[Rarebooks] FS: Original Art by the author of the beloved children's book MADELINE

[Charles Agvent]

This book generated a term unique to Ecuadorian Spanish-- "bemelmans": a 
foreigner who makes fun of the natives.

BEMELMANS, Ludwig. THE DONKEY INSIDE. New York: The Viking Press, 1941. 
First Edition. A notebook of several voyages through South America, with 
a concentration on Ecuador. Copy #22 of only 175 numbered copies with an 
ORIGINAL DRAWING in color SIGNED by the author, in this case a view of a 
church nestled among hills. Certainly the most affordable way to obtain 
an original work of art by the author of MADELINE. Small, interesting, 
and colorful bookplate on the front pastedown below a crossed-out 
owner's name.Slight soiling to the cloth. Near Fine, lacking the 
slipcase.       $400.00

BEMELMANS, Ludwig. THE DONKEY INSIDE. New York: The Viking Press, 1941. 
First Edition. A notebook of several voyages through South America, with 
a concentration on Ecuador. One of only 175 numbered copies with an 
ORIGINAL DRAWING in color SIGNED by the author of a side-view portrait 
of a native woman. Fine in just about Fine slipcase.         $450.00

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