Books

London: J.M. Dent, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing in first issue jacket. (Stated "First published 1952" on copyright page. Precedes all other editions.) 159 pp. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Jacket in nice shape overall, chipped at head, smaller chip on bottom edge of front panel, rubbed. Foxing on verso with a few small pieces of clear tape. Price intact (9s 6d net). A children's fantasy novel about a tiny family. Winner of the Carnegie Award and a classic of creative children's literature.

The Borrowers is a children's fantasy novel by Mary Norton about tiny people who borrow items from humans to survive.

First editions will have the original dust jacket illustrated by Diana Stanley.