Sale 2530 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, February 20, 2020

252 c   GREENE, GRAHAM. The Little Fire Engine. Illustrated by Dorothy Craigie [née Glover].Oblong 4to, publisher’s decorated boards, rubbing to bottom extremities, split along front joint; dust jacket, several tissue paper mends to verso, shallow chipping and short closed tears with associated creasing, dampstain. (London: Max Parrish), [1950] [1,200/1,800] first edition , author ’ s presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper: “For John Carter with awe and affection from Graham Greene.” Carter wrote the introduction to Victorian Detective Fiction, the catalogue of Greene and Craigie’s collection. Inscribed copies of any of Greene’s books for children are uncommon.Wobbe A24a. 252 253 253 c   GREENE, GRAHAM. The Little Steam Roller. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Oblong 4to, publisher’s pictorial boards, top corners bumped; dust jacket, three closed tears, mild rubbing to folds. London:The Bodley Head, (1974) [800/1,200] first edition with pictures by ardizzone . presentation copy with original drawing by greene , inscribed to the author’s primary love interest for the last three decades of his life: “For Yvonne [Cloetta] / to teach little Alexandra English / with love from / Graham.” Below this is a cartoon style drawing of the two.One of Greene’s children’s books,first published in the 1950s with illustrations by Dorothy Craigie [Glover].