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Ransome on Blue Water Sailing

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Information about Ransome on Blue Water Sailing (1999), by Arthur Ransome, (edited by Christina Hardyment).


A Collection of Arthur Ransome’s sailing writing. This page contains publication, availability, background and contents information.

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First Publication

Published by Amazon Publications in 1999.

Availability

In print.

Background

Amazon Publications is an independent publishing co-operative that aims to publish one book per year by or about Arthur Ransome. For copyright reasons its books are only sold to members of The Arthur Ransome Society.

Synopsis

Ransome on Blue Water Sailing reprints the 7 introductions that Ransome wrote for volumes in the Mariner’s Library series, together with 38 nautical book reviews he published between 1926 and 1955. The editor, Christina Hardyment provides a brief contextual introduction.