Peter Davies, 1946, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Paul, Reprint, Illustrated By: Mary Shepard
list of illustrations. Illustrated endpapers, both different by Mary Shepard who also illustrated the text with numerous black-and-white drawings, some full-page, some half page, some smaller. Bright green coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured illustration to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The third adventure of Mary Poppins. Softening and fading, commensurate with loss of dustwrapper, to the back strip edges. Bumping of the book corners with rubbing of the lower book edges. Foxing and browning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Foxing to the end pages and a gift inscription is to the free front endpaper. The dustwrapper is showing age and wear please see photograph. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the lower dustwrapper edge. There is a piece missing from the top right hand corner of the rear panel again please see photograph. Creasing and numerous small tears to the top dustwrapper edge with quite noticeable sunning of the back strip. Faint foxing to the rear panel and there are stains to the top edge of the front panel. Some foxing and browning to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], 219, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Mary Shepard. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Illustrated; Britain/UK; Fiction. Inventory No: 0121080.
list of illustrations. Illustrated endpapers, both different by Mary Shepard who also illustrated the text with numerous black-and-white drawings, some full-page, some half page, some smaller. Bright green coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured illustration to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The third adventure of Mary Poppins. Softening and fading, commensurate with loss of dustwrapper, to the back strip edges. Bumping of the book corners with rubbing of the lower book edges. Foxing and browning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Foxing to the end pages and a gift inscription is to the free front endpaper. The dustwrapper is showing age and wear please see photograph. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the lower dustwrapper edge. There is a piece missing from the top right hand corner of the rear panel again please see photograph. Creasing and numerous small tears to the top dustwrapper edge with quite noticeable sunning of the back strip. Faint foxing to the rear panel and there are stains to the top edge of the front panel. Some foxing and browning to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], 219, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Mary Shepard. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Illustrated; Britain/UK; Fiction. Inventory No: 0121080.