The Little Steamroller Tapa dura - 1974

London: The Bodley Head, 1974 The book is bright and firm, touch of browning, outline of what may have been owners plate on inside front cover. The dj, clipped, has a fair amount of wear with a few nicks, little loss.

Bodley Head, London, 1974. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Good/Fair. Illustrator: Ardizzone, Edward. 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… Leer más

London: The Bodley Head. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1974. First thus. Hardback. 0370020235 . 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 .

Published by The Bodley Head, 1974. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by Ardizzone, Edward. 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.

London : Bodley Head, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 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.

London: The Bodley Head, 1974 The book is bright and firm with very slight browning the only blemish being some brown splotches on the inside front cover and fep ( two being 25 mm and 15 mm diameter, and a few others much smaller). The dj ( clipped) is quite bright ( subject to a few very small marks ) with some creasing and wear to the edges and several closed tears.

London: The Bodley Head, 1974. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Edward Ardizzone. 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.

London: Bodley Head, 1974. 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.. Ex-Library. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Ardizzone, Edward.

(London: The Bodley Head: 1974) First edition thus. ISBN 0 370 02023 5. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 46 (184 x 244 mm). Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. First Edition. A near fine copy in price-clipped dust-jacket which has a few small clean tears and rubbing to its edges but is otherwise very good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.