Awdry (Rev. [Wilbert Vere]) Small Railway Engines
£50
London, Edmund Ward, 1967.
First edition. Oblong 12mo. Original dark-blue pictorial boards. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
First edition of the twenty-second book in the Rev. Awdry’s famous ‘Railway Series’.
In stock
A very good copy of the book; jacket with some slight rubbing.
Illustrations.
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