Letterpress-printed limitation tip signed by Val McDermid and Juan Esteban Rodríguez
spine ends chipped and frayed
7 years after original publication
With the illustrated dust wrapper priced at 8s
Reflecting many of the author's own reservations about publicity and biographical exploitation
The Railway Children Agatha Christie Letterpress-printed limitation tip signed byE. Nesbit, The Railway Children. London: The Folio Society, 1999. Introduced by Helen Cresswell, illustrated by Inga Moore. 228 160 25 mm. Pp. [iviii] ixxv [xvixviii], 1188 [189192]: [7] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. 18, 41, 66, 80, 101, 117 and 175). Type: Fournier with Richmond for display. Printed and bound by the Bath Press. Full white cloth with a design in green, black, orange and pale grey brown by Moore; pale grey brown endleaves. Dark