We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea
by Ransome, Arthur
ARTHUR RANSOME was born in Leeds in 1884. He had an adventurous life -- as a baby he was carried by his father to the top of the Old Man of Coniston, a peak that is 2,276 ft high! He went to Russia in 1913 to study folklore and in 1914, at the start of World War I he became a foreign correspondent for the Daily News. In 1917 when the Russian Revolution began he became a journalist and was a special correspondent of the Guardian. He played chess with Lenin and married Trotsky's personal secretary, Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina. On his return to England, he bought a cottage near Windermere in the Lake District and began writing children's stories. He published the first of his children's classics, the twelve Swallows and Amazons books, in 1930. In 1936 he won the first ever Carnegie Medal for his book, Pigeon Post. He died in 1967.
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WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA
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1937. RANSOME, Arthur. WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA. London: Jonathan Cape (1937). First edition. 351 pp. 8vo., dark green cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Map endpapers have a faint ouch of foxing - else the book is very clean internally. A few small spots to fore-edge, not affecting text. In a good dust jacket, spine darkened,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jonathan Cape. 1937 1st.. 8 x 5.5 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. Blind embossed title to front. Maps to endpapers. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened. Small marks to boards. mild foxing to endpapers. Old faded inscription to front endpaper, dated 1938. some illustrations part coloured. Else a clean and tight copy. 351 pp.… Read more about this item Item Price
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We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
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NY: Macmillan. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, bookplate on front . pastedown endpaper.. 1938. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Navy illustrated cloth binding. Great illustrations by the author. Map endpapers. The seventh book in the Swallows and Amazons series. ; Swallows and Amazons; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages . Item Price
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We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
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Middlesex, England: Puffin Books - Penguin, 1969. Book. Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Puffin Edition. G, Edgewear, tears, creases, abrasions, foxing, browning. Childrens adventure, illustrated by the Author. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request.. Item Price
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0 First edition/6th imp. Published by Jonathan Cape, London 1938. VG clean condition. Previous owner's name to ffep and first blank endpaper. MIld spotting to endpages and page edges. Very clean and bright Green cloth covers. Dustjacket not price clipped. Minor wear to edges. Slight tanning to spine. Protected in archive cover. Item Price
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We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea
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London, Great Britain: Jonathan Cape, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover, No Dust Jacket. Very Good Condition. Clean Pages. Solid Binding. Decorated Endpapers. In This Latest Adventure (Following Pigeon Post, Winner Of The Carnegie Medal), The Walker Family Has Come To Harwich To Wait For Commander Walker's Return. As… Read more about this item Item Price
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We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
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WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA
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London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1968. 25th impression. Hardcover. A very good ex library copy with usual stamps. ; Ex-Library; 205 x 140mm; 352 pages . Item Price
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We didn't mean to go to Sea. [Twenty-Third Impression. Swallows and Amazons 7.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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Jonathan Cape,, [1963]. 8vo., Twenty-Third Impression, with frontispiece, numerous illustrations in the text and coloured endpaper maps; original green cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Seventh in the classic 'Swallows and Amazons' series, first published in 1937. Item Price
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We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
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New York: Macmillan, 1938. 1st, Stated 1st pr. HB. Blue cloth, white lettering on front cover and spine, white sailing ship on front cover, 8vo., 335 pp. Some slight soiling to covers, owners name ffep, map end papers. Remnants of dust jacket tipped in at back. Book condition VG-. Item Price
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We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea
by Arthur Ransome
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Jonathan Cape, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and binding is loose. Visible tanning to text block edges and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. There… Read more about this item Item Price
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We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea
by Arthur Ransome
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Jonathan Cape, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. 18th impression. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Map endpapers. Includes illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear… Read more about this item Item Price
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We Didn't Mean to go to Sea
by Arthur Ransome
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Jonathan Cape, 1942. Hardcover. Good. 1942. 9th Impression. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Severe cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards & pages throughout remain attached. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light crushing to spine.… Read more about this item Item Price
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We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
by Ransome, Arthur; Introduction by Beryle B. Beatley
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Boston MA: Gregg Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. 1st Thus. Hardcover. 0839826982 . A charming reprint copy, published by permission of Jonathan Capoe, the original publisher. ; Gregg Press children's literature series; 335 pages; A charming reprint copy, published by permission of Jonathan Cape, the original publisher. There are no signs of any prior… Read more about this item Item Price
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We Didn't Mean to go to Sea
by Ransome Arthur
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UK: Puffin Books, 1969. 1st puffin pb. b/w illus. pages browning. inscrip to dedication page. binding tight.. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Illus. by Arthur Ransome. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
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We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
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UK: Puffin Books, 1969. Book. Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Softcover. Later reprint. Pages mildly age-toned. Spine creased. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. A sound and handsome copy, still neat. . Item Price
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We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea
by Ransome, Arthur
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New York: Macmillan, 1938. Book. Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. First American Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards illustrated with white sailing boat. Color illustrated map endpapers. 335 pp. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by the author. Part of the Swallows and Amazons series. Discreet two line gift signature on ffep and small nick to top of spine corner, else… Read more about this item Item Price
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We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea
by Ransome, Arthur
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