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Books in the Sea Stories genre:

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930)

On his way home from the market, Little Pig Robinson is shanghaied by a ship’s cook with no good intentions. The ship’s cat helps the pig escape in a boat, and they sail to the Land Where the Bong Tree Grows. This British first edition do... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930)

On his way home from the market Little Pig Robinson is shanghaied by a ship’s cook with no good intentions. The ship’s cat helps the pig escape in a boat, and they sail to the Land Where the Bong Tree Grows. This American first edition ha... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

Mapp and Lucia (1931)

Fresh from her triumph at the Riseholme fete, Lucia takes a holiday in Tilling and a clash of titans ensues as Miss Mapp struggles to retain her position of social leader. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): E. F. Benson
Illustrator(s): None

Pirate’s Loot (1931)

Pirates and treasure for younger readers.

Author(s): Carolyn Rodgers
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

The Roving Lobster (1931)

Unhappy with his life at the bottom of the sea, the Lobster decides to try his luck on the land. He meets many interesting creatures in his travels and in the end decides to return to his home. In this, the second collaboration with Arthur Mason, Rob... View More

Author(s): Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Swallowdale (1931)

The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Clifford Webb

Swallows and Amazons (1931)

The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Clifford Webb

Swallows and Amazons (1931)

The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’ Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1931

Yankee Ships in Pirate Waters (1931)

A series of adventures, some true, others fictional, of American merchantmen and their encounters with pirates around the world. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Rupert Sargent Holland
Illustrator(s): Frank Schoonover

Mutiny on the Bounty (1932)

Mutiny on the Bounty is the title of the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, based on the mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of the Bounty in 1789. It has been made into several films and a musical. It was t... View More

Peter Duck (1932)

The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint sail in search of treasure and must fight not only a hurricane but also pirates. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

Swallowdale (1932)

The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1932

Swallowdale (1932)

The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1932

The Bird of Dawning (1933)

The adventures of Cruiser Trewsbury 2nd Mate aboard the Blackgauntlet running an epic race from China to London when the ship goes down.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): M. G.

Peter Duck (1933)

The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint sail in search of treasure and must fight not only a hurricane but also pirates.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter
Arthur Ransome

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1933

All in the Downs (1934)

A naval novel of the days of Pitt and Pompadour. A ship carrying passengers joins a convoy during the French War. Not a very successful effort. Dust jacket by Ardizzone shows a nautical scene.... View More

Author(s): Frank Pollard
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Coot Club (1934)

When the Hullabaloos moor right on top of the coots’ nest, what choice had Tom Dudgeon but to cast their motor boat adrift? Dot and Dick help the outlaw elude his pursuers. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

Men Against the Sea (1934)

Captain William Bligh and eighteen loyal men are cast off in a twenty-three foot open boat by the Bounty mutineers and set out for Coupang in Timor, a journey of more than 3,600 miles.

Pitcairn’s Island (1934)

Following the mutiny on HMS Bounty, Fletcher Christian along with eight of the Bounty’s crew, six Polynesian men and twelve Polynesian women sail for Pitcairn’s Island where they scuttle the Bounty.

Shark! Shark! (1934)

An early account of sport fishing for shark.

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