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A Very Good + copy in like dusk jacket. Bound in ostrich-egg blue publisher's cloth with title and illustrated portrait on the front. Small staining to front board and slight cocking to spine. Offsetting on front endleaves, an ownership bookplate, and sticker for Hutchinson's bookstore on verson of front board, otherwise interior text block bright and clean and maintaining red top-stain. Dust jacket with minor cracking to botton spine and front flap, small losses to crown, and spot of discoloration on spine, maintaning burgundy color throughout. The popular masterpiece of children s literature. Mary Poppins was originally written in 1934 and follows the Banks family as they are visited by a seemingly stern but ultimately magical and kind nanny who subsequently takes them on a variety of incredible adventures. Travers originally wrote the book in a small cottage she rented outside of Sussex and modeled the story on Peter Pan, as Travers had a strong affinity for J.M. Barrie. Mary Poppins was adapted into the famous 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, which won five Academy Awards including Best Actress and was nominated for thirteen total. The Library of Congress later selected the film for preservation in 2013. "The "Mary Poppins" books are transfixing and original, trading sharp drawing-room comedy with fantastical adventures and carefully rendered scenes of servant life." (The New Yorker). Very Good + in Very Good + dust jacket.

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.