Mary Poppins in the Park
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. Mary SHEPARD. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. [CHILDREN] [WOMEN AUTHORS]. Mary SHEPARD, illustrator. First American edition. Duodecimo (12mo); xii [iiii], 235pp; pale blue buckram over board, vignette portrait of Mary Poppins and lettering stamped in dark blue to front, blue lettering on spine; pink map endpapers; b&w frontispiece; b&w illustrations in text; unclipped pictorial pink dust jacket, rear flap has review for three other Mary Poppins series books: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, and Mary Poppins Opens the Door, sunning to spine; fine in near fine dj. Fine / near fine. Item #1497
Fourth in the Mary Poppins series of books, there are six new adventures with the magical English governess, Mary Poppins, and the Banks children. The Australian born author, Pamela Lyndon Travers OBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) [born Helen Lyndon Goff, 1899-1996], was a poet, Shakespearean actor, and journalist, but is best known for this charming children’s book series.
Price: $250.00