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Eloise in Paris
by Thompson, Kay; illustrated by Hilary Knight
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean throughout, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with original price of $3.50 on front flap, light tanning at spine, and "bouquets" on the back from celebrities of the day including Noel Coward, Bennett Cerf, and Cornelia Otis Skinner. This is a followup to "Eloise" [at the Plaza] published two years earlier and then in its "143rd thousand" printing. Illustrated throughout with Hilary Knight's energetic drawings. 4to. Unpaginated. In protective Mylar.
Synopsis
Bonjour! Here's the thing of it: Paris has just been discovered by Eloise the little girl from the Plaza... Here is what Eloise does in Paris: everything. The effect is rawther extraordinaire. If you come to Paris with Eloise you will always be glad you did. Eloise in Paris was first published in 1957, the second of the Eloise quartet, and an immediate bestseller. Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight traveled to Paris to research the book, and the illustrations are dotted with the celebrities they knew there: Richard Avedon takes Eloise's passport photograph; Christian Dior prods her tummy, while his young assistant, Yves Saint Laurent, looks on; Lena Horne sits at an outdoor café. All four Eloise books by the late Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight -- Eloise: The Absolutely Essential Edition, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmastime, and Eloise in Moscow -- are now being reissued by Simon & Schuster.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Warwick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95053
- Title
- Eloise in Paris
- Author
- Thompson, Kay; illustrated by Hilary Knight
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Juvenile fiction; Plaza Hotel
Terms of Sale
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Returnable if not as described, with prior notice, within 30 days. We take care packaging the books you order and will gift wrap on request.
About the Seller
Warwick Books
Biblio member since 2004
South Pasadena, California
About Warwick Books
We are an Internet-only book business. We carry hard-to-find books in many categories including art, photography, military history, cookbooks, children's books, fiction, needlework, Americana, popular culture, and signed first editions. Warwick Books is a member of IOBA, the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
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