Mary Poppins Comes Back by P. L. Travers - 1935

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall. Mary Shepard. 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1935, first edition, first printing. This first printing of the second title in P.L. Travers's classic 8 volume "Mary Poppins" series is complete. The text is bound by green cloth-covered boards with the title emblazoned in blue ink on the front cover and spine. An illustration stretches from the front cover to the back cover. A published blurb offers more information about this text and its incredible popularity: "From the beginning Mary Poppins was a Great Exception. She has now definitely become a National Institution. [...] In these delectable pages you learn - or do you? - the secret of her return. You meet the King of the Castle and the Dirty Rascal. This attractive book with decorated boards shows well with some external soiling and age/wear indications, concentrated at the high points. The binding is sound and the pages are generally clean and bright, with an occasional bit of toning/foxing and a child's period owner inscription on the half-title page.