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Title	Description	Price	P&P
Edward Baker Boulton - Australia's Forgotten Artist image not available	John H. Edwards	This is the only book ever published which sets out in clear detail the life of Ransome's paternal grandfather. It shows how he went to Australia to consolidate the family's fortune. It also shows how Arthur's mother inherited certain traits and skills from her father, which she in turn passed on to some of her children, including Arthur. A most important book this in the understanding of what made Arthur tick. 39 colour plates and many other illustrations make this book a very desirable item.	£15.00 + £3.00 p&p
Chimes from a Wooden Bell image not available	Taqui Altounyan	One of the family who provided the inspiration for the Swallows and Amazons, Taqui Altounyan writes about growing up in Syria in Edwardian times.	£13.99 + £2.10 p&p
Thorstein of the Mere	W.G. Collingwood	One of the books credited with inspiring Ransome's love of the Lake District, this is a story of the Northmen in Lakeland. Ransome was friends with Collingwood, who was Ruskin's Secretary and set up the Ruskin Museum in Coniston in his memory.	£11.00 + £1.80 p&p
Where It All Began* image not available	Pauline Marshall	Childhood memoir recounting the assertion that the author and her sister were the inspiration for the Amazon pirates, Nancy and Peggy Blackett	£3.50 + £1.00 p&p
The Ransoming* image not available	Pauline Marshall	Story mostly fact, some fiction. Conveys 1920s/1930s period for actual children living at Bank Ground Farm	£4.00 + £1.00 p&p

*Available as a set for £6.50 + £1.80 p&p

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