A
selection of "Front Covers" from my
collection of "Railway Children" books.
Click on image for enlarged picture
1st Edition ( 1906 ) W.G.D.& Co
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Published
by Fabbri in 1990 as part of their "Classic Adventure" series. This
edition does not contain any illustrations but is unabridged. It was accompanied by an illustrated pamphlet which included an interesting account of E.Nesbit. |
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First published by William Heinmann Ltd in 1989 with illustrations by
Pamela Kay. Some of the Illustrations were based on my local steam preservation line "The Bluebell Railway" in Sussex. |
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Published
in 1991 by Pavilion Books Ltd in association with National Trust Enterprises Ltd. Contains some fabulous illustrations and watercolours. |
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Published
in 1994 by Brimax, This abridged younger childs version is very vividly illustrated in strong colours by Mark Viney. |
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Published
in 1978 by Windmill, This edition has the extra bonus of having superb illustrations by Shirley Hughes. These illustrations were to be carried out in a rather different style to the kind for which she has latterly become so well known. She has also illustrated another edition of "The Railway Children" using her rather more well known style, I will be comparing some of them in the "Illustrations" Section. |
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Published in 1993, this edition has the benefit of the original illustrations by C.E.Brock, including the wonderful frontispiece. The endpapers have a few reproductions of some illustrations by Ernest H Shepard for "Dream Days" written by Kenneth Grahame. |
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Published in 1970 by Puffin to
co-incide with the release of the EMI film production. |
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Published in 1994, This Puffin
Classics edition includes the C.E. Brock illustrations. The cover illustration was by the artist Gino D'Achille. |
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Published in 1994 by Macmillan,
This edition has illustrations by Shirley Hughes in her contemporary style.( See earlier note above ). It also contains an effective short biography about E.Nesbit by Naomi Lewis. |
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Published in
1985 by Scholastic Publications Ltd. Unillustrated and unabridged. |
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Published in
1994 by the Parragon Childrens Library, it is illustrated with line drawings by an unknown artist. |
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1993 edition
published by the Wordsworth Editions Ltd under thier Childrens Classics banner. It is unabridged and contains the original C. E. Brock illustrations. |
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The 1982
edition, published by the Puffin Classics arm of Penguin Books Ltd. Contains the C. E. Brock illustrations and is unabridged. |
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The Ladybird
Childrens Classics edition, published in 1984. It was re-written by Joan Collins and illustrated by Kathie Layfield |
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Published in
1994 by Bloomsbury Books Ltd. It is unillustrated and unabridged. |
