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Lot 102
Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$1,375
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Lot Description
[CHILDREN'S BOOKS]. BEMELMANS, Ludwig (1898-1962). Madeline. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939.
4to. Illustrated throughout. Original publisher's pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; original pictorial dust jacket (some light soiling and wear, a few short tears with occasional losses, light chipping to spine ends).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with 12 girls (instead of 11) in the "They went home and broke their bread" illustration.
Property from the Estate of Lucia von Borisini Batten, Sold to Benefit the Albuquerque Museum Foundation