SIGNED, Mandy, Julie Andrews, Signed Julie Andrews Edwards on title page, 2006, top New

New York: HarperCollins, 2006. SIGNED. Purchased New. Second, Newly Illustrated Edition, Later Printing. Signed by Julie Andrews Edwards on the title page. This unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding in cream over maroon boards top stamped in gold. Faint crease to bottom front corner. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($17.99 on back panel) and Fine. B&W illustrations by Johanna Westerman. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 305 pages. 5½ x 8½" tall. "Mandy" was the first children's novel written by Andrews and was published in 1971.

Mandy, a ten-year-old orphan, dreams of a place to call her own. Escaping over the orphanage wall to explore the outside world, Mandy discovers a tiny deserted cottage in the woods. All through the spring, summer, and fall, Mandy works to make it truly hers. Sometimes she "borrows" things she needs from the orphanage. Sometimes, to guard her secret, she even lies. Then, one stormy night at the cottage, Mandy gets sick, and no one knows how to find her -- except a special friend she didn't know she had.

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