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NESBIT, Edith (1858-1924). Railway Children. London: Wells Gardner, Darlton, & Co., 1906.
8vo. Illustrations by Charles Edmund Brock. Publisher's pictorial cloth gilt (rubbing, foxing throughout). Provenance: "Gerald" (inscription on front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION. The Railway Children was originally serialized in The London Magazine in 1905 and saw its first publication in book form the following year. It was later adapted into the classic 1970 motion picture of the same name starring Sinah Sheridan.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto