The Railway Children

by E. Nesbit, C. E. Brock

$3,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1906. First edition, first printing of the children's classic by E. Nesbit. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth over boards, pictorial gilt stamping to spine and front cover, top edge gilt. 309 pp, 10 advertising pages at rear. Complete with 20 plates by C. E. Brock. Near Fine with light wear to boards, rubbing to extremities, slight fading and slight slant to spine. Gift inscription

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