BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline.
New York: Simon and Schuster , 1939.
$9,800.00
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Item Number: RRB-114734
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First Edition of Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline; Signed by Him with a drawing
First edition with the 1939 date on the title page of the first book in the Madeline series. Thin folio, original illustrated boards, color illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Signed and dated by the author who has added a drawing of Madeline opposite the title page, Ludwig Bemelmans Hollywood 1946." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. A superior example of a book that is prone to wear.
First published in 1939, each Madeline story begins: "In an old house in Paris, that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines... the smallest one was Madeline." “The original inspiration for Madeline was the convent where Bemelmans’ mother was educated as a child, along with the author’s own experience in boarding school, where he walked with his classmates in two straight lines” (Silvey, 55).
Madeline.
$9,800.00
Out of Stock
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