Ransome (Arthur).
An autograph letter signed by Arthur Ransome teasing the recipient about the true location of Swallowdale and Trout Tarn before revealing that he took some things from Coniston, 'e.g, the harbour of Wild Cat is taken from the harbour at the South End of Peel Island'. He asks the recipient to pass on his best wishes to the Crossfields (boat builders in Arnside) 'where I have spent many happy hours'.
Ink manuscript on two sides of Ransome's note card with various printed illustrations in the front margins, some hand colouring, card 142mm x 88mm.
[The recipient had, with his brother, built a dinghy called Wildcat in the family garden (c.1936) and sailed it on Windermere, he was related to the Crossfield family via his grandmother.]