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INSCRIBED BY BEMELMANS WITH A WONDERFUL FULL-PAGE DRAWING OF MADELINE

BEMELMANS, Ludwig. Madeline and the Bad Hat. New York: Viking Press, (1957). Slim folio, original pictorial red cloth, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket.

First trade edition of the third Madeline book, inscribed by Bemelmans, “for Bruce and Jack, Ludwig Bemelmans,” and with a wonderful large full-page original drawing of Madeline in Bemelmans’ hand.

Bemelmans’ Madeline series, published between 1939 and 1961, follows the charming heroine through her various adventures in a convent school in Paris. This, the third book in the series, traces the development of Madeline’s friendship with Pepito, the Spanish ambassador’s mischievous son. This trade edition was preceded by the signed limited edition of 985 copies. Pomerance A25a. A fine, beautiful presentation copy with a wonderful drawing.