Eloise (four books)
by KNIGHT Hilary THOMPSON Kay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
1955. First Edition . Signed. THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise. WITH: Eloise in Paris. WITH: Eloise at Christmastime. WITH: Eloise in Moscow. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955-59. Together, four volumes. Slim folios, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, original dust jackets. $12,000.First editions of all four of Thompson's popular ""book for precocious grown ups"" and its sequels published in her lifetime: Eloise, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmastime and Eloise in Moscowthe rare first book inscribed on the front free endpaper, ""For Gil Golding from the authorKay Thompson."" A desirable set.""While still on tour with the Williams Brothers sometime around 1950, [singer] Thompson had arrived late to a rehearsal one night and playfully apologized to the crew in a high little girl voice, identifying herself as a six-year-old named Eloise. The character became a recurring joke, and Thompson played the part of the mischievous child
As the personality of the tyke emerged in Thompson's spontaneous riffs, Eloise became increasingly well defined, and a friend suggested that she become the subject of a book. The friend introduced Thompson to Hilary Knight, a well-known children's illustrator, and the combination clicked"" (ANB). All books and dust jackets near-fine to fine, with only minor wear; faint dampstain to rear panel of first book. A rare and most desirable set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bauman Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124969
- Title
- Eloise (four books)
- Author
- KNIGHT Hilary THOMPSON Kay
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1955
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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