Eloise (four books)

Hilary KNIGHT   |   Kay THOMPSON

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Eloise (four books)

A LOVELY SET OF FIRST EDITIONS OF KAY THOMPSON'S BELOVED ELOISE BOOKS

THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise. WITH: Eloise in Paris. WITH: Eloise at Christmastime. WITH: Eloise in Moscow. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955-59. Together, four volumes. Slim folios, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, original dust jackets.

First editions of all four of Thompson's popular "book for precocious grown ups" and its sequels published in her lifetime: Eloise, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmastime and Eloise in Moscow.

"While still on tour with the Williams Brothers sometime around 1950, [singer] Thompson had arrived late to a rehearsal one night and playfully apologized to the crew in a high little girl voice, identifying herself as a six-year-old named Eloise. The character became a recurring joke, and Thompson played the part of the mischievous child… As the personality of the tyke emerged in Thompson's spontaneous riffs, Eloise became increasingly well defined, and a friend suggested that she become the subject of a book. The friend introduced Thompson to Hilary Knight, a well-known children's illustrator, and the combination clicked" (ANB).

Minor repair to dust jacket spine of Eloise; repair to dust jacket spine head on Paris; repair to short closed tear on Christmastime dust jacket; tape repair to verso of Moscow price-clipped dust jacket. Books about-fine to fine. A lovely set.

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