THE LITTLE TRAIN Toys - Specimens gift inscription dated Xmas 1891

gift inscription dated Xmas 1891 on inside front wrapper and discoloration to back wrapper for what would otherwise be considered AS NEW

and spine dulling

dressed and colored to represent Little Red Riding Hood with light rubbing along spine and a crease at the legs for what is a beautiful copy of the book

as these temporary packaging elements were almost universally discarded by contemporary readers

THE LITTLE TRAIN Toys - Specimens gift inscription dated Xmas 1891Greene, Graham. THE LITTLE TRAIN by [Graham Greene]; credited to Dorothy Craigie, pseudonym of Dorothy Glover. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd., [1946]. FIRST EDITION. Oblong 4to 7 1 8" x 10". Yellow cloth covered boards decorated with multiple stylized steam locomotives printed in black, green, red and white, and titles printed in black and red to front cover; back cover decorated with a vignette of a railroad lantern printed in black,