Norton, Mary (author) / Stanley, Diana (illustrations). The Borrowers. First Edition. London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1952. 20 x 14 cm. 159 pages. With a frontispiece. Illustrated. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket with small paper losses to spine ends and corners. (see images). Internally bright and clean. Overall a very nice copy.

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.

• Keywords: Children’s Illustrated Books · Children’s Literature · Literature · Modern Literature
• Language: English
• Dust Jacket
• First edition
• Inventory Number: 104651AB

Our price: EUR 295,--