Arthur Ransome
42 copies for sale · £40–£2,750 · 11 first editions
Notable copies for sale
Swallows and Amazons (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$1,750
SWALLOWDALE (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$1,586
SWALLOWDALE (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$578
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
GREAT NORTHERN? — Rare Book Cellar$748
Works on the market
PIGEON POST3 copies · £173–£750
PETER DUCK2 copies · £238–£1,750
COOT CLUB2 copies · £1,500–£1,648
WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA2 copies · £238–£750
MISSEE LEE2 copies · £450–£748
THE BIG SIX2 copies · £225–£323
Swallowdale2 copies · £65–£175
The Picts and the Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at all2 copies · £43–£75
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme1 copy · £2,750
Swallows and Amazons1 copy · $1,750
SWALLOWDALE1 copy · $1,586
THE ELIXIR OF LIFE1 copy · $1,250
GREAT NORTHERN?1 copy · $748
THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS; Or, Not Welcome At All1 copy · $748
SECRET WATER1 copy · $748
SWALLOWDALE1 copy · $578
Racundra's First Cruise1 copy · £500
WINTER HOLIDAY1 copy · $373
Bohemia in London1 copy · £300
Market context
10 copies of Arthur Ransome's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was £63 (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
Listings aggregated from rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide; refreshed continually. Prices are seller asking prices unless marked as auction results.