![]() ![]() She is blown by the east wind to Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, and into the Banks's household to care for their children. It centers on magical English nanny of the same name. 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. I did so and Pamela sometimes wrote me notes on the back of typewritten sheets of Mary Poppins with instructions, whilst she went to visit Montreal.She was a strange character but I liked her in spite of her sometimes peculiar ways." The letters are in very good to near fine condition. Accompanied by an explanatory letter of provenance from the letters' recipient which reads in part, "When I returned to New York in the early 40s, Pamela Travers whom I had met asked me to stay in her flat off Lexington Avenue and look after her adopted son Camillus. Travers, one page of an original typed Mary Poppins manuscript corrected in Travers' hand, and an original full-page newspaper article featuring an interview with Travers. Accompanied by a collection of two autograph letters entirely in the hand of P.L. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 27 line cuts (13 full-page) and chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard. ![]() First American edition of this children's classic. ![]()
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