Book #57973

The Train in the Meadow - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Robert Nathan

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.

Price: $50.00

A Near Fine first Printing of the First Edition that has some soil markings to the middle upper edge of the pages in a price-clipped alike dust-jacket.

Nathan's story of a runaway train in a meadow is both enchanting and terrifying. The train is a beautiful sight, but it's also a danger to the children who play near it. The engineer is a kind man, but he can't stop the train from running away. The children must find a way to get the engineer to stop the train before it crashes into a tree.; 8vo; 178 pages.