Awdry (Rev. [Wilbert Vere]) Stepney the ‘Bluebell’ Engine
£45
London, Edmund Ward, 1963.
First edition. Oblong 12mo. Original pictorial boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
First edition of the eighteenth book in the Rev. Awdry’s famous ‘Railway Series’.
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A very good copy of the book; jacket with some creasing, wear and tears, notably to upper panel.
Illustrations.
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