1954 Edward The Blue Engine

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

First edition. Railway Series No. 9. Illustrated with thirty full-page colour images. A charming story book focused on Edward, who appeared with Gordon and Henry in The Three Railway Engines, now joined again by his friends for a new adventure. Written by Wilbert Vere Awdry, often credited as Rev. W. Awdry, an English Anglican minister, railway enthusiast, and children's author. He is best remembered as the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and several other characters who appeared in his Railway Series. Illustrated by Clarence Reginald Dalby, an English artist who was the third illustrator of The Railway Series by W.V. Awdry and a Royal Air Force intelligence officer during the Second World War.