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THE STORY OF THE LITTLE RED ENGINE
Written by Diana Ross. Illustrated by Leslie Wood.
Stock no. 1328723
Published by Faber & Faber. Circa 1945. Good condition.

Buff and red pictorial boards. Wonderful colour and b/w illustrations, some double page spreads. Oblong format, 7.25 x 9.5". Unpaginated. Spine is damaged with loss of title-strip. Corners are bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Front free-endpaper is missing. There is foxing throughout and a slight musty smell else contents clean.

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MORE ABOUT THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE
Written by Christopher Awdry. Illustrated by Clive Spong.
Stock no. 1328530
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Railway series No. 30. Colour illustrations. Glazed pictorial boards. Small format. ISBN: 0434927600. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine. Contents fine.

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MAIN LINE ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1328529
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway series no. 21. Small oblong format. Dark brown boards, white title and vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations. Slight foxing to endpapers and textblock.. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a small tear to top edge of rear panel. Printed price on front flap has been crossed out with pink felt-tip pen, 'new' price written in same pink pen.

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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. Red boards, gilt title and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. Small, oblong format. 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.

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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. Small oblong format. Blue boards, white titles and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. 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.

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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.

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GALLANT OLD ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1328525
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No. 17. Small, oblong format. Dark blue boards, white title and vignette to front. 56 pages. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0718200160. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed. D/w shows price of 35p net (different price has been blotted out by printing process).

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MR BUBBUS AND THE RAILWAY SMUGGLERS
Written by Joan Drake. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1828591
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Why was the new railway track ripped up as soon as it was laid? Who was using Princess, the 2-6-2 locomotive, at dead of night when the whole village as asleep? Ambrose and Poppy began to investigate - and something very unexpected happened to them! Another mystery story about Mr Bubbus, Mr Deggas and all the Deggas children. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 87 numbered pages. ISBN: 0340196149. SIGNED by the author (TWICE). Once as a gift dedication to free front endpaper and once with no dedication to the top of the title page. Top of spine is bumped which means the contents are also creassed to top gutter edge throughout. Tape stuck to front pastedown and a small patch of surface paper loss where some tape has been removed. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, rubbed at corners, lightly creased and a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE TRAIN TO IMPOSSIBLE PLACES: A CURSED DELIVERY
Written by P. G. Bell. Illustrated by Matt Sharack.
Stock no. 1828577
Published by Feiwel And Friends. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A train that travels through impossible places. The Impossible Postal Express is no ordinary train. It's a troll-operated delivery service that runs everywhere from ocean-bottom shipwracks, to Trollville space. Green paper boards, gilt title to spine. Olive green endpapers. B/w illustrations. 367 pages. ISBN: 9781250189509. SIGNED by the author (Happy reading!) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Pale foxing/browning to text block. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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SOOTY THE LITTLE BLACK ENGINE
Written by Hilda Boswell. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 1328366
Published by Collins. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small square format. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour pictures. A Pixie Book. A nice clean copy with minimal foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is very slightly grubby/marked. Small mark to front panel of wrapper.

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JAMES AND THE DIESEL ENGINES
Written by Christopher Awdry. Illustrated by Clive Spong.
Stock no. 1325550
Published by Kaye & Ward. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

The Railway Series No. 28. Small oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0718208552. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Some finger creases to pages and some small yellow marks.

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SAMMY GOES TO SEA
Written by Eileen Gibb.
Stock no. 1325072
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. Very good condition.

Sammy The Shunter Series No. 3. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Name in ink in belongs to box. Contents clean.

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