations reprinted with the permission of AR's Literary Executors to be coloured in.
APBIB0018 Arthur Ransome: A Bodley Head Monograph
 | - Bibliographical Details: First Edition Thus [Edition identified by: Publishers imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Kendal, 2007, Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 107 printed pages, in blue paper covered boards with yellow lettering on the spine and decoration on the upper board. Contains black and white illustrations by Arthur Ransome.
Contents: A reprint of the 1960 monograph on Ransome, which was the only major work on his life and works published within his lifetime. It benefited (?) from Ransome's own thoughts and comments. This edition includes the sections in Chapter 2 (concerning the Altounyan's role in the origins of Swallows and Amazons) that were omitted from the second edition, reportedly at the request of Evgenia.
APBIB0019 Before a Peak in Darien
 |  | - Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing [Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Havant, 2008, Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 191 printed pages, in blue paper covered boards with black lettering and decoration. Contains black and white illustrations.
Contents: This book explores some of Ransome's early books with a 37 page introduction followed by extracts from 9 books written between 1904 and 1915: The Souls of the Streets, The Stone Lady, The Book of Friendship, The Imp the Elf and the Ogre, A History of Story-telling, Edgar Allan Poe, The Hoofmarks of the Faun, Portraits and Speculations and the Elixir of Life.
APBIB0020 Ransome's Foreign Legion: A Study of the Many Translations of the Twelve Swallows and Amazons Books of Arthur Ransome
 |  |  |  |  | - Bibliographical Details: First Edition, First [Only] Printing [Edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information]. Amazon Publications, Kendal, 2009, Hardcover, Quarto (25-30 cm high). 120 printed pages, in publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and upper board, issued in pictorial dust jacket. Contains black and white illustrations and colour photographs.
Contents: A detailed account of foreign language editions of the Swallows and Amazons Books, including Spanish, Korean, Finnish, Japanese, Polish, French, Danish, Czech, German, Latvian, Norwegian, Hebrew and Hungarian. It included numerous illustrations of the illustrations used in the translations and book covers as well as essential information such as the Spanish for Duffers and Swedish for Barbecued Billygoats. A companion book to John Cowan's A Ransome Bookcase.
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