Rev. Awdry, The Little Old Engine, first edition, 1959
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Rev. Awdry, The Little Old Engine, first edition, 1959

Awdry (Rev. [Wilbert Vere]) The Little Old Engine

£50

London, Edmund Ward, 1959.

First edition. Oblong 12mo. Original pale yellow pictorial boards. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.

First edition of the fourteenth book in the Rev. Awdry’s famous ‘Railway Series’.

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Book very good; jacket with some creasing and edge wear.

Illustrations.

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