Books

Illus. by Mary Shepard, 7.5 x 5", pict beige cloth, 303pp, covers worn and unevenly darkened, spine ends bumped, eps toned, no dustjacket, FIRST EDITION ("First Published 1935"), INSCRIBED "To Miss Veronica Hutchinson with best wishes from." AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, P.L. TRAVERS.

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.