Mary poppins first edition book

I want to know its worth and where to take it answered by a verified antique expert. Mary poppins, the first novel in a series of childrens books written by p. Advice, information, and firsthand accounts about finding cool stuff in, or making cool stuff out of, trash. What saving mr banks tells us about the original mary poppins.

A pair of first edition, first printings published by gerald howe and lovat dickson between 19345. Travers 18991996 theres no description for this book yet. Travers mary poppins books, 19341988 all versions of mary poppins have this one thing in common. Mary poppins first appeared in a short story in 1926 titled mary poppins and the match read more. L travers, born helen lyndon goff in australia and later moved to england in 1924 where she spent her adult life. The author rarely inscribed her books and abpc records only three inscribed copies of this title sold at auction between 1989 and 20. Mary poppins first appeared in a short story in 1926 titled mary poppins and the match man which introduced poppins and bert, the street artist. Travers as early as 1938, but was rebuffed because travers did not believe a film version of her books would do justice to her creation and did not want an. Mary poppins, mary poppins comes back, and mary poppins opens the door by p.

Advertising leafletorder form for the first edition of mary. Mary is practically perfect in every way, as she floats down from the clouds and takes her place as the banks family nanny. Beautiful illustrations thruout this book is in excellent condition. A rare title, especially in this collectible condition. A rare copy of mary poppins has flown home to a central alberta library, 40 years overdue its a hardcover first edition of the opening book in the popular childrens series, written by p. First edition a stunning, very scarce first edition of p l travers famous childrens novel, mary poppins. A long time friend of marys, berts a jackofalltrades. Travers became famous for her mary poppins book series but to her chagrin, it was walt disneys cinematic interpretation of her first novel that made her star. Banks, a very interesting video, i got and read a copy. Signed by the author, this is a beautifully bound copy of this beloved tale. Also, the illustrations are lovely but are not the original illustrations for this book. Mary poppins by p l travers, first edition abebooks. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 27 line cuts full.

Signed first editions are of exceptional rarity, with none having appeared at auction since the time of publication. The first in this series of eight books, mary poppins was published in 1934, and the seven subsequent novels that followed. Travers published eight original mary poppins books between 1934 and 1988. Mary poppins is a franchise based on the mary poppins series of childrens books written by p. The first mary poppins stories were written when travers was recovering from an illness, and were told to two children of her acquaintance. Mary poppins is a series of eight childrens books written by australianbritish writer p. Collecting mary poppins by travers, p l first edition. If youre after a quality edition of mary poppins, buy them single hardcover books, this one containing four books, doesnt look or feel as a proper hardcover book for almost 20 dollars. I first saw the disney version in 1965 age 17 and thought it was great. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 209 pages and is available in hardcover format. Travers and published over the period 1934 to 1988. Mary poppins pl travers first edition signed raptis rare books. Be aware that this edition includes only the first book of the mary poppins set.

Travers finally succumbed to the entreaties of walt disney, and the result is often considered the finest of disneys. It is a practically perfect book just like mary poppins never ever just mary hahaha. The print is great though, and papers not bad either. But she found it dull, odd and severely lacking in dancing penguins. Two different first edition copies of mary poppins comes back offered at the sale carry inscription by p. Mary is a mysterious nanny who emerges from the sky to implement. First edition books of mary poppins go up for auction auctions. Long resistant to film adaptations of her mary poppins books, p. Mary poppins, first edition abebooks passion for books. A fan of disneys mary poppins as an eightyearold, kathryn hughes was given pl traverss book.

I am italian and i bought this book in order to read the original words of pamela. A stunning, very scarce first edition of p l travers famous childrens novel, mary poppins. P l travers mary poppins with mary poppins comes back first. The titular character is a sensible english nanny with magical powers, and the book uses. Little golden book d1, first edition, hardcover, has previous owners name and small inscription to inside front cover, very slight. The book feels really awkward and may not be comfortable to read due to its thickness. The first edition of the novel was published in 1934, and was written by p. Collecting mary poppins by travers, p l first edition identification. Free download or read online mary poppins pdf epub book.

The evolution of mary poppins, from book to screen. A lovely copy of travers famous first book in the mary poppins series. The third mary poppins book, in a linked series of stories here are the banks children again spending their days in the park where so many. Just as jeeves is the gentlemans gentleman, so mary poppins is the nanny connolly, 297.

Wondering what the worth of a first run first edition mary poppins book is. Travers arts, entertainment, and media within the franchise include. A mary poppins library book a rare first edition published in 1934 was returned to an alberta, canada, library through a donation 40 years after it was removed from. Uncommon illustrated chapter out of the mary poppins book, with charming illustrations. First edition books of mary poppins go up for auction. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting. The first mary poppins book was published thirty years before the walt disney film, eighty four years before the film sequel. Housed in a custom clamshell box, scarce first edition. Small octavo, original yellow cloth, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket. The main characters of this classics, fantasy story are jane whitefield, michael banks.