THE FOREST OF BOLAND LIGHT RAILWAY by B B (D J Watkins-Pitchford); - 1955

Delightful illustrations of the reclusive gnomes in their huge forest.

Eyre and Spottiswoode,, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1955. First Edition. 127 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Jacket has been laminated to boards.

Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good/Fair/Poor. Illustrated by BB, . Almost very good condition in a dustwrapper in fair condition. A quite enchanting story of a colony of gnomes who live in the vast Forest of Boland, quarrying in their mines for precious metals with the aid of the Boland Belle of the Forest Light Railway. One day a mischievous leprechaun leads a band of followers in an attempt to break up the railway... Humour and excitement is captured with ingenious detail in BB's superb b/w illustrations and colour frontis. Blue pictorial boards. 127 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine and some slight fading to lower cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss and more substantial loss to base of spine and lower edge of rear panel (1"). Dustwrapper is also slightly grubby.

Hodder Children's Books, 1984-07-01. Fourth Impression. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Denys Watkins-Pitchford. Second impression 1970. Book is in good condition. Ex-library copy with typical stamps and markings. Slight discolouration to the page edges. Price-clipped dust jacket. Plastic jacket.

Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by BB, . Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. A quite enchanting story of a colony of gnomes who live in the vast Forest of Boland, quarrying in their mines for precious metals with the aid of the Boland Belle of the Forest Light Railway. One day a mischievous leprechaun leads a band of followers in an attempt to break up the railway... Humour and excitement is captured with ingenious detail in BB's superb b/w illustrations and colour frontis. Blue pictorial boards. 127 pages. Spine slightly bumped with browning/foxing, small brown spot to front cover and some slight discolouration to rear cover. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. A few small marks at page margins. Price-cut wrapper is chipped at edges with loss, grubby and foxed on rear panel.

Leicester: Brockhampton,. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1955. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hbk with d/w; occasional small mark, slight tear, but no names or similar hand written inside & generally a good clean copy; d/w price clipped with minor chipping to spine end; presents well; vg-/Vg-; 1st edition ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; I have had this book before and it has gone full circle! .