The Borrowers Aloft
The Borrowers Aloft
by Mary Norton
Publisher J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
Genre: Children's & YA
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- Hardback
- UK First Edition, First Printing
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Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock's huge adventures have been thrilling children young and old for fifty years--and their appeal is as strong as ever in these handsome new paperback packages. While the original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush have been retained, Marla Frazee's striking cover illustrations capture these little people with a larger-than-life appeal.Collapsible content
About the Author
Mary Norton
Mary Norton was born in 1903 and brought up in a house in Bedfordshire, which was to become the setting forThe Borrowers.First published in 1952,The Borrowerswas an immediate success, winning the Library Association's Carnegie Medal. There followed four more Borrowers books:The Borrowers Afield(1955),The Borrowers Afloat(1959),The Borrowers Aloft(1961) andThe Borrowers Avenged(1982).Poor Stainlesswas the last Borrowers story that Mary Norton wrote. She died in 1992.
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Book Condition & Notes
Dedication on the end papers that has been crossed out also on the inside: Rachel Faire from Grannie Faire 1962. Some wear to the dust jacket
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