Arthur Ransome
24 copies for sale · £40–£2,750 · 7 first editions
Notable copies for sale
Swallows and Amazons (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$1,750
Great Northern (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£48
Picts and Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£48
The Big Six (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£45
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme — Jonkers Rare Books£2,750
Peter Duck — Jonkers Rare Books£1,750
Coot Club — Jonkers Rare Books£1,500
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea — Jonkers Rare Books£750
Pigeon Post — Jonkers Rare Books£750
Racundra's First Cruise — Jonkers Rare Books£500
The Picts and the Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at all (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£85
The Picts and the Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at all (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£75
Works on the market
The Picts and the Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at all2 copies · £75–£85
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme1 copy · £2,750
Peter Duck1 copy · £1,750
Swallows and Amazons1 copy · $1,750
Coot Club1 copy · £1,500
THE ELIXIR OF LIFE1 copy · $1,250
Pigeon Post1 copy · £750
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea1 copy · £750
Racundra's First Cruise1 copy · £500
Missee Lee1 copy · £450
Bohemia in London1 copy · £300
Swallows & Amazons, Ransome, Arthur1 copy · $243
The Big Six1 copy · £225
The Blue Treacle1 copy · £95
Six Weeks in Russia in 19191 copy · €65
Swallowdale1 copy · £65
The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome1 copy · £50
Great Northern1 copy · £48
Picts and Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All1 copy · £48
The Big Six1 copy · £45
Market context
6 copies of Arthur Ransome's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was £65 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Oscar Wilde, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, 1912; and 9 others by Ransome (10) (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£550
Swallows & Amazons, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1930 (dominic winter, 2026-06-01)£1,300
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