The Borrowers, Mary Norton — 3rd Edition

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The Borrowers, Mary Norton — 3rd Edition

Name: The Borrowers, Mary Norton — 3rd Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5821
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Publication: London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1955

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [vi], 159.

Condition Report: Near Fine. This copy is exceptionally well-preserved for a children’s book of this vintage. The turquoise cloth boards remain vibrant and clean, with crisp, sharp corners and un-bumped spine ends that securely support a tight, square binding. Internally, the pages are wonderfully bright and entirely free from inscriptions, showing only the faintest whisper of natural age-toning to the text block edges. The original dust jacket is equally impressive, retaining its vivid front panel illustration and unfaded spine lettering. It exhibits only microscopic rubbing at the extreme spine tips and corners, alongside a touch of superficial dust-soiling to the rear panel, minor flaws that do not detract from the book's overall structural or aesthetic integrity.

Catalogue Note: This is the third edition of Mary Norton's beloved Carnegie Medal-winning classic, printed just three years after the true first edition of 1952.

While early printings of The Borrowers occasionally surface on the open market, locating a copy that retains its original Diana Stanley-illustrated dust jacket in such stunning, unhandled condition is genuinely scarce. The iconic colour frontispiece and internal line drawings by Stanley perfectly capture the miniature world that Norton envisioned.

This 1955 edition is bound in the same distinctive blue-green cloth with dark blue illustrative stamping as the first impression. It presents a highly attractive and accessible alternative for collectors who may be priced out of the premium true first edition market.

Hidden beneath the floorboards of a quiet English country house lives the Clock family, Pod, Homily, and their adventurous daughter, Arrietty. They are "Borrowers," miniature people who survive by quietly taking the tiny, everyday items that "human beans" lose or throw away. But when Arrietty strikes up a forbidden friendship with a human boy, the family's secret existence is suddenly thrown into perilous danger, forcing them to brave the vast and terrifying world beyond the floorboards.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Mary Norton

Book Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Fantasy

Book edition: Third Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 159

Book Publication Year: 1955

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Diana Stanley

Book Series: The Borrowers

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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