[Rarebooks] FS: Ludwig Bemelmans ORIGINAL SIGNED WATERCOLOR of Miss Clavell from the MADELINE books

[Charles Agvent]

One of the 60 fine new arrivals recently posted on our website as part 
of our SPRING MISCELLANY catalog.  See them all here: 
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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. Illustrated with color plates of the Plaza 
Independencia, Quito, Luchow's Restaurant, House and Garden of Andre 
Roosevelt in Quito, and Indians in the patio of the Hotel Sucre in 
Otavalo. Copy #8 (or possibly "S") of only 175 numbered copies with an 
ORIGINAL DRAWING in color SIGNED by the author, in this case a portrait 
of Miss Clavell from the author's beloved children's book MADELINE. This 
is the first example of this title we have come across that not only 
contains a drawing of a character from his famous children's book series 
but that is also additionally INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author, as 
this is on the limitation page: "To Eugenio/Prestinario/from/Ludwig 
Bemelmans/1941." Pomerance does not indicate a lettered edition, nor 
have we heard of another lettered copy, but given the most unusual 
nature of this copy, we cannot rule out that it is lettered rather than 
numbered. In any case a very scarce example of original art from one of 
the best known children's books of the twentieth century. Darkening of 
spine and slight soiling to the cloth. Very Good, lacking the slipcase.

This book generated a term unique to Ecuadorian Spanish-- "bemelmans": a 
foreigner who makes fun of the natives.         $2,500.00

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