[Rarebooks] OFFER: BEMELMANS' MADELINE FIRST IN DJ.

[Laderman]

BEMELMANS, LUDWIG  MADELINE. Simon & Schuster 1939 Folio, Unpag.[48 
Pp.]. First Edition, First State with 12 little girls breaking their 
bread on page [40] instead of 11, Bemelmans having forgotten his 
heroine was still in hospital. In 1940 it became a Caldecott honor 
book, but unlike a number of Caldecott honorees, it has become a 
classic, as parents and grandparents continue buying it and all the 
other Madeline books for their children and grandchildren, as 
children continue to enjoy them all. Folio, Pictorial Bds. A crisp, 
bright copy, corners unnoticeably bumped & worn, in a VG DJ with the 
original price, a few very small closed edge tears, a very small chip 
to the DJ. $1850.00

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