Greene (Graham) The Little Train
£395
London, Max Parrish, 1957.
Second edition. Small 4to. Original pictorial boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Greene’s first children’s book, originally published anonymously and illustrated by his then-lover Dorothy Craigie née Glover. This is the first edition naming the author. The illustrations were redrawn to suit the new format.
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A very good copy in very good jacket.
Illustrations by Dorothy Craigie.
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