6/3/2023 0 Comments Mary poppins 1934![]() ![]() ![]() She "has lasted because she is as peculiar as she is kind, as threatening as she is comforting, as stern as she is sensual, as elusive as she is matter of fact… Mary Poppins is unique" (Lawson, xii, 136). As a result, Mary Poppins is one of the most endearing, enduring characters in children's literature. "Travers was extremely lucky in her illustrator, Mary Shepard, who caught to perfection the turned-up nose and consequential air that distinguish Mary Poppins from most other magical personalities" (Eyre, 70). Mary Poppins appeared in 1934 and was an immediate success" (Carpenter & Prichard, 540). "The first Mary Poppins stories were written when was recovering from an illness, and were told to two children of her acquaintance. Since the first of an eventual eight books about the Banks family's mysterious and magical nanny appeared in 1934, innumerable children have chosen to read them. "There are simply books of many kinds and some of them children read" (Haviland, 155). ![]() "There is no such thing as a children's book," Pamela Lyndon Travers once declared. Scarce first edition of the beloved children’s classic, illustrated with 27 line cuts (13 full-page) and chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard, in rare original dust jacket. Small octavo, original yellow cloth, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket. “I’LL STAY TILL THE WIND CHANGES”: SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF MARY POPPINS, IN RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET ![]()
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