Lot 266
  • 266

Thompson, Kay

Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 USD
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Description

  • Thompson, Kay
  • A fine group of three Eloise books in first editions, as listed below:
  • paper
Eloise. A Book for Precocious Grown Ups. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Large 8vo (11 x 7 3/4 in.; 280 x 196 mm). Publisher's pictorial cream cloth, title in red on upper cover and on spine. Publisher's pictorial dust jacket; small edge tears and some browning in back panel, price clipped. — Eloise in Paris. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. Large 8vo (11 x 7 5/8 in.; 280 x 194 mm). Publisher's red pictorial cloth, title stamped in silver on upper cover and spine; front hinge detached from text block. Publisher's pictorial dust jacket; some small edge tears, rear panel soiled and partially browned. — Eloise at Christmastime. New York: Random House, [1958]. Large 8vo (11 x 8 in.; 278 x 203 mm). Publisher's red glossy pictorial boards. Publisher's red pictorial dust jacket; somewhat cockled from damp.

Condition

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