Arthur Ransome — Peter Duck; the Big Six; Great Northern?

London, Jonathan Cape, 1932-1947. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition copies of works from Arthur Ransome's famous 'Swallows and Amazons' series. The first edition, first impressions of these works in the publisher's original cloth bindings.Ink inscription to the first blank of 'Peter Duck&apos. All volumes are illustrated with colour sketch maps to the end papers and a frontispiece.Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) was an author and journalist, best remembered for writing and illustrating the 'Swallows and Amazons' series about the adventures of children during their school holidays, mainly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. Ransome based his fictional North Country lake on Windermere and Coniston Water, which are now popular tourist destinations due to his works. Peter Duck (1932) is the third book in the 'Swallows and Amazons' series, in which the children sail to Crab Island with Captain Flint and Peter Duck, an old sailor, to recover buried treasure. The Big Six (1940) is the ninth book in the 'Swallows and Amazons' series, and is a detective story based in the Norfolk Broads. Great Northern? (1947) is the twelfth and final completed book of the 'Swallows and Amazons' series, in which the three families of the major characters are all reunited for the first time since Pigeon Post, in the Outer Hebrides. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart, though faded to the spine of 'Peter Duck', with a couple of faint marks to the spines of 'Big Six' and 'Great Northern&apos. Spine is cocked to 'Big Six&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with the odd spot, more so to the first couple of pages. A couple of marks to page 73 of 'Great Northern&apos. Very Good . Ill.: Arthur Ransome. Very Good .