BEMELMANS, Ludwig (1898-1962).  Madeline. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939.
BEMELMANS, Ludwig (1898-1962). Madeline. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939.

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BEMELMANS, Ludwig (1898-1962). Madeline. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939.

4o. 8 illustrations in color, the rest in yellow, black and white by Bemelmans. Original pictorial boards, illustrated endpapers (very slight rubbing along extremities, endpapers slightly browned); dust jacket (a few minor repairs on verso of spine panel, light wear along folds and edges, some soiling).

FIRST EDITION of the first Madeline story with the date on the title-page and twelve girls at the table in the illustration with the text "They went home and broke their bread." Madeline was a Caldecott Honor book in 1940. [With:] A Madeline plush toy (Eden Toys, 1990, 18" tall). (2)

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