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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).

Mary Poppins is a beloved children's book written by P.L. Travers, first published in 1934. The story introduces the mysterious and magical English nanny Mary Poppins, who is blown by the East wind to Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, London, and into the Banks family's home, where she embarks on a series of fantastical adventures with the Banks children.