London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1963. First Edition Third Printing. Hardcover. 127 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in green, cloth-covered boards. Slightly cocked. Corners bumped. Front free endpaper is missing. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has had the front flap torn off, and is reattached with cello tape. Wear to head and foot of spine, less so to the edges. Some overall rubbing and soiling. Not price clipped. The first of the children's series about the Cameron children by Scottish writer Jane Duncan (pseudonym for Elizabeth Jane Cameron). The children travel to their aunt's in Jennyville, Scotland by train where the adventures begin. Jacket and black and white internal illustrations by Victor Ambrus. .

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Bookseller: Homeward Bound Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1253
Title: Camerons on the Train
Author: Duncan, Jane [Elizabeth Jane Cameron]
Illustrator: Victor Ambrus
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
Edition: First Edition Third Printing
Publisher: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1963
Bookseller catalogs: Children's - Series;

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Homeward Bound Books is an online bookshop operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario. We specialize in children's and illustrated books – collectible and reading copies; and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. We have thousands of books yet to be catalogued. So, please contact us to be added to our client list, and we will let you know when we have books of interest to you. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.

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