Arthur Ransome — Peter Duck & the Picts and the Martyrs

London, Jonathan Cape, 1983-1995. Cloth. Two smart copies of volumes from Ransome's adventure series Swallows and Amazons. Two volumes. Revised edition. Illustrated throughout. The Swallows and Amazons series is a series of twelve children's adventure novels set in the interwar period. The novels involve group adventures by children in their school holidays and mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads which revolve around outdoor activities. Written and illustrated by Arthur Michell Ransome, an English author and journalist best known for this series of children's books which remains in print to this day. This set contains: Peter Duck, 1983. The third book in the series. The Swallows and Amazons sail to Crab Island with Captain Flint and Peter Duck, an old sailor, to recover buried treasure. Featuring an altercation with pirates also intending to recover the treasure. The Picts and the Martyrs, 1995. The eleventh book in the series. The Ds have been invited to stay at Beckfoot at the start of the summer holidays. When Great Aunt Maria finds out that the Blackett girls have been left at home, she decides to come and take care of them all. In the original full green cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with minor wear and sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.