“NO MERCI MME. DUPUIS JE SUIS ME ELOISE”
THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise in Paris. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. Slim folio, original blue paper boards, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket. $800.
First edition, first printing, of Thompson's second Eloise book, with whimsical illustrations by Hilary Knight.
This second Eloise book details the comic adventures of the young heroine on a trip to the French capital, accompanied by her nanny, her faithful pug Weenie, and her turtle Skipperdee. This first printing was also issued in red paper boards; no priority. Cotsen 11005.
Three pages with tiny brown spots, book otherwise in fine condition, in a near-fine dust jacket with spine and extremities slightly toned and rubbed. A lovely copy.