87 “They Went Home And Broke Their Bread, Brushed Their Teeth And Went To Bed” 100BEMELMANS, Ludwig. Madeline. New York, 1939. Slim folio, original pictorial boards and endpapers, dust jacket. $3800 First edition, first issue, of the first book about the irrepressible Madeline. “The original inspiration for Madeline was the convent where Bemelmans’ mother was educated as a child, along with the author’s own experience in boarding school, where he walked with his classmates in two straight lines” (Silvey, 55). First issue, with 12 girls instead of 11 in the “They went home and broke their bread” illustration. Pomerance A24a. Contemporary ink gift inscription. Book bright and aboutfine with only minuscule rub to spine head, dust jacket bright and extremely good with minor edgewear and closed split along front joint fold. A very nice copy. Scarce. “…But He Was Still Hungry”: Very Rare Inscribed First Edition Of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, With An Original Drawing By Eric Carl 101CARLE, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar. New York and Cleveland, 1969. Oblong quarto, original pictorial boards. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $9500 First edition of Carle’s most famous children’s book, boldly inscribed: “Oct. 1970. For Jonathan with best wishes. Eric Carle,” with an original drawing of a caterpillar and a smiling crescent moon. “Carle was one of the first illustrators intrigued with the idea of introducing natural science concepts to young children. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has remained in print for [over] 25 years, attesting to its popularity… [Carle has written,] ‘I would like to be remembered as a picture writer and as someone who has opened a door for children to the world of pictures and words” (Silvey, 120-21). Rare first printing, with all first edition points. Without rare original dust jacket. See Cotsen 1871. Scattered finger smudging to interior, only a bit of light wear mainly to extremities of boards. A most exceptional signed nearfine copy with rare original drawing by Eric Carle.
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