The Big Six

by Ransome, Arthur

The Big Six is the ninth book of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, published in 1940. The book returns Dick and Dorothea Callum, known as the Ds, to the Norfolk Broads where they renew their friendship with the members of the Coot Club. This book is more of a detective story as the Ds and Coot Club try to unravel a mystery that threatens the Death and Glories freedom to sail the river.

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The Big Six

The Big Six

by Ransome, Arthur

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1940
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London, United Kingdom: Jonathan Cape, 1940. Bound in the publishers fine weave green cloth with gilt title lettering to spine. The 399 pages remain in clean, presentable condition. A neat ownership inscription to the half title page otherwise no inscriptions. Gilt title lettering to spine is sharp and legible. Title has been blind stamped to front cover as published. Double… Read more about this item
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1940
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RANSOME, Arthur. The Big Six. London: Jonathan Cape [1940]. 12mo, 400pp. Green cloth stamped in gilt on spine and blind-stamped on front. Two-color map endpapers; b&w illustrations throughout. Spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, light foxing on fore-edge of sheets – but not extending internally, endpapers minutely foxed, in original color pictorial dust jacket (light edgewear, some soiling, spine lightly… Read more about this item
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The Big Six

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1940
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A good copy of the first edition. Bound in original green cloth Map endpapers, some browning to paper edges but internally sound and clean. The second impression of this classic story set on the Norfolk Broads. Previous owner's name neatly to first blank… Read more about this item
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The Big Six [signed]

by Ransome, Arthur

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Ninth Impression
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1940
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London: Jonathan Cape 1948. 8vo. Presentation copy, signed by the author. 400 pp. Green cloth with gilt-lettered spine in colour illustrated jacket, price clipped; endpaper maps. Jacket slightly chipped at edges with stains to rear panel and spine. Light rubbing to board edges and joints. Internally clean. Owner's sticker to front pastedown. A presentation on the prelim to a niece… Read more about this item
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The Big Six

The Big Six

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1949
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Hardback
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Sydney and London: Cape. 1949. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. The dustjacket has been reinforced with brown paper stuck to interior, DJ spine is age -toned and the DJ is a little rubbed . Book is a little rubbed at spine… Read more about this item
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1940
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1940 Book. Illus. by Arthur Ransome. VG+/Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. a near-Fine lovely clean, tight, bright copy in a near-Fine unclipped first-ssue d/w (i.e. only 2 lines of blurb beginning "Before reading." at top of back panel), tiny corner rubs, no loss, lovely.
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1940
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Jonathan Cape. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition green cloth. Unclipped jacket shows light general wear and some toning. Gift inscription to front end paper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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13th imp
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1961
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. 13th imp. hardback. Very good, (1st edition 1940), with clipped d/j (bright and clean but small tears), green boards clean, with bright titling blindpressed on cover and gilt on spine; pages unmarked and tight, foxing on edges.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 9. It's great detective… Read more about this item
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THE BIG SIX.  (SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS SERIES.)
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THE BIG SIX. (SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS SERIES.)

by Ransome, Arthur.

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14th Impression. "Canadian Edition"
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1965
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London / Toronto: Jonathan Cape / Clarke Irwin, 1965. 399 pp, 8" H. Map endpapers, b&w illustrations. The ninth volume in the "Swallows and Amazons" series. The book is a standard Jonathan Cape printing (green boards with gilt lettering/emblem on spine, blindstamped title on front board), in the Clarke Irwin series dust jacket produced for the Canadian market. The… Read more about this item
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by Ransome, Arthur

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1st Edition
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1940
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Hardcover
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England: Jonathan Cape, 1940. Book. Illus. by Arthur Ransome. Good+/Vg-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Jacket is very worn with holes to the flap edges, 2 cm chunk missing from heel of spine. Now in a new protective sleeve. Paper tape reinforcement to the blind side of the jacket. Book has a mild forward lean.
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The Big Six

The Big Six

by RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967)

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1940. [Children's adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.399 [1]. With 23 full-page illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, as well as occasional in-text illustrations. Colour-illustrated map of the Norfolk Broads to endpapers. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind to upper. Light wear to cloth with some marks and a little toning.… Read more about this item
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The Big Six [Swallows and Amazons series]

The Big Six [Swallows and Amazons series]

by Arthur Ransome

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1941
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8vo). ix. 353pp. Bound in publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the boards ever so lightly handled, a small scuff of the bottom edge, former owner name neatly on the paste-down, otherwise the… Read more about this item
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The Big Six

by Ransome, Arthur

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Used - Good, 1st edition (3rd imp - orig in 1940), green boards with staining and fading, blind-pressed titling on front, gilt spine ti
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1942
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1942. 1st (3rd imp). hardback. Good, 1st edition (3rd imp - orig in 1940), green boards with staining and fading, blind-pressed titling on front, gilt spine titling bright, pages unmarked and reasonably tight, guttering loose. Wartime papers.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Swallows & Amazons Book 9. It's great detective work… Read more about this item
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The Big Six

The Big Six

by Arthur Ransome

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1956
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Jonathan Cape, 1956. Hardcover. Good. 1956. 12th impression. 399 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white 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 moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking.… Read more about this item
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The Big Six

The Big Six

by Arthur Ransome

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1948
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Jonathan Cape, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. Ninth Impression. 399 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. 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 with light rubbing… Read more about this item
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The Big Six

by Ransome, Arthur

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Sydney: Australasian Publishing Company in association with Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Good dust jacket. (1949). Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Rear flap of dust-jacket trimmed. Dust-jacket trimmed along long edges, and now about 3mm shorter than the book. Dust-jacket spine very faded. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First Australian edition. 399, [1] pages.… Read more about this item
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THE BIG SIX

THE BIG SIX

by Ransome, Arthur

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1940
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Published by Jonathan Cape, 1940. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Ransome, Arthur. Very good condition with no wrapper. Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers - maps of Norfolk Broads. B/w illustrations throughout. Boards Slightly scuffed. slight foxing to endpapers.
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The Big Six. [With Illustrations by the Author].

The Big Six. [With Illustrations by the Author].

by RANSOME Arthur

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Jonathan Cape,, [1940]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 22 full-page illustrations (including a map) and numerous smaller illustrations (all by the author) in the text, and endpaper maps in blue and black; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at joints and fold-ins, and with a short area… Read more about this item
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The Big Six

The Big Six

by Arthur Ransome

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1999
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Hbk.
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Jonathan Cape; 1999. With unclipped dust cover. Dust cover is complete and in lovely condition with sunning to spine. Binding tight and text clean. Excellent copy.
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The Big Six

by Arthur Ransome

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First American edition
Published
1941
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Hardcover
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New York: Macmillan Co., 1941. First American edition. Hardcover. very good. Octavo.( 8 1/4 x 6") Tan cloth. 353pp. Pictorial endpapers. Black and white illustrationsby the author. Lacking dust jacket.
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