Madeline’s Rescue.
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline’s Rescue.
"But for a dog That kept its head": Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline's Rescue; Signed by Him
London: Andre Deutsch/Derek Verscholyle, 1957.
$975.00
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Item Number: 114234
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 90 days to complete
First British edition, early printing of the second book in the Madeline series, which went on to win the Caldecott Medal. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on the half-title page. In near fine condition.
It took Ludwig Bemelmans years to think of Madeline's next adventure after the 1939 original Madeline, but he did it, and the result was Madeline's Rescue, winner of the 1954 Caldecott Medal.
