The Picts and the Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All.

RANSOME, Arthur

Published by London: Jonathan Cape:, First edition,, 1943

About this Item

8vo, 303pp, b/w frontispiece & 19 b/w illus., previous owner's presentation inscription to half title, coloured map endpapers, orig. green cloth gilt. A VG++ clean copy in a VG clean pictorial dustwrapper which is slightly chipped at extreme corners of head and foot of spine with two small closed nicks on extreme outer corner tips. The Picts and the Martyrs is the eleventh book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. It was published in 1943. This is the last completed book set in the Lake District and features the Blackett sisters, the Amazons and the Callum siblings, Dick and Dorothea, known as the Ds. Ransome's most native character, the Great Aunt also features prominently as do many aspects of Lakeland life. The Dog's Home is based on a small stone hut built in the woods above Coniston Water close to Ransome's then residence.

Seller Inventory # 2344

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Picts and the Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All.
• Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape:, First edition,
• Publication Date: 1943
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's & Illustrated