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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing with dated title page. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans and dated in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original decorated paper covered boards. Very Good with edge wear heaviest at corners and spine ends. Toning to edges, light foxing to rear cover and several to pages, browning to endsheets. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with edge wear, soiling and heavy toning. A major classic in children's literature and a Caldecott Honor book, scarcely found signed.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First edition with the 1939 date on the title page of the first book in the Madeline series. Thin folio, original illustrated boards, color illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1939. First. hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Bemelmans, Ludwig. A near fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. Correct year (1939) on title page and copyright page. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on a laid in page. Former owner's inscription to front free end paper. Housed in a slipcase.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First. hardcover. Very good/Very good. Bemelmans, Ludwig. A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket, signed on a page laid in. Housed in a custom-made cloth slipcase. 1939 on title page and no mention of later printings on copyright page. Slight wear on bottom edge, but much less than usual.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First Edition. About Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original illustrated boards. Light edge wear, browning to endsheets from binder's glue, contemporary former owner name and date to verso of front free end paper, else Fine, in an unclipped dust jacket with light dust-soiling, light toning to the spine, and several edge tears with associated creases neatly mended from the verso. An unusually sharp and bright copy.

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First edition of the final book in the Madeline series published in Bemelmans lifetime. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and in this condition. Madeline and her class, accompanied by Miss Clavel, journey to London to visit their friend Pepito, the son of the Spanish Ambassador. Pepito used to be the neighbor of Madeline and the other students but had to move to London and is not happy. The visit by his friends is a special surprise.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. Full Description: BEMELMANS, Ludwig. Madeline. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First edition, first state (with twelve girls in "They went home and broke their bread" illustration and 1939 below Simon and Schuster on title-page). In First issue dust-jacket with $2.00 price on front flap. Illustrated by the author. Quarto (12 x 9 inches; 303 x 228 mm). [48] pp. Also included is a Christmas Card from the Lee Walps family with a picture of Madeline entitled "Madeline and Spring" which was printed with the permission of Mrs. Bemelmas. The blurb on the card reads: "Madeline and Spring' was especially drawn by Ludwig Bemelmans for the Lee Walp Family Collection. This collection currently includes first editions of all juvenile publications by this author-illustrator except 'Fifi.' We wish to thank Mrs. Ludwig Bemelmans (the original Madeline) for permission to reproduce her husband's original illustration." Original pictorial printed paper over boards. Book with… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1939. First Edition. Very good or better in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with some tiny interior tape mends. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box.

Simon & Schuster, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Simon & Schuster, 1939. Folio. Pictorial boards. Book is very good plus. Has some wear along bottom board edges and some spotting along top of pages. Interior clean, no writing, stickers, etc. Has scarce original dust jacket in very good condition. Has some spotting/chips along edge/corners. Jacket is price-clipped. Illustrations clean and bright. A very good copy of this landmark children's picture book and the book that inspired the beloved Madeline series. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

New York:: Simon and Schuster,, 1939.. First edition; first state of the illustrations.. publisher's illustrated boards in dust jacket.. Endsheets a little tanned at the hinges from binder's adhesive; very slightest of rubbing at the corner tips and extremities of the spine; a very attractive copy. The white areas of the dust jacket are a little tanned, and the rear panel lightly dust-soiled.. Folio,. Story and pictures by Ludwig Bemelmans.. Publisher's 3 x 5" card soliciting opinions laid in.

London: Derek Verschoyle, 1952. First British edition. First British edition, first printing. Unpaginated. Bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped (12s. 6 d.), lightly toned and shelf-worn with a tiny scratch to front panel. An attractive copy. The first book in the beloved children's series by the Austrian-American author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans. This British edition followed the American by 13 years and is much more uncommon.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1939 Illustrated by Bemelmans. First edition, first printing. Original publisher's paper-covered illustrated boards in a matching illustrated first issue dust jacket. Very good book with light wear to top and bottom edges and spine ends, and a bit of offsetting to endpapers; very good unclipped dust jacket with some chipping and wear to edges and spine hinges, small chip to foot of spine, a couple of closed tears to spine hinges, some soiling to rear panel, a bit of toning to front panel and spine. A very good copy overall, with remarkably bright illustrations. This beloved children's story is the first in a series of eleven books featuring the young protagonist Madeline. Set in a Catholic boarding school in Paris, the story begins when Madeline is rushed to the hospital with a ruptured appendix. After Madeline recuperates and returns to school, the other children are fascinated by her scar, endearingly hoping that they might also have the same surgery.… Read More

New York: Viking, 1956. Fine in original slipcase.. Signed limited first edition (preceding the trade edition) of the third Madeleine title, limited to 885 copies for sale, signed by Bemelmans. Original green pictorial cloth. In original slipcase. (December 1956.) Beautifully illustrated in color throughout. Slipcase slightly cracked.

Simon & Schuste, 1939. Book. Very Good -. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. First printing with 1939 on title page and copyright page. First issue dust jacket with the $2.00 on the front flap..

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. First printing with 1939 to the title page. The corners and spine ends are bumped, with boards showing. Wear along the upper and lower edges. The front and rear gutters are darkened, as seems to be common with this book. Without names or bookplate although there is some evidence of a bookplate to the front free endpaper where there are some pale, old glue stains. The dust jacket is worn with chips and small tears at the corners, spine ends and along all edges. Chipping and wear also along the spine. There is a 1 1/4" tear to the lower spine. A 3 1/2" split to the lower, rear flap fold. Soiling to the rear panel. $2.00 price to the lower, front flap. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original color-illustrated boards with white lettering on cover. black on spine; in original color-illustrated dustjacket, black lettering on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Title page with vignette and solid blue framing of text and vignette. Half-title printed in red. All pages of block with solid yellow backdrop for b/w drawings plus eight full page color illustrations. True first edition with twelve girls in "They went home and broke their bread" illustration and 1939 printed below Simon and Schuster on title page. "This book is known as Madeline and you will find it very fine. It's much more fun than any toys, for little girls and little boys. Its heroine as you will see, lives in a place pronounced Paree; which gives you quite a splendid chance to learn the ways of Paris, France. Madeline has lots of friends, and plays with them until day ends. She has an appendectomy, and still the book ends… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1956. Signed Limited First Edition. Near Fine. Signed limited edition, precedes the first trade edition. Bound in publisher's green cloth stamped in black, green and red, lacking the slipcase. Near Fine with light rubbing and light soiling to cloth, pages thumbed and with light occasional soiling. One of 985 copies signed by Ludwig Bemelmans.

New York: Viking Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670782254 . SIGNED by author on limitation page, one of 885 released commercially; very good in green cloth boards with illustration on front, no dust jacket or slipcase; minor softening/soiling to boards, inner hinges beginning to crack else a tight square unmarked copy; precedes first trade edition; a scarce collectible; Signed by Author .

Viking Press, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near-fine with a touch of shelf wear, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good plus dust jacket (price clipped) with minor wear at the spine tips and corners, slight foxing to flap folds, and minimal and discreet color touch-up to a couple of rubbed spots along the edge of the spine. SIGNED ("Bemelmans") on the half-title page. Extremely scarce signed.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. Pictorial boards. Very Good +/Very Good. Ludwig Bemelmans. The 1939 1st edition, 2nd issue (without the matching 1939 date to the title page). Clean and VG+ to Near Fine (with the correct number {12 girls} in the "They went home and broke their bread" illustration) in its wonderful pictorial boards. And in a clean, price-clipped, VG- to VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the spine and the panel edges, and mild darkening to the top-edges and the rear panel's fore-edge. Still though, very presentable and uncommon even as such, in this 2nd issue of the 1939 true 1st edition.