Burton (Virginia Lee) Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel
£450
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1941.
First UK edition. Oblong 4to. Original pictorial boards. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
An appealing first UK edition of this enduring children’s classic, in part the inspiration for Stephen King’s Charlie the Choo-Choo: From the World of The Dark Tower (2016).
In stock
VG/VG, 1941 UK 1st edition, slight wear to top of spine, ownership inscription of fep, contents clean save for occasional thumb marks, in rear VG wrapper with minor loss to spine ends and correctly priced at 6s on the front flap
Related products
Children's Books
London, Methuen, 1945.
First edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
A good first edition of the sixth book in Blyron's St Clare's series.
Children's Books
London, Museum Press, 1946.
First edition. Oblong 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
One of the popular children's books by a prolific author of the time.
Children's Books
The Story of a Boy...with an introduction by E.V. Lucas
London, Jonathan Cape, 1932.
First illustrated edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Jefferies' famous "story of a boy", illustrated for the first time by Pooh illustrator E.H. Shepard; uncommon in the original dust-jacket. Accompanied by original printed prospectus.