BEMELMANS, Ludwig (author and illustrator). Madeline. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. 4° (304 x 228mm), illustrations throughout. (Light stains to title verso and dedication leaf, a few isolated spots.) Original pictorial boards (rear cover spotted, extremities a little rubbed), dust-jacket (rear of jacket spotted).
FIRST EDITION of the first Madeline story. Sold with 8 others by Bemelmans, including Sunshine: A Story about the City of New York (New York, 1950), Madeline's Rescue (London, n.d.), Madeline and the Bad Hat (London, 1958), Madeline and the Gypsies (London, 1961), Madeline in London (London, 1962), all with dust-jackets (the first torn). (9)
BEMELMANS, Ludwig (author and illustrator). Madeline. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. 4° (304 x 228mm), illustrations throughout. (Light stains to title verso and dedication leaf, a few isolated spots.) Original pictorial boards (rear cover spotted, extremities a little rubbed), dust-jacket (rear of jacket spotted).
FIRST EDITION of the first Madeline story. Sold with 8 others by Bemelmans, including Sunshine: A Story about the City of New York (New York, 1950), Madeline's Rescue (London, n.d.), Madeline and the Bad Hat (London, 1958), Madeline and the Gypsies (London, 1961), Madeline in London (London, 1962), all with dust-jackets (the first torn). (9)
