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MADELINE IN LONDON, LOVELY COPY SIGNED BY BEMELMANS

BEMELMANS, Ludwig. Madeline in London. New York: Viking, (1961). Slim folio, original red cloth, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket.

First edition of the fifth Madeline book, signed on the half title by Bemelmans.

“Of all Bemelmans’ books for children, [the Madeline stories] are the ones that have stayed in print and won the loyalty of countless readers” (Silvey, 55). This fifth adventure finds our irrepressible heroine on the other side of the Channel amidst “tea and crumpets” and “the sound of trumpets.” Pomerance A27a.

Small ink inscription to front free endpaper. Book bright, clean and fine. Dust jacket very nearly so with minor soiling to rear panel and a few tiny rubs. A beautiful copy, most scarce and desirable in such nice condition and signed by Bemelmans.