Bemelmans...Madeline & More I don't specialize in children's books, but I love them. Many times, and I'm sure it's like this for you, you stumble across a book you read as a kid or read to your kids and are hit head-on by the nostalgia train. It happened to me the other day while making a house visit...I broke down and bought a bunch of Madeline titles in first editions. With three daughters, Madeline was a popular character in our house. We also had a Madeline doll the size of a three year old child that lurked around the house. Most everyone knows Madeline, but what I didn't know was that Ludwig Bemelmans had published a quite few other titles. fifi was familiar, but not Sunshine with this great title page: 
Bemelmans, Sunshine: A Story About New York (1950)
I have also had some other children's books, including a signed copy of The Biggest Bear land on my shelves. So, hop over to this link and take a look at what's new: Children's Books, New Arrivals I hate to make you anxious but the Holidays aren't that far off... As always, the next time you're in the area make it a point to visit Craig Olson Books at 99 Main Street in Belfast, Maine, where we have a large selection of books in all subjects, and a few hundred on architecture, art, and design...and for the kid in all of us.
~Craig ************ Bemelmans, Ludwig.
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. Folio. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, large 2"x7" loss at head of front panel, chipping and small tears at edges, now in mylar cover. Cover board illustrations reproduce dust jacket both front and rear. Bumping to corners with small losses. Illustrated endpapers, small tear at head of title page, very clean within.
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) ninth book, published a year after the debut of Madeline. Exceedingly scarce. (#30978)
Price: $400.00 |  | |  | Bemelmans, Ludwig.
Madeline.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. Folio. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, chipping and small tears at edges, 1" diagonal loss at upper right corner of front panel, now in mylar cover. Cover board illustrations reproduce dust jacket at front. Bumping to corners with small losses. Illustrated endpapers, very clean within. Copyright date of 1939 at base of title page as well as on copyright page, and "They went home and broke their bread" illustration and price of $2.00 printed on base of inside front flap.
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) seventh book and his biggest blockbuster that spawned more books, films, and so much more! Quite scarce in a first printing. (#30980)
Price: $850.00 |  | | | Bemelmans, Ludwig.
Madeline's Rescue.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 56 pp. Folio. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, chipping and small tears at edges, 1-1/2" tear down from upper right corner of front panel, small loss at head of spine, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with very light bumping. Illustrated endpapers, very clean within. Copyright date of 1953 at base of title page as well as on copyright page.
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) second Madeline title. (#30981)
Price: $125.00 |  | | | Bemelmans, Ludwig.
Madeline and the Bad Hat.
New York: Viking Press, 1957.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing, First Trade Edition. 54 pp. Folio. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, tiny closed tear at edges, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with very light bumping. Illustrated endpapers, very clean within. Copyright date of 1953 at base of title page as well as on copyright page.
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) third Madeline title. Published in December 1956 in a signed, limited edition. Trade edition published in March of 1957. (#30982)
Price: $80.00 |  | | | Bemelmans, Ludwig.
Sunshine: A Story About the City of New York.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. Folio. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, chipping and small tears at edges, now in mylar cover. Cover board illustrations reproduce dust jacket both front and rear. Bumping to corners with small losses. Illustrated endpapers, very clean within. (#30979)
Price: $50.00 |  | | | |
