GREENE--CRAIGIE, THE LITTLE TRAIN, ETC., (3 VOL.)

[Greene, Graham.] Craigie, Dorothy. The Little Train. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, [1946], first edition, illustrated throughout by Dorothy Craigie, original yellow pictorial boards, top edge yellow, pictorial endpapers, dust-jacket (with reviews, so possibly later issue), slightly worn at corners, minor staining along inner hinge in line with binding staples; first American edition, New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Inc, 1958, original cloth, dust-jacket; The Little Horse Bus. London: Max Parrish, 1952; oblong 8vo (3)

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
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These charming books for children were written by Greene and illustrated by his lover Dorothy Glover, published under the pen name "Dorothy Craigie". Greene met Dorothy when he rented a room from her and her mother as a space to work and read without the distraction of his children. This was in 1939, but by the time they came to publish their first collaborative books, their affair was almost at its end.