The Little Train / The Little Fire Engine / The Little Horse Bus / The Little Steamroller
Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode / Max Parrish, 1946
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.Sekkes Consultants
AbeBooks seller since August 2, 2010
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 1,526.95
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Complete collection of children's books written by Greene in a series of four books in collaboration with Dorothy Glover, who appeared under the pseudonym "Dorothy Craigie." Greene would later acknowledge authorship of the first of these children s books, "The Little Train," on the title page of The "Little Fire Engine." Greene and Glover became lovers and lived together for much of the war, each working as fire spotters and Dorothy as a bomb shelter warden, while Greene's wife Vivien and their children lived in safety in Oxford. "The Little Train," published 1946, oblong, quarto, pictorial cloths with rust spot on endpaper from binding staples. Previous owner name on top corner of the front endpaper. In price clipped, second state dust wrapper, with reviews to the front flap. Dust jacket has 5 very small edge chips. 10" - 7¼". "The Little Fire Engine," published 1950, very good dust jacket with small closed, edge tears and chips, not price-clipped (6s. net). First edition, first impression, 10" - 7¼". "The Little Horse Bus" published 1952, has a bit of faint foxing to the edges of the dust jacket flaps, in fine condition otherwise. First impression, 7½" - 8¾". "The Little Steamroller" published 1953, is in near fine condition with a bit of edge wear and a closed tear to the back panel. First impression, 7½" - 8¾".…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Little Train / The Little Fire Engine / The Little Horse Bus / The Little Steamroller
- Author
- Green, Graham
- Publisher
- Eyre and Spottiswoode / Max Parrish
- Publication year
- 1946
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Dorothy Craigie [Dorothy Glover]
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 10" - 7¼"
Sekkes Consultants
North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since August 2, 2010
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Sekkes Consultants - ¿Forever Books¿ Internet based, book R&D business, established in 2006. The company¿s mission statement is to discover and make available to the marketplace great works of art with great potential to grow as an investment. We use computer modeling that incorporates factors such as Illustrator rating, condition, intrinsic importance of the work, scarcity, provenance etc. to rate current and future discoveries. We specialize in a limited supply of extraordinary works of art and literature, by classical and contemporary artists and writers that is signed, inscribed or categorized as an association copy.…
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