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THE WIZARD OF BOLAND
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1331469
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping and browning to spine. Foxing to textblock and a few light foxspots to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with minimal loss and a few small tears and is slightly browned to rear panel.

DUCK AND THE DIESEL ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1831140
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition.

Railway Series No 13. Four stories: Domeless Engines, Pop Goes the Diesel, Dirty Work, and A Close Shave. Small, oblong format. Red boards, gilt title and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. 62 pages. Spine heavily faded. Boards a little grubby, a few small pen marks. Foxing to endpapers. Rear joint pulled forward. A few grubby marks to contents and fingering creases.

PERCY THE SMALL ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby.
Stock no. 1831139
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1956. Good condition.

Railway Series No 11. Four stories: Percy and the Signal, Duck Takes Charge, Percy and Harold, and Percy's Promise. Small, oblong format. Green boards, gilt title and vignette to front board. Colour illustrations. 62 pages. Spine and board edges faded. Boards are grubby and stained. Hinges pulled, stitching a little loose. Foxing to endpapers. Contents are a little grubby and are creased through reading use. A working copy only sold with all faults.

THE EIGHT FAMOUS ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1831138
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1957. Good condition.

Railway series no. 12. Four stories: Percy Takes the Plunge, Gordon Goes Foreign, Double Header, and The Fat Controller's Engines. Small oblong format, blue boards, gilt title and vignette. Colour pictures. 62 pages. Spine browned, boards stained and marked. Endpapers and prelims grubby. A few grubby marks to contents. Hinges are pulled. Contents are creased from reading. A working copy only.

THE LITTLE OLD ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1831137
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition.

Railway Series no. 14. Contains four stories: Trucks!, Home at Last, Rock 'n' Roll, and Little Old Twins. Small oblong format. Grey boards, gilt title and vignette to front. Colour pictures. 62 pages. Spine heavily faded with a small nick to rear edge, light uneven fading to boards - mainly at the edges. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Stitching is a little loose. A few grubby marks to contents. Contents are lightly creased through reading use.

MOUNTAIN ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1831136
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

Railway series no. 19. Sir Handel is grumpy and complains about the coaches causing trouble for him. Rheneas tells him that he should be grateful that he does not work on a mountain railway. Sir Handel does not believe such a thing exists, and an argument ensues until Donald arrives with Culdee, a mountain engine. Small oblong format. Blue boards, white titles and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. 56 pages. Spine heavily faded, light fading to edges of boards. A few foxspots to endpapers and one or two to contents. Contents are lightly creased through reading use.

GALLANT OLD ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1330387
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Black boards, white titles and vignette to front. Colour pictures throughout. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Light marks to front cover. Endpapers foxed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn and creased to front panel which patch of loss to top edge.

COMMANDOS OF THE CLOUDS (HUNTER HAWK - SKYWAY DETECTIVE No. 4)
Written by Eric Leyland; T.E. Scott-Chard.
Stock no. 1830280
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

South America calls... and Skyways Investigation Limited, in the persons of Hunter Hawk and his bold young cousin Mike, fly off to investigate and exceedingly grave situation! Red cloth boards with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. Some foxing throughout else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and repaired to verso with clear tape, grubby to rear panel.

DUCK AND THE DIESEL ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1328528
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No 13. Four stories: Domeless Engines, Pop Goes the Diesel, Dirty Work, and A Close Shave. Small, oblong format. Red boards, gilt title and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. 62 pages. Books is nice and clean (covers and contents). Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and creased with small tears and piece missing to top of spine edge on front panel. Printed price on front flap has been crossed out with pink felt-tip pen, 'new' price written in same pink pen.

MOUNTAIN ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1328527
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway series no. 19. Sir Handel is grumpy and complains about the coaches causing trouble for him. Rheneas tells him that he should be grateful that he does not work on a mountain railway. Sir Handel does not believe such a thing exists, and an argument ensues until Donald arrives with Culdee, a mountain engine. Small oblong format. Blue boards, white titles and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. 56 pages. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and creased with small tears, printed price on front flap has been crossed out with pink felt-tip pen, 'new' price written in same pink pen.

FOUR LITTLE ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby.
Stock no. 1328526
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway series no. 10. Small oblong format. Black boards, gilt title and vignette to front. Colour pictures. Foxing to endpapers else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher (with 'new' price printed above). Light rubbing to wrapper edges and a couple of small edge tears.

THE UGLY DUCKLING
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; R.P. Keigwin. Illustrated by Johannes Larsen.
Stock no. 1324231
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st UK 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated by Keigwin. Oblong format. Burgundy cloth spine, cream boards with silver title to front cover. 24 full-page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink and some light creasing to front free-endpaper. Some light grubby marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, slight loss to spine ends.