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First edition of The Borrowers by Mary Norton, inscribed by the author.
First edition of The Borrowers by Mary Norton, inscribed by the author.
First edition of The Borrowers by Mary Norton, inscribed by the author.

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NORTON, Mary.

The Borrowers.

London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1952.

£3,500.00
£3,500.00

The Borrowers.

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Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in blue ink to the front free endpaper: 'For the Jeffrey children, with best wishes from Mary Norton.'

Norton won the 1952 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising The Borrowers as the year's outstanding children's book by a British author. For the 70th anniversary of the Medal in 2007, it was named one of the top 10 winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.

First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author; 8vo (205 x 150 mm); frontispiece and illustrations by Diana Stanley, unmarked internally; publisher's light blue cloth, red lettering to spine, design in red to spine and upper cover, slight discolouration to cloth, illustrated endpapers, with the unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, rear panel a little marked, spine ends and corners chipped with loss, a couple of short closed tears to extremities with associated creasing, else very good.

Stock code 115276

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First edition of The Borrowers by Mary Norton, inscribed by the author.

The Borrowers.

£3,500.00
£3,500.00

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