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Gerald Howe Ltd. London. 1934. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). 27 line illustrations by Mary Shepard. One small, faint mark to the title page otherwise a near fine copy which is bright and clean throughout. Publishers yellow cloth with black lettering to the spine and front board, which also has an illustration of Mary Poppins. Illustrated endpapers. In the original illustrated grey dustwrapper which is split in two but is currently held together in a removable wrapper protector. There is some loss to the top and bottom of the spine and a large closed tear to the front panel with a small amount of loss. Small and neat booksellers label (Zeitlin Books of Los Angeles) to the rear pastedown endpaper. Overall a near fine book, with a little bumping to the top of the spine, in a good example of the scarce dustwrapper that is quite clean and more then 95% complete, so could easily be restored to it's former glory. The author's scarce first book, and the first of the eight Mary Poppins books, which…
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London, Gerald Howe Ltd., 1934 1st edition. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Yellow cloth with black lettering to spine and pictorial vignette to front. ‘GH’ monogram to rear corner. Top edges olivine/dyed. Illustrated endpapers. In very good condition. Some overall rubbing to cloth, some handling marks. Small nicks to cloth on corners and ends of spine. Bookplate to front, “Evelyn Impey,” with inscription to opposite page in white pencil “Kath/Katharine.” Some minor handling marks to pages, minor soiling to p’s 144, 146, 164 & 172. Some small tears to bottom corner of several pages (does not affect print) contents, p1, 9, 33, 63, 65, 67, 79, & 113. Else overall a very clean and tight 1st edition copy. 206pp. With 26 b&w illustrations by Mary Shepard, plus endpapers and tailpiece illustrations.
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