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Total number of records: 4

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Books and printed items3
Archives1

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English Literature2
Brotherton Collection1

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sailing4
sailing ships1
sailors1
seafaring life1
secret service1
sea stories1
russia1
children's literature, english1
english literature1
fishing1

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Ransome, Cyril (1851-1897)1
Roughead, William Nicol1
Winschooten, Wigardus A1
Ransome, Arthur (1884-1967)1
Parker, E F1
Belloc, Hilaire (1870-1953)1
Childers, Erskine (1870-1922)1
O'Connor, John (1913-2004)1

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Archive Collection

Arthur Ransome Archive

Ransome, Arthur (1884-1967)

1847-2000

Comprises: 1) literary manuscripts and typescripts, including Ransome's original illustrations for his children's books, fishing essays, sailing notes, drafts for his autobiography, diaries, notebooks...

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The riddle of the sands : a record of secret service recently achieved

Childers, Erskine (1870-1922); Parker, E F; O'Connor, John (1913-2004)

1971

Edition of 1950 numbered copies.

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On sailing the sea : a collection of the seagoing writings of Hilaire Belloc

Belloc, Hilaire (1870-1953); Roughead, William Nicol

1939

"First published in 1939".

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