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New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934. First American edition of this children's classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 27 line cuts (13 full-page) and chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard. Boldly signed by P.L. Travers on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed. The first Mary Poppins stories were written when [Travers] was recovering from an illness, and were told to two children of her acquaintance. Mary Poppins appeared in 1934 and was an immediate success" (Carpenter & Prichard, 540). It centers on magical English nanny of the same name. She is blown by the east wind to Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, and into the Banks's household to care for their children. It was adapted by Walt Disney in 1964 into a musical film titled Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. It received a total of thirteen Academy Award nominations, including… Read More

MARY POPPINS, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934, first American edition (8th printing), some rubbing and light wear to the spine extremities and fore edge corner tips, some tanning to the spine, pencil erasure to the dedication page, else a just about vg copy in the publishers oriinal pictorial cloth binding. SIGNED by the author in her hand in what appears to be a contemporary signature with the books publication. Most desirable thus. The first MARY POPPINS book of which we note no SIGNED or INSCRIBED copies offered in any of the major auction houses for the last 40 years! (As new facsimile dust-wrapper is available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you).

London: Lovat Dickson & Thompson Limited, 1935. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by P.L. Travers on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner, "thanking him for his work on 'Mary Poppins.'" 303 pp. Bound in publisher's beige cloth decorated in green. Near Fine with small ding on spine, light wear, in the fragile dust jacket with chips at edges, rubbing and light soiling, a few tears. The second Mary Poppins book, rare signed.

Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A very good first US edition in a chipped good dust jacket, signed by P. L. Travers on the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Walt Disney Productions, 1964. Rare original LP of the Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack, boldly signed by Julie Andrews on the front panel. In near fine condition. P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins was adapted by Walt Disney in 1964 into the classic musical film of the same name, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. It received a total of thirteen Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture – an unsurpassed record for any other film released by Walt Disney Studios – and won five; Best Actress for Andrews, Best Film Editing, Best Original Music Score, Best Visual Effects, and Best Original Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee". In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Mary Poppins is widely considered to be Walt Disney's "crowning achievement", being his only film to garner a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Disney Enterprises, Inc., 2018. First edition, early printing of the deluxe novelization of the 2018 American musical fantasy film starring Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color photographs from the film. Signed by Angela Lansbury opposite the title page. Lansbury played played the role of the Balloon Lady, a kindly old woman who sells balloons at the park. The part was written to be a cameo role for Julie Andrews who portrayed Mary Poppins in the original film, but she turned the role down as she felt her presence would unfairly take attention away from Emily Blunt. In fine condition. Rare signed. Based on the book series Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers, Mary Poppins Returns debuted in 2018 as a live-action and traditionally animated sequel to the classic 1964 film Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. The film stars Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins, with supporting roles from Lin-Manuel… Read More

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935. First Edition, Signed by P.L. Travers on the front illustrated free-fly.. With illustrated endpapers, frontispiece and 43 whimsical black and white drawings by Mary Shepard. 8vo, in the original publisher's green cloth, lettered in blue on the spine and pictorially decorated and titled in black on the upper cover with a picture of Mary Poppins herself. xi, 268 pp. A very good and handsome copy with mild overall soil to the cover. The papers are a bit mellowed and there is evidence of old damp to a 1/8 inch strip along the upper edge of most pages. THE SECOND OF EIGHT BOOKS IN THE MARY POPPINS SERIES, FIRST EDITION AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Sure to delight readers of all ages, the book is brimful of magic.

London: HarperCollins. A fine UK illustrated edition, first printing hardback - in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR - Pictures available upon request . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2018.