Madeline.
"They left the house at half past nine In two straight lines in rain or shine- The smallest one was Madeline": First Edition of Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline; Signed by Him
Madeline.
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Item Number: 111733
London: Derek Verschoyle, 1939.
First British edition of Bemelmans classic first book in the Madeline series. Thin folio, original illustrated boards, color illustrations throughout. Boldly signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example.
First published in 1939, each Madeline story begins: "In an old house in Paris, that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines... the smallest one was Madeline." “The original inspiration for Madeline was the convent where Bemelmans’ mother was educated as a child, along with the author’s own experience in boarding school, where he walked with his classmates in two straight lines” (Silvey, 55).
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