Ending 13th Nov, 2024 20:00
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED
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TRAVERS, P. L. 1934 MARY POPPINS, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION IN ORIG. CLOTH
Travers, P. L. 1934 Mary Poppins. First US edition, first impression, publ. Reynal & Hitchcock, New York. Illustrated by Mary Shepard with black & white vignettes throughout the text. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding, lacking dw; slight wear and loss to the head of the spine, bumped to tail of the spine & extremities, pen mark to front board, both joints strained exposing binding, otherwise internally smart. An uncommon first American edition of Travers' first work to feature the well beloved British nanny, immortalised in the 1964 Disney classic film starring Julie Andrew & Dick Van Dyke. 8vo.
Sold for £120
Auction: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED, ending 13th Nov, 2024
Our final specialist Books & Works on Paper sale of the year includes a remarkable fourth edition of Paradise Lost from the library of Master of Revels Charles Killigrew, a beautiful mid 19th century collection of pressed seaweed, an exceptionally scarce first edition of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott, and beyond that an impressive, smart and diverse collection of modern first editions, antiquarian titles, ephemera, and a specialist map section.
We invite & look forward to welcoming interested bidders to view on Wednesday 13th November from 10am until 5pm, ahead of the sale finishing from 8pm on the 13th.
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