The Magic Bedknob by Mary Norton 1945 1st Edition.

Title – The Magic Bed-knob.

Author – Mary Norton and illustrated by Joan Kiddell Monroe.

Date – 1945, 1^st edition.

Publisher – J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.

Pages – 112.

Description – hardback with cloth boards, colour image to front with orange and blue lettering. Colour frontispiece with colour and b/w images throughout. No ownership markings, but old price written in pencil on front blank page. Dust jacket present but worn.

Size – 7 ½ inches (19cms) x 5 inches (13cms).

Condition – a really good copy, binding tight, pages clean and bright, slight shelf wear, dust jacket worn and selotaped on edges

The inspiration for the partially animated 1971 Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks starring David Tomlinson, Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall, and Sam Jaffe.