Eloise in Paris.

THOMPSON, Kay; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.

Item Number: 5565

London: Max Reinhardt, 1958.

First British edition. Quarto, original cloth. Lengthily inscribed by Kay Thompson, “A John and Shirley avec plusiers des choses absolutely darling- merci merci merci merci beaucoup de moi Eloise et Kay Thompson (signed opposite). Additionally signed by the illustrator Hilary Knight. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Eloise in Paris was first published in 1957, the second of the Eloise quartet, and an immediate bestseller. Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight traveled to Paris to research the book, and the illustrations are dotted with the celebrities they knew there: Richard Avedon takes Eloise's passport photograph; Christian Dior prods her tummy, while his young assistant, Yves Saint Laurent, looks on; Lena Horne sits at an outdoor café.