Mary Poppins P.L. Travers 1934 Reynal Hitchcock 8th Printing First American Ed
$ 5.28
Description
Mary Poppins P.L. Travers 1934 Reynal Hitchcock 8th Printing First American Ed. Spine reads “Mary Poppins / P.L. Travers / Reynal & Hitchcock” and remains legible. Cover shows age-related yellow spotting/foxing across the front board and a previous child owner’s crayon marking (pink/purple) on the front cover. Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers. First American Edition, Eighth Printing (December 1935), published by Reynal & Hitchcock, New York. Illustrated throughout by Mary Shepard with her original line drawings. Binding & Exterior: Blue pictorial cloth boards with Mary Shepard’s cameo portrait of Mary Poppins stamped to front cover. Spine reads “Mary Poppins / P.L. Travers / Reynal & Hitchcock” and remains legible. Cover shows age-related yellow spotting/foxing across the front board and a previous child owner’s crayon marking (pink/purple) on the front cover. Corner wear and general handling soil present. No dust jacket. Interior: Binding is intact. First page shows exposed binding mesh/mull — the coarse woven fabric used to reinforce hardcover spines — visible where the endpaper has lifted slightly. Handwritten inscription on front endpaper. Approximately 10 pages with highlighting and a few pages with light pencil underlining. Three pages with dog-eared corners. Text fully readable throughout. Mary Shepard’s original illustrations present and intact. Copyright page lists printings: First through Sixth Printings November–December 1934; Seventh Printing November 1935; Eighth Printing December 1935. “Manufactured in the United States of America.” A genuine 90-year-old copy of the scarce Reynal & Hitchcock first American edition. Priced honestly to reflect condition. Ships via USPS Media Mail.
