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Item Details
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| Author: |
Thompson, Kay |
| Title: |
Eloise. A Book for Precocious Grown Ups |
| Place: |
New York |
| Publisher: |
Simon & Schuster |
| Date: |
1955 |
| Item # : |
185509 |
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| Sale Number |
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366 |
| Lot Number |
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313 |
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| Selections from the Reference Library & Inventory of Jeffrey Thomas Fine & Rare Books |
| Sale Date |
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10/25/2007 |
| Price realized |
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$ 3737 |
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| Description: |
| 65 pp. Illustrated throughout by Hilary Knight, with fold-out starting after page 12. 4to. Decorative white boards lettered in red and black, Eloise drawing on front cover, pictorial endpapers, pictorial jacket. First Edition, first printing, first state. |
| Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper: “For Charles Kahael(?) from the author, Kay Thompson” in blue ink. First state of the first printing: lacks final line of text on p. 12; original illustrations on pp. 50-51; pull-out at pp. 13-16; and "Lily Daché" on p. 50 (later changed to "Coco Chanel"). Jacket with original “$2.95” price present. |
| Condition: |
| Light shelf wear overall, 1" residue to lower rear jacket panel; leaning a bit, mild darkening to spine and cover margins, else a clean and bright copy; very good or better in like jacket. |
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