Eloise
- New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. Book spine slightly cocked and boards with minor soiling, but clean and unmarked internally. Price-clipped dust jacket is bright and pleasing, with spine just a bit toned. A handsome copy of a charming book.
A classic work of children's literature, featuring the precocious and adventurous Eloise. A six-year-old girl living among adults at the Plaza Hotel, Thompson's heroine is "not yet pretty but she is already a Person. Henry James would want to study her. Queen Victoria would recognize her as an Equal...she is interested in People when they are not boring." So iconic that a portrait of her hangs in the Plaza Hotel dining room, Eloise has inspired children for three generations (with many more to come!). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
A classic work of children's literature, featuring the precocious and adventurous Eloise. A six-year-old girl living among adults at the Plaza Hotel, Thompson's heroine is "not yet pretty but she is already a Person. Henry James would want to study her. Queen Victoria would recognize her as an Equal...she is interested in People when they are not boring." So iconic that a portrait of her hangs in the Plaza Hotel dining room, Eloise has inspired children for three generations (with many more to come!). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Details
Title
Eloise
Author
Thompson, Kay; Hilary Knight, Illustrator
Condition
Near Fine
Publisher
Simon & Schuster: New York
Date
1955
Edition
First edition