Both books have been visibly re-backed with new cloth spines and original spines superimposed (now peeling away ever-so-slightly)
The book was inspired by Christie's own trips to Baghdad with her second husband
and a couple of shallow spine breaks throughout
[1–2]: [16] leaves of colour plates
Colomba by Prosper Mérimée
The Railway Children Agatha Christie Both books have been visiblyE. Nesbit, The Railway Children. London: The Folio Society, 1999. Second printing thus, 2000. Introduced by Helen Cresswell, illustrated by Inga Moore. 228 160 25 mm. Pp. [iviii] ixxv [xvixviii], 1188 [189192]: [7] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. 18, 41, 66, 80, 101, 117 and 175). Type: Fournier with Richmond for display. Printed and bound by the Bath Press. Full white cloth with a design in green, black, orange and pale grey brown by Moore; pale