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Author's Note (Mary Poppins Opens the Door)

P. L. Travers

First published 1943
Type Essay


Signed 1943. The note explains Guy Fawkes Day, on which the story begins sometime prior to WWII during which traditional celebrations were prohibited. Present in first U.S. edition per description by one online bookseller.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1943 Mary Poppins Opens the Door Reynal & Hitchcock Novel
April 1991 Mary Poppins Opens the Door Dell Yearling Novel
October 2014 Cover Mary Poppins: 80th Anniversary Collection Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Omnibus 507