The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit

A first edition of the classic and popular novel, The Railway Children, commemorated  by the 1970 film directed by Lionel Jeffries, starring Jenny Agutter, Bernard Cribbins and Dinah Sheridan. In very good condition with 120 black and white plates by H. E. Brock. Original dark red cloth boards with gilt illustrations. Top edge gilt. Slight split to spine on front end paper. Plate facing page p. 195 with marginal closed tear, just affecting the top border. 309pp with 10 pages of advertisments at the end. 8vo.

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