Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
GREENE, GRAHAM & ARDIZZONE, EDWARD. The Little Horse Bus. The Bodley Head Ltd. 1974, 1974.
Price: US$12.35 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Imperial octavo oblong hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
GREENE,GRAHAM; ARDIZZONE,EDWARD [ILLS.]. The Little Horse Bus. bodley head london 1974, 1974.
Price: US$15.44 + shipping
Description: first edition thus 48pp ills.[col.by ardizzone] VERY GOOD+ (in ill.boards that have been laminated w.adhesive clear plastic,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.soiled) lacks dustwrapper
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Greene, Graham. The Little Horse Bus. Bodley Head Children's Books, 1974.
Price: US$23.18 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
GREENE GRAHAM. THE LITTLE HORSE BUS. BODLEY HEAD REPRINT 1974, 1974.
Price: US$23.75 + shipping
Description: HB PICTORIAL BOARDS EDGEWEAR VERY GOOD PP48 OBLONG QTO Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
Greene, Graham. The Little Horse Bus. Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$25.75 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Illustrated in colour by Edward Ardizzone. Book is clean and firm. In complete dustjacket that has some creases to edges and one closed tear to lower front panel. Fragmentary loss to spine head. In protective wrapper. Delightful book.
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The Little Horse Bus. Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$26.68 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Green Graham. The Little Steamroller. The Bodley Head, London, 1974 ISBN 0 370 02023 5, 1974.
Price: US$27.15 + shipping
Description: 1st ed, h/c + d/j, oblong 46pp, 19x24, profusely Illustrated for the first time by Edward Ardizzone, 3 closed tears to d/j edges, small chip to the d/j spine bottom, price clip, nice copy of a highly regarded collectible by Greene and part of the Little. series. Little steamroller fiols the Black Hand gang.
Seller: Page After Page, Box Hill, VIC, Australia
Greene, Graham. The Little Horse Bus. The Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Front and back Color Illustrated Paper covered boards . 48pp. Content clean, bright and sound. Dust Jacket is in good condition with small chip on upper edge close to spine. Photos available on request.
Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pict. paper over boards, 47, [1] pages , illustrated throughout, dust jacket has moisture stain on verso, also touch of moisture to back board, d.j is price-clipped., a suitable reading copy.Brandy the pony and an old horse bus help capture two thieves, and save Mr. Potter's grocery shop from closing. Size: Oblong 4 to., (19 x 25 cm)
Seller: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Greene. Graham. The Little Steamroller. Bodley Head 1974 (1st UK), 1974.
Price: US$30.90 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First hardback illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Nice clean example except very sl. foxing to top edge and an inscription on front pastedown in a lovely dust jacket, un-clipped (£1.30 net) and only slight edgewear. This story was originally published in 1953 by Max Parrish. Fine in a Near Fine d/w.
Seller: CHRIS MARTIN MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, Pleasley, United Kingdom
Price: US$31.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 47, pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 25 cm. Subjects: Grocery trade ; Juvenile fiction; Ponies ; Juvenile fiction; Children's stories; Children's stories in English, 1900- Texts. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$31.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original colour-printed boards in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 44 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 x 24 cm. Subjects: Children's stories; Smuggling ; Juvenile fiction; Airports ; Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$32.19 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated pale green d/jkt, clipped; very intact, but a little worn and frail; app 1" vertical split in rear upper edge. Illustrated boards (same as d/jkt); light edge wear; light creasing to head and tail of spine. Colour illustrations. Early in his career Greene took time off from spies, Catholic guilt and whiskey priests to produce a series of charming children's books. ; Landscape 4to (10" x 7"); 44 pages
Seller: Walden Books, London, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The Little Steamroller. Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$32.19 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Very early one snowy winter's morning at London Airport, just before Christmas, the little steamroller was hard at work keeping the road in good condition for cars. Also at the Airport that morning was Mr.King, newly arrived from Africa. Nobody, not even the Customs Officers, knew that he was a wicked smuggler, one of the members of the dreaded Black Hand gang. But thanks to the little steamroller, their Dirty Plan was foiled just in the nick of time. One of Graham Greene's first children book The Little Steamroller was originally published many years ago and is now reissued with entirely new illustrations by Edward Ardizzone."; wear to top of spine; in edge-worn, price-clipped D/J (with bottom 4cm spine missing & tears back flap& top spine); small bookshop sticker inside front cover; creases to f.e.p. but internally very clean; 46 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Illustrator: Ardizzone, Edward. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Children. ISBN: 0370020235. ISBN/EAN: 9780370020235. Inventory No: CHD00002.
Seller: BOOKBARROW (PBFA member), Cambridge, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.. THE LITTLE HORSE BUS.. Bodley Head London, 1974.
Price: US$32.19 + shipping
Description: 18.5x24.5cm (7¼"x9½"), landscape format. Originally published 1952 and illustrated by Dorothy Craigie, this the first Ardizzone-illustrated edition. 48pp with colour illustrations throughout. Hardback / hard cover: paper-covered backstrip and colour-illustrated boards, backstrip and front board titled in black. Head and foot of backstrip slightly rubbed, tips of lower outer corners of boards very slightly so. Minor toning to endpapers. Near FINE copy in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket slightly faded at rear panel along strip of width up to 2cm adjacent to backstrip panel, nicked at head and foot of backstrip panel and at tip of upper outer corner of front panel, with single minor nick at lower edge of front panel, two short closed tears of lengths just over 1cm and just over 0.5cm at upper edge of rear panel, and with closed tear confined to rear flap of length just over 4cm from lower edge.
Seller: J. R. Young, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The little steamroller. Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$33.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy in a similar dust jacket of the first edition of this story for children, by Graham Greene, reissued in 1974 with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Dust Jacket: yellow paper with colour painting and black lettering to front, black lettering to spine, and smaller colour painting to rear; slight rubbing to edges and the occasional small tear but no loss; really in very good condition for its age; not price clipped (now protected). Cover: paper covered boards to match dust jacket; very bright and clean; few visible signs of shelf wear. Internally: very clean and tightly bound; no markings, inscriptions or book plates; slightest darkening to page edges; otherwise in excellent condition. Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour. 48 pp. Landscape format.
Seller: Brian Corrigan, Knutsford, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham with Hugh Greene (editors). The little horse Bus. The Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: dj (price clipped) is a little rubbed on edges, spine tips & top corners strengthened on reverse with small strips of brown tape and protective plastic cover has been fixed to reverse with small pieces of tape, bright colour pictorial boards (as dj) a little rubbed on edges, small corner cut off top of front flyleaf, illustrated in colour throughout by EDWARD ARDIZZONE, 2 pages have light marks on the lower edges otherwise a lovely clean copy. oblong 4to, 48pp.
Seller: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, New Zealand
GREENE, Graham with Hugh Greene (editors). The little Steamroller. The Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: dj (price clipped) a little worn at spine tips, short tear at lower rear, a little rubbed on edges of jacket and colour pictorial boards, illustrated in colour throughout by EDWARD ARDIZZONE, light vertical crease on first 2 pages, some light internal foxing, vg. oblong 4to, 48pp.
Seller: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, New Zealand
Price: US$37.06 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 47, pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 25 cm. Subjects: Grocery trade ; Juvenile fiction; Ponies ; Juvenile fiction; Children's stories; Children's stories in English, 1900- Texts. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$37.06 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original colour-printed boards in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 44 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 x 24 cm. Subjects: Children's stories; Smuggling ; Juvenile fiction; Airports ; Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham. The Little Horse Bus. The Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$38.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ob. 8vo. 47pp. In colour illustrative card boards with black titles, having some minor edge wear. In matching dust wrapper with similar edge wear. Previous owners inscription to top left corner of paste down end paper. Illustrated in colour by E. Ardizzone. Overall a Very Good copy.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The Little Horse Bus. The Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$38.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Colour illustrations. There is a small inscription in red crayon on free front endpaper but all else very clean inside. Firm pictorial boards with minor edge wear and a small brown mark to the back board
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The Little Steamroller. Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This is the story of the little Steamroller and how he caught the smugglers. Book is in fair condition with usual ex-library marks, heavy cover wear, edgewear, soil, most of the spine cover is missing, browning of the pages, and tape stains on the covers. About 20 pages, 7 x 9.5.
Seller: Popeks Used and Rare Books, IOBA, Oneonta, NY, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham. The Little Steamroller. The Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early in his career Greene took time off from spies, Catholic guilt and whiskey priests to produce a series of charming children's books Confirming this book is NOT an ex-lib; Pages are bright and clean; no writing or tears and binding tight. Illustrated paper boards are bright and colorful with minimal edgewear. DJ illustration bright and colorful; some shelf wear or rubbing along edges and folds; small closed tears on spine and back; DJ not price clipped.
Seller: Autumn Leaves Books, Crown Point, IN, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham. THE LITTLE HORSE BUS. The Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$40.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Covers are edge rubbed. Light foxing and page browning. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tear to top of spine. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. THE LITTLE STEAMROLLER. The Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$40.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1974. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Oblong format, pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Small split to centre of spine (2.5cm). Inscripiton in ink to front free-endpaper. Pale page browning to endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with tear to centre of spine and a few light grubby marks to front panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$43.14 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st impression, appears little read, not price clipped (£5.00 net), no owner's name or other inscription, some fading to D/j spine but D/j has no tears, nicks, creases or marks and is protected by a clear removable sleeve. This copy purchased new by me upon publication.
Seller: MHO - Collectors' Books, Fittleworth, Pulborough, United Kingdom
Price: US$45.07 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large colour vignette to title-page, 41 watercolour drawings, including one illustration in black and grey only and one page occupied mostly by an oblong of pale green wash. Paper-covered boards and dust-jacket (slightly chipped at head of spine) with additional illustrations front and rear.A very good copy indeed. (Alderson 166)
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Ardizzone, Edward.. The Little Horse Bus. By Graham Greene.. London, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1974.
Price: US$49.83 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 18,5 x 24,5 cm. 48 Seiten mit farbigen Illustrationen. OPp. - LKJ I, 57. - Einband etwas berieben und bestoßen, zweimal gestempelt, innen gut erhalten.
Seller: Franziska Bierl Antiquariat, Eurasburg, Germany
ARDIZZONE, Edward (illustrator). By Graham Greene.. THE LITTLE HORSE BUS.. London Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$51.51 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION WITH THESE ILLUSTRATIONS 1974, oblong, 185 x 245 mm, 7¼ x 9¾ inches, colour illustrated boards, no pagination. Superb coloured illustration to every page. No inscriptions. A Fine clean crisp copy in almost Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, a touch of rubbing to corners. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham ;( Ardizzone, Edward, illustrator). The Little Horse Bus. Bodley Head,, 1974.
Price: US$64.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: .Oblong 8vo. 48pp. Illustrated throughout in colour by Ardizzone. Bound in pictorial paper covered boards and a pictorial dust wrapper. Unclipped dust wrapper a little worn with one 2cm tear, inside there is a little thumbing, else very good. Size 187 x 245mm (7.5 x 9.5 inches)
Seller: Roe and Moore, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$64.38 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition thus, first Ardizzone illustrated edition. Oblong folio, pp48. Illustrated paper covered hard boards with dust jacket, un-clipped (£1.30 net). This story was originally published in 1952 by Max Parrish and re-issued with the Ardizzone illustrations in 1974. The book has a small scuff at the hinge where the ffep meets the front paste-down (appears to be a binder's flaw), otherwise Fine. Jacket has a few faint brown spots to flaps, otherwise just about Fine too.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Graham Greene & Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). The Little Steamroller. The Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus. Measures approximately 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Good to very good condition. Dust jacket is in good condition with a small tear, mild edge wear, a chip, a little loss on the spine ends, and light to mild foxing on the back panel. Price-clipped. Jacket is in a new protective Brodart cover. Book is in very good condition. Spine ends have light rubbing, else boards are in excellent condition. Spine is tight. Pages are clean. No writing inside. No funky odors. Very good readable condition.
Seller: Bookworm and Apple, Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham. The little horse bus. Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$73.46 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 0.66
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Greene Graham and Ardizzone Edward (illus). The Little Horse Bus. Bodley Head, London., 1974.
Price: US$83.70 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition Thus with Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone A Fine book in Illustrated laminated covers No Dustwrapper
Seller: barnoble-books, Boston, LINCS, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham ;Ardizzone, Edward, illustrator. The Little Steamroller. Bodley Head,, 1974.
Price: US$90.13 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: .Oblong 8vo. 46pp. Illustrated throughout in colour by Ardizzone. Bound in pictorial paper covered boards and a pictorial dust wrapper. Unclipped dust wrapper a little worn with light creases and two small (2cm) tears, one on the back another in top left corner and lightly foxed. Inside there is some light spotting, a little thumbing, one small mark, else very good. Size 187 x 245mm (7.5 x 9.5 inches)
Seller: Roe and Moore, London, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The Little Horse Bus. Bodley Head Children's Books, 1974.
Price: US$96.57 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1974 Bodley Head Hardback 1st in this edition 1st impression. Near fine clean tight binding in very good + clipped dustjacket. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. This story was originally published in 1952 by Max Parrish and re-issued with the Ardizzone illustrations in 1974.
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham. The Little Horse Bus. London Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$96.57 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition thus. 24.4 x 18.4 cm pictorial paper covered boards 47[1]pp with colour illustrations by Edward Ardizzone throughout. With original unclipped dust jacket priced at £1.30 net. A review slip with publication information has been laid in. A near fine copy with just a hint of shelfwear to the bottom edge. Internally clean and bright, without name, inscription or bookplate and just the merest hint of toning to the endpapers. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable clear cover (not shown), is bright and unfaded with just a touch of very light rubbing to the spine tips, corners and edges. All in all a really lovely looking 1st Edition review copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham. The Little Steamroller. London The Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$96.57 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition thus. 24.4 x 18.4 cm pictorial paper covered boards 44[2]pp with colour illustrations by Edward Ardizzone throughout. With original unclipped dust jacket priced at £1.30 net. A review slip with publication information has been laid in. A near fine copy with just a hint of shelfwear to the bottom edge. Internally clean and bright, without name, inscription or bookplate and just the merest hint of toning to the endpapers. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable clear cover (not shown) is bright and unfaded with just a touch of very light rubbing to the spine tips, corners and edges with a 1cm closed tear to the bottom edge. All in all a really lovely looking 1st Edition review copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Price: US$109.45 + shipping
Description: First edition with these illustrations. There had been an edition published in 1952 with illustrations by Dorothy Craigie. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Ardizzone's colour illustrations are on every page. Colour pictorial boards. A story for children.A little bumping to corners of covers. Some spotting to prelims. Very good in very good, price-clipped dustwrapper slightly rubbed and creased at the edges.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Ardizzone, Edward (Illus); Greene, Graham (Auth). Little Horse Bus. Bodley Head, London, 1974.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated boards in matching dust jacket with minor wear and a few minuscule edge tears, price-clipped but publisher price sticker present (2.25 GBP) Popular and well-known Greene book, this edition illustrated by Ardizzone. Size: Small Oblong 4to
Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham. The Little Steamroller. Bodley Head Children's Books, 1974.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated First published. Presumed first printing; no printings listed. DJ in archival cover light edge wear, end papers very slightly browned.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham. The Little Horse Bus. Bodley Head Children's Books, London, 1974.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham. The little steamroller. Bodley Head, 1974.
Price: US$305.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover, ISBN 9780370020235 Publisher: Bodley Head Children's Books 1974-10-24, 1974 Used-Very Good. The item is in very good condition. Dust Jacket in Brodart.
Seller: PulpFiction, Glebe, NSW, Australia
Price: US$354.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus. Oblong 8vo. 48pp. Bound in pictorial paper covered boards, illustrated throughout in colour by Ardizzone. On front loose endpaper is the Surrealist bookplate of Andrew Murray. SIGNED by the artist, Edward Ardizzone Signed for Jessica by Edward Ardizzone with love August 1977 . With the pictorial dust wrapper, not clipped ,with minimal wear. Size 187 x 245mm (7.5 x 9.5 inches) Edward Ardizzone. First published 1952, The Little Horse Bus was a children s picture book created by Graham Greene and Dorothy Glover (who published as Dorothy Craigie and illustrated the books). After Glover's death, the book was re-illustrated in by Edward Ardizzone in this 1974 edition. Provenance: Andrew Murray, Director of Mayor Gallery, Cork Street, London. The Mayor Gallery exhibited Ardizzone s work in the 1960 s . Andrew Murray lent his personal collection of books and prints etc. to the travelling exhibition by Middlesbrough Museum in 1982
Seller: Roe and Moore, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$386.29 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus. Oblong 8vo. 48pp. Bound in pictorial paper covered boards, illustrated throughout in colour by Ardizzone. On front loose endpaper is the Surrealist bookplate of Andrew Murray. SIGNED by the artist, Edward Ardizzone Signed for Oliver by Edward Ardizzone with love 4th August 1977 . With the pictorial dust wrapper, not clipped, with light creasing and small tears along top edge of wrapper, otherwise a very good copy, almost fine copy. Size 187 x 245mm (7.5 x 9.5 inches) Edward Ardizzone. First published 1953, The Little Steam Roller was a children s picture book created by Graham Greene and Dorothy Glover (who published as Dorothy Craigie and illustrated the books). After Glover's death, the book was re-illustrated in by Edward Ardizzone in this 1974 edition. Provenance: Andrew Murray, Director of Mayor Gallery, Cork Street, London. The Mayor Gallery exhibited Ardizzone s work in the 1960 s . Andrew Murray lent his personal collection of books and prints etc. to the travelling exhibition by Middlesbrough Museum in 1982
Seller: Roe and Moore, London, United Kingdom