RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967). We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, London, 1937, 8vo, illustrations by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 6 other books by the same author. (7) Please see the full listing below.

RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967).  We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea. London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. 8vo (200 x 140mm). Half title, illustrations by the author, some full-page (occasional mainly light marginal staining). Original green cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, coloured map endpapers, dust-jacket with illustrations by the author and price of 7s. 6d. unclipped (some tearing at edges with very slight loss, the backstrip lightly browned, some spotting to the endpapers). Provenance: Henrietta Louise Sharpe, Culverlands (juvenile signature on the front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION. With 6 other books by the same author, namely, Coot Club (London, 1934, original cloth, the dust-jacket torn at the head and foot of the backstrip with some loss), Secret Water (London, 1939, original cloth, the dust-jacket torn at the head of the backstrip with some loss), The Big Six (London, 1940, original cloth, the dust-jacket torn at the head of the backstrip with some loss), Missee Lee (London, 1941, original cloth), The Picts and the Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All (London, 1943, original cloth) and Great Northern? (London, 1947, original cloth), all FIRST EDITIONS IN DUST-JACKETS (the more serious flaws to the dust-jacket noted where appropriate above). The books are all in the renowned "Swallows and Amazons" series. (7)