MADELINE and the GYPSIES

New York: THE VIKING PRESS, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Green illustrated cloth covered boards. Near fine, in near fine dust wrapper. 56 pages. 31 x 23 cm. Madeline and Pepito accidentally join the circus. Bemelmans illustrations of Paris and beyond are outstanding - title page illustration reminiscent of Chagall circus paintings. Crisp, clean copy - vivid colorful pages, unmarked or damaged. Dust wrapper perfectly intact with $3.50 price - dust wrapper very light rubbing to edges, otherwise overall first-rate copy. Covered in protective mylar.