Lot 122
  • 122

Norton, Mary

Estimate
250 - 350 GBP
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Description

  • Norton, Mary
  • Three volumes from The Borrowers series. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1952-59, comprising:
  • Paper
i) The Borrowers. 1952. FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth with burgundy vignette and lettered on spine, illustrated endpapers, dust-jacket, dust-jacket soiled and edges slightly frayed

ii) The Borrowers Afield. 1955. FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth with burgundy vignette and lettered on spine, illustrated endpapers, dust-jacket, spotting to covers, dust-jacket slightly soiled with crease in lower flap

iii) The Borrowers Afloat. 1959. FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth with burgundy vignette and lettered on spine, illustrated endpapers, dust-jacket, head and foot of spine slightly discoloured, dust-jacket professionally repaired, very slightly skewed; all 8vo

Catalogue Note

The first three titles from Norton's series of five books, the first of which won her the Carnegie Medal in its year of publication.