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London: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2000. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0689827954 . Very Good+/Good+. Second impression of scarce first UK edition. Clean & tight, dust jacket has some very small rips, overall a very nice scarce edition; Eloise is a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York. She is not yet pretty but she is already a Person. Henry James would want to study her. Queen Victoria would recognize her as an Equal. The New York Jets would want to have her on their side. Lewis Carroll would love her (once he got over the initial shock) . She knows everything about The Plaza. She is interested in people when they are not boring. She has Inner Resources. If you take her home with you, you will always be glad you did; 4to .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689830394 . Beautiful Simon & Schuster edition first printing copy in As New/As New condition, SIGNED by Hilary Knight; Eloise, the six-year-old girl who lives in the penthouse at the top of the Plaza Hotel in New York City is turning the place upside down during Christmastime. Basis for the movie starring Julie Andrews as Nanny and Sofia Vassilieva as Eloise; 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

London: Simon & Schuster. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2000. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689834942 . Large hardback with laminated boards, published 2000, Simon & Schuster/Ted Smart. First two pages slightly creased/split at top - else Fine- condition, very bright book; Eloise, the six-year-old girl who lives in the penthouse at the top of the Plaza Hotel in New York City is turning the place upside down during Christmastime. Basis for the movie starring Julie Andrews as Nanny and Sofia Vassilieva as Eloise; 4to .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. Second Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 0689830394 . Beautiful Simon & Schuster edition, later printing copy in As New/As New condition, SIGNED and Dated (2001) by Hilary Knight; Eloise, the six-year-old girl who lives in the penthouse at the top of the Plaza Hotel in New York City is turning the place upside down during Christmastime. Basis for the movie starring Julie Andrews as Nanny and Sofia Vassilieva as Eloise; 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0689827032 . As New/As New. First edition, later print. The red front free endpaper has been SIGNED by Hilary Knight "Hilary Knight 2000"; An expanded edition of Thompson's classic, Eloise including the original Eloise story & pictures. In the back of it there are previously unpublished sketches by illustrator Hilary Knight and photographs of Miss Kay Thompson when she was young and fabulous rawther like Eloise; 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689842880 . A stunning first edition/first printing in As New condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by illustrator Hilary Knight; Catalogued for publication in 1964, but never published because of artistic differences. Forty years in the making, it's here at lawst. Eloise must take a bawth, for Mr. Salomone is coming for tea. She protests and prolongs, but into the bawth she goes. Once there, she has some marvelous fantasies (pourquoi pas? ) , all of which seem to necessitate an overabundance of lovely bubbly bawth water. As Mr. Salomone frets and fumes about the sudden flooding of floor after floor, Eloise scrubs and splawshes unawares. Just as The Plaza Hotel is about to drown in its own bubbles, Eloise saves the day, clean as a whistle (and dry as brut Champagne); 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 0689827032 . First edition, later printing in As New/As New Condition. The red front free endpaper has been SIGNED by Hilary Knight "Hilary Knight 02"; An expanded edition of Thompson's classic, Eloise including the original Eloise story & pictures. In the back of it there are previously unpublished sketches by illustrator Hilary Knight and photographs of Miss Kay Thompson when she was young and fabulous rawther like Eloise; 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689832117 . As New/As New, revised jacket edition issued 2000, SIGNED by illustrator Hilary Knight. An immaculate version of this precious and scarce edition; With the freezing wind blowing and the snow flying, Eloise, Nanny, and Weenie arrive in Moscow. Eloise in Moscow, first published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War and unavailable for nearly 40 years, resurfaces and lets us tour the Russian capital. In this beautifully produced new edition, with a stunning full-color gatefold, Eloise lives up to our expectations and gives us her darling little sweetnik performance!; 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New. 2000. Limited/Numbered Edition. Original Cloth. 0689832117 . LIMITED SIGNED EDITION. Hardbound, with the original slipcase, limited to 300 numbered and SIGNED copies by Hilary Knight. As New, never taken out of the original shrink-wrap; With the freezing wind blowing and the snow flying, Eloise, Nanny, and Weenie arrive in Moscow. Eloise in Moscow, first published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War and unavailable for nearly 40 years, resurfaces and lets us tour the Russian capital. In this beautifully produced new edition, with a stunning full-color gatefold, Eloise lives up to our expectations and gives us her darling little sweetnik performance! Obtain the whole set of limited/numbered editions at a 20% lower price than the totals of the individual titles; 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New. 2000. Limited/Numbered Edition. Original Cloth. 0689832117 . A beautiful Limited/Numbered edition in As New condition with the original slipcase in alike condition. Limited to 300 numbered and signed copies by Hilary Knight, this one being #89; With the freezing wind blowing and the snow flying, Eloise, Nanny, and Weenie arrive in Moscow. Eloise in Moscow, first published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War and unavailable for nearly 40 years, resurfaces and lets us tour the Russian capital. In this beautifully produced new edition, with a stunning full-color gatefold, Eloise lives up to our expectations and gives us her darling little sweetnik performance! Obtain the whole set of limited/numbered editions at a 20% lower price than the totals of the individual titles; 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New. 1999. Limited/Numbered Edition. Cloth. 0689829604 . A stunning edition in original cloth slip-case, limited to 300 numbered copies, SIGNED by Hilary Knight. As New condition, never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; If you are going to Paris you have to turn French and absolutely go wild. Obviously this is what Eloise does when her mysterious mother beckons. In Paris, Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent must design her clothing. And zut, Eloise and Nahnee must linger at the same Parisienne café as Lena Horne. Mama is a no-show as usual, but Paris makes up for the loss. Basis for the movie starring Uma Thurman as Nanny and Jordana Beatty as Eloise. Obtain the whole set of limited/numbered editions at a 20% lower price than the totals of the individual titles ; 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0689832117 . As New/As New, revised jacket edition issued 2000, later print, SIGNED by illustrator Hilary Knight. An immaculate version of this precious and scarce edition; With the freezing wind blowing and the snow flying, Eloise, Nanny, and Weenie arrive in Moscow. Eloise in Moscow, first published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War and unavailable for nearly 40 years, resurfaces and lets us tour the Russian capital. In this beautifully produced new edition, with a stunning full-color gatefold, Eloise lives up to our expectations and gives us her darling little sweetnik performance!; 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0689827040 . An immaculate revised jacket edition, later print, issued 1999 in As New/As New condition, SIGNED by illustrator Hilary Knight "Hilary Knight" directly into the book; If you are going to Paris you have to turn French and absolutely go wild. Obviously this is what Eloise does when her mysterious mother beckons. In Paris, Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent must design her clothing. And zut, Eloise and Nahnee must linger at the same Parisienne café as Lena Horne. Mama is a no-show as usual, but Paris makes up for the loss. Basis for the movie starring Uma Thurman as Nanny and Jordana Beatty as Eloise ; 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition/first printing in about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with minor toning to spine and minor wear to edges, owner's small signature; If you are going to Paris you have to turn French and absolutely go wild. Obviously this is what Eloise does when her mysterious mother beckons. In Paris, Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent must design her clothing. And zut, Eloise and Nahnee must linger at the same Parisienne café as Lena Horne. Mama is a no-show as usual, but Paris makes up for the loss. Basis for the movie starring Uma Thurman as Nanny and Jordana Beatty as Eloise ; 4to .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689839901 . An unread first edition/first printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket, SIGNED by illustrator Hilary Knight; Eloise, the wonderfully boisterous six-year-old from New York City, would name this collection of her four books nothing less than the Ultimate. This collection features all four of Eloise's titles: Eloise in Moscow; Eloise in Paris; Eloise at Christmastime; and The Absolutely Essential Eloise; 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689833105 . As new/As new, SIGNED by illustrator Hilary Knight; If Eloise wrote the book on style, then this is the crib sheet. Here, collected in one Weenie volume, are all the "bons mots" our heroine lives by. How to Dress? "The first thing you have to do is put on your gloves. " How to Behave? "Sometimes I throw a temper fit. But not often. " The words are Kay Thompson's, knowingly selected from the four classic Eloise books. The pictures are pure Hilary Knight. As a special treat, Mr. Knight has created six new drawings of Eloise, which will make their debut in this volume; 12mo; Signed by Illustrator .