The Absolutely Essential Eloise.
THOMPSON, Kay; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
The Absolutely Essential Eloise.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983.
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Item Number: 5572
Later printing of the first book in the author’s beloved Eloise series. Slim quarto, original illustrated boards. Signed by illustrator Hilary Knight on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
"I am Eloise. I am six", So begins the start of the famed first book by Kay Thompson's "Eloise". "At rehearsals of her act with the Williams Brothers, Thompson (who was a professional singer) prized punctuality. Then one day she was late. In a high, childish voice that she had never used before, she made her apology. One of her co-workers said, ‘Who are you, little girl?’ Thompson replied, ‘I am Eloise. I am six.’ The others joined in the game, each assuming a juvenile identity, and it became a regular rehearsal pastime" (New York Times). A book soon followed, three more were soon released.
