Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Thompson, Kay. ELOISE A Book for Precocious Grown Ups. Simon & Schuster, New York NY, 1955.
Price: US$9.75 + shipping
Description: Good with no dust jacket; Previous owner taped spine with black tape. Fold out page of Elevator has also been black taped. Wear at edges. Previous owner's name. Reading copy.
Seller: Gibson's Books, New Hope, AL, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. KAY THOMPSON'S ELOISE. Simon and Schuster, NY, 1955.
Price: US$13.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: exlib; stamps; stickers; removed pocket; clear repair tape on few pages. Tight binding. No bookplate. General wear and rubbed cover. DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: fourth print. 65pgs
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$13.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Simon & Schuster January 1955 Binding: Hardcover INCLUDES DJ SEVENTH PRINTING
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$13.12 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: dj split in spine area but retaped from reverse, minor tears along dj edge, has original Price. hardcover good+, clean tight, no marks in text, slight age toningListing Includes Books Image. Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping. Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S.
Seller: Once Upon A Time, Corozal, PR, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise;: A book for precocious grown ups. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$17.48 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
Seller: Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean, bright and crisp. Fold-out of the ride up the elevator included! This jacket does not appear to be the original as it seems to have been glued to some boards at some point. 6th printing.
Seller: funyettabooks, Bloomington, MN, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. KAY THOMPSON'S ELOISE (REPRINT EDITION). Simon & Schuster, NY, 1955.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Lovely reprint edition. Originally published in 1955, this is a lovely 2000's reprint with $18.00 price on DJ. A perfect gift copy! 1st ed, 46th prt.
Seller: Elaine Woodford, Bookseller, durham, NC, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise;: A book for precocious grown ups. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: This is a hardcover book with a dust jacket.
Seller: ACJBooks, Staten Island, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ninth printing. Quarto. Black nd white and red-tinted illustrations. Condition: Most of the DJ's spine strip is missing; jacket is very heavily chipped & price-clipped; spine of binding worn at each end and sun-faded; small inked inscription on 1st free endpaper; else good in poor DJ. 65 pages.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay, Illustrated by Hilary Knight. ELOISE. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover in dust jacket. Seventh printing. Jacket has moderate wear with half inch chips to spine ends, a few half ring stains on front panel where book was used as a coaster, a 3 by 2 inch splotch on rear panel (coffee?). Not much edgewear. Book itself in good to very good condition, binding has strong color with slight wear to foot of spine and a small ding to bottom edge rear cover. Hinges tight, contents clean except for very small 1/8th by 1/4 th inch stain near edge of about three pages. Overall nice shape.
Seller: Collectors Cabinet, Teaneck, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 65p. A hardcover book in acceptable condition with a dustjacket in good condition. Edges and corners worn; jacket edges chipped and tanned. The spine is tanned and there are small slit-like tears in the jacket hinges, but all panels remain attached. Scuff mark on front panel, likely where a price sticker was removed. Jacket is price-clipped. Pages 13-18 detached but present. Text clean. A readable vintage copy of this humorous children's book. Drawings by Hilary Knight.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: White cover with red lettering and black decoration. 3rd printing, stated. Illustrated by Hilary Knioght. The pull out illustration (the elevator) is present but is detached. Cover is worn and is yellowed on spine and around edges. Spine cover is starting to split. Good inside. Prior owner name.
Seller: Pam's Fine Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Reprint. Hardback. Slight rubbing and bumping to corners and spine ends, otherwise very good in a very good, slightly worn and torn dust jacket with slight chipping at spine ends. Name to endpaper. 1st edition, 6th printing.
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A six year old girl rules her world, as it should be. Condition notes - unnumbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps, frontis; a.e. tanned, eps toned. Cover: white, black artwork + brown titles front, black/brown titles spine; v lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, toned. DJ: unclipped, pink, yellow/pink/black artwork front, pink/black titles front/spine, black text and b/w photos back; modest edge/shelfwear w/ several sm and tiny closed tears and sm and tiny chips, spine sunned w a few sm stains, lt soil.
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$47.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 4th printing. Extra loose leaf articles included. GOOD/GOOD-. Red illustrated dust jacket with a tan/off white spine, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Approx. 11" x 8". Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Rub wear, dust markings and light scratches to covers. Tape top top right and bottom right corners of covers. Slight spine lean. Top of back cover is curling. Small creases to spine ends. Dirt stains to spine makes it appear more tan than off white. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS.
Seller: Once Read Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second printing, some pages coming loose, still a sound copy. Green Apple Books and Music, Publisher Weekly's Bookstore of the Year 2014, has been San Francisco's favorite independent bookseller since 1967! Shipping costs on oversize / international orders will reflect actual shipping charges and may be more than quoted by ABE. We will need to contact you with true shipping costs and ask for authorization before adjusting cost.
Seller: Green Apple Books and Music, san francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay.. ELOISE.. Simon & Schuster:, 1955.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: The sixth printing, illustrated nicely by Hilary Knight, 65 pages. "Eloise is a little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel in New York." FINE- HARDCOVER, with previous owner's name present, FINE- DUST JACKET, dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. ELOISE. Simon & Schuster, NEW YORK, 1955.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Eleventh printing. Wonderful vintage copy in slightly dampstained boards but contents crisp, clean and unmarked, and covered in a facsimile jacket of a barely worn original with $4.95 price.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Sixth printing, as stated on copyright page. Book near fine, small tear to side of top of spine, small spot to rear panel, corners slightly rubbed as well as spine tops, small spot on front free end paper.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
THOMPSON, Kay and Hillary Knight. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Sixth printing. Hardcover. The first book in the much beloved Eloise series. Illustrated by Hillary Knight. A clea very good plus copy with some minor wear and in a good dust jacket with some faint staining to the rear panel and some small edge tears and wear. Despite the flaws a solid copy of this classic children's book.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. ELOISE. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1955, 1955.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to.the stated 2nd EDITION.lacks f.e.p.o.w Fine in Very Good price clipped D.J.(HKD7)
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise, A Book for Precocious Grown Ups. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fifth printing, hardcover, has hint of skewing to spine, previous owner's note to first endpage, slight bumps to corners with a hint of creasing to corners of first couple pages of text and the board just starting through at upper corner of rear board, very slight bumps to spine ends, and slight yellowing to boards with faint foxing starting around edges, otherwise a solid VG copy in Near VG dust jacket which is price clipped, has tiny chips to spine ends and corners, slight edgewear, rubbing, and foxing starting to rear panel.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$55.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Price clipped in Mylar cover. Same format and quality as first issue, in same year of publication. Scarce in dust jacket this nice. 10th printing edition. Binding is cloth boards.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Kay Thompson's Eloise. Simon And Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$63.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket. 4to. Fifth printing. Book is in VG condition; edges of boards are rubbed and sunned. Jacket is in fair condition; most of the title strip is missing, and there are several pieces torn from edges, and a few closed tears. Rear cover is lightly soiled. Despite flaws, this is an attractive copy. With riotous, wonderful illustrations by Hilary Knight, including a fold-out of Eloise on an elevator at the Plaza Hotel, NYC. Not price-clipped. In protective mylar. 65 pp.
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. SIMON & SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, 1955.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Dj torn at spine and edges, closed tears, creased and chipping edges, rubbed cover. Good binding, clean body and unmarked text. Light shelf/edge wear, bumped edge, top spine edge bumped. DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: 10TH PRINTING 65
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$82.22 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 65 pag - drawings by Hilary Knight Size: 5M4
Seller: Von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & Sons, Breda, Netherlands
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, NY, 1955.
Price: US$89.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback, stated eighth printing, in very good, clean, tight condition. 65 pages with pink, black and white illustrations throughout. Colored decorative endpapers. Rose colored boards with black lettering and drawing on the front have minor edgewear with corners bumped and starting to fray. Spine edges bumped and the bottom one has a small tear. The pictorial dust jacket is price clipped with only minor edgewear, EXCEPT for a large chip and tear at the lower front spine edge. Tonal aging discoloration.
Seller: The Book Exchange, Hickory, NC, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise, a Book for Precocious Grown Ups. Simon and Schuster, NY, 1955.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description:
Seller: Feldman's Books, Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A book for precocious grownups, about a little six-year-old girl that lives at the Plaza Hotel on the top floor, dust jacket rubbed and stained in places, edgeworn, corners and spine ends chipped with some loss, price clipped, boards clean, bumped at corners and spine ends, front board creased, foot of spine bumped and chipped, spine browned, reading crease along spine, some light foxing to front endpaper, 65 pp with 1 fold out page of Elevator in good condition, decorative end papers of Eloise disappearing down the hall, promotion slip enclosed to front of book, pp clean and bright, illustrations bright, string binding secure. Size: 4to
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 4th prtg. Red cloth with black lettering and pict, beautiful cond, in unclipped color pict dj, 1 tear bottom front, and a bit of edge-wear top and bottom spine end, and in all other respects a very attractive; pict eps and color illust throughout in pink and black,65 pp.
Seller: Ragabooks, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Illustrated By Hilary Knight. Kay Thompson's Eloise. Simon & Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1955 fifth printing tight and unmarked in shelf worn price clipped jacket. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. ELOISE. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 65p. A large hardcover book in very good condition with an acceptable dustjacket. Corners lightly bumped, and the middle of the spine is dented. Otherwise, the interior is clean and securely bound. The jacket is rubbed along the edges, and chipped in the middle of the spine and along the top of the back panel. Semicircular brown stains on back as well. Still mostly intact despite damage. The first edition, fourth printing, in the original dustjacket with the $2.95 price on the front flap. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Autographed."Greetings from Kay Thompson." light dj spine edge wear
Seller: RP BOOKS, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first printing on the copyright page. Some mild age toning to the edges of the covers, previous owner name and gift inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket worn at edges with short edge tears and small chips, chip at head of spine affects part of the author's name just the y of Kay remains, a few small stains on rear panel, price at bottom of front flap $2.95, dj presents well in a new protective mylar sleeve. Photos on request.
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight. ELOISE. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8 x 11 in. Ivory paper boards with red title and blue girl. Pictoral endpapers. Stated third printing, 1955. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean, a hint of toning to edges. Corners and spine ends have mild bumping and wear. Binding tight. Endpapers and text extremely clean and fresh, no markings. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not clipped ($2.95) very clean, rear has a tiny bit of foxing. Spine head has a little wear and chipping, a couple of minor chips to edges. In a new Mylar wrapper. Chil. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Kay Thompson's Eloise. Simon & Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Edition/3rd Printing. Text and illustrations clean and VG. Unclipped DJ Fair. Cover boards Fair with some soiling at top. Overall Good.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. SIMON AND SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, 1955.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Pictorial dust jacket. Black, white, and pink illustrations. Very light foxing to some pages. DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: 14TH PRNTG 64
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Fifth Printing. Drawings by Hilary Knight. 65 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Red boards stamped in black. Fine in a Very Good plus dustjacket priced $2.95 Drawings by Hilary Knight. 65 pp. 1 vols. 4to
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. ELOISE. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$168.75 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Good price clipped dust jacket. Chips and tears to front panel. All corners of flaps are clipped. Owner inscription verso FEP. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson, Knight, Hilary. ELOISE. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$168.75 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Fair dust jacket. Owner inscription, price to flap. Staining to jacket at front panel. Chips and tears to jacket. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise, A Book for Precocious Grown Ups. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First printing, hardcover, has a light crack to the binding at p. 36-7, yellowing to the covers and spine with milder toning to the pages, bumps with splitting starting to the spine ends and cover corners, a light stain to the tail of the spine and hinges, a previous owner's name to the front fly leaf, childish orange crayon markings to three or four pages, and areas of soiling and smudging to other pages. Overall, this is a Good only copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps with losses to the spine ends and corners, sunning and rubbing with spots and smudges to the spine and covers, creasing and small chips to the hinges, and wear with some chips and tears to the edges. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar, and additional images are available upon request.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay.. Eloise. Drawings by Hillary Knight.. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourth Printing of the First Edition, in same year as first. Very Good or better in red paper covered boards--strip of fading to top edge of front board, and bump to head--in a Very Good dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with very light wear and tears to crown. 65pp. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Fold-out page in Fine condition. Included is a copy of the 45 rpm record (Cadence CC 3) of Kay Thompson singing "Eloise," and "Just One of Those Things" on the flip-side (a clean disk with no scratches) in pink sleeve. Classic juvenile title. Q14855 Hardcover in Jacket with 45 RPM Record
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Kay Thompson's Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups. Simon & Schuster, N Y, 1955.
Price: US$287.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear and small tears to dust jacket and cover. Stated fourth printing with dust jacket price of $2.95. 7 7/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 65 jpages.
Seller: Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Folio. Illustrated by Hilary Knight. Original cloth. A good copy lacking the jacket, toning to boards, small loss at head of spine, and one corner bumped. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper from year of publication. FIRST EDITION, second printing. SIGNED in gold ink by Hilary Knight on the front endpapers and dated 2017.
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. The pullout (pages 13-16) is present but detached (bright with no tears). Original decorated cloth; original dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of the original Eloise -- a work initially meant for adults (its re-release in 1969 was aimed at children). This book spawned three further tales of the girl who lives on "the tippy-top floor" of the Plaza hotel (and one posthumous book). Thompson's goddaughter, Liza Minelli, has been cited as a possible model for Eloise, as has Thompson herself. Laid in is a slip correcting text on p. 50 -- "Lily Dache" to "Coco Chanel.". Cloth with some light wear at ends of spine, slight toning, a few old tape adhesions; jacket spine panel lacking, some chipping, inner flaps detached but present
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Eleventh Printing. Toning to white covers of both book and white parts of dust jacket (especially spine). Tear to lower rear edge of dust jacket but overall quite nice in brand new protective mylar. Black, white and pink illustrations. Book is unmarked and the pages remain clean, crisp and complete. DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: 65
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. SIMON AND SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, NY, 1955.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Pictorial dust jacket: wear, corner bumps, light chipping, soiling marks, front flap corner tear, browning/light foxing. Pictorial cover and title: wear, foxing, wear. Ink inscription from the previous owner on the front free end paper. Text clean. A book for precocious grownups, about a little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel. DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: 11TH PRINTING 64
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise a Book for Precious Grown Ups. SIMON AND SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, 1955.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: black and white illustrations, dj chipping, text block clean, pages yellowing, princeton antiques bookplate on inside of front cover DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: THIRD PRINTING 65
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. Eloise. Simon and Shuster, 1955.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Inscribed by author on title page. Fourth printing of first edition. Unclipped DJ in original clear wrapper.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, NY, 1955.
Price: US$324.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hardcover, stated " FIRST PRINTING" on the copyright page. Book has original cream covers, which have handling marks / darkening around the perimeters. Sadly, a little "Eloise" got a hand on this book and scribbled in blue ballpoint ink on the front cover , FEP , title page and page 9 & page 19. . The dustjacket is NOT price clipped , showing the $ 2.95 price on the bottom corner of the front flap. The DJ is missing chips at the corner flap folds and spine ends, and a 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" triangle chip is missing from the top of the rear jacket.
Seller: The Kings Word, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.
THOMPSON, Kay. Kay Thompson's Eloise. Simon & Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THOMPSON, Kay [65] pp. Simon & Schuster 1955 Second Printing 11 1/4" x 8" Meet Eloise, the precocious darling of the Plaza Hotel! Eloise is a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York. She 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. The New York Jets would want to have her on their side. Lewis Carroll would love her (once he got over the initial shock). She knows everything about The Plaza. She is interested in people when they are not boring. She has Inner Resources. If you take her home with you, you will always be glad you did. *chipping to head of book spine* *jacket panels separated*
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition/6th Printing. Attached to front end page is a vintage album page SIGNED and inscribed by Kay Thompson. Some foxing to pages and endpages as well as dustjacket. slight musty smell to pages. DJ has some fading and spine sunned; small chip on front bottom; price-clipped; mylar protected. 65 pages. Drawings by Hilary Knight. Children's classic. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. SIMON AND SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, NY, 1955.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pictorial dust jacket: light wear in a protective Mylar cover. Pictorial cover and title: light wear. Text clean. A book for precocious grownups, about a little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel. DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: 11TH PRINTING 64
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. ELOISE. Simon & Schuster., NY, 1955.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 65 pp. First Edition, First Printing. Stated First Printing on copyright page. Off-white hardcover, age-toning; end papers fine; no inscriptions; margins age-toned; small soil marks to a few margins. Very Good. Dust Jacket unclipped with $2.95 price, light edge wear, Very Good.
Seller: The Book Store at Depot Square, Chula Vista, CA, U.S.A.
THOMPSON, Kay. Kay Thompson's Eloise. Simon & Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THOMPSON, Kay Inscribed on FFEP: For Doug w/ all good wishes and affection by Hilary & Eloise [65] pp. Simon & Schuster Ninth Printing 11 1/4" x 8" Front flap w/ price $3.95 price non-clipped *closed 'arch' 4" tear to lower back panel of jacket* Meet Eloise, the precocious darling of the Plaza Hotel! Eloise is a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York. She 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. The New York Jets would want to have her on their side. Lewis Carroll would love her (once he got over the initial shock). She knows everything about The Plaza. She is interested in people when they are not boring. She has Inner Resources. If you take her home with you, you will always be glad you did.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine copy in first issue price clipped jacket. Whisper of sun fade.Second Printing.Beautiful Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated Second printing. Quarto. Original off-white cloth with black and dark red lettering to spine and Eloise illustration to front cover. "A book for precocious grownups, about a little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel." Second printing stated, but still scarce. Very good, in very good dustjacket with some stains to white part of rear panel and closed tear to front cover; price clipped; hinges starting.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
kay thompson. eloise. simon and schuster, new york, 1955.
Price: US$508.50 + shipping
Description: first edition with rare card, 1955. illustrated by hilary knight. the first in a series of children's books chronicling the life of eloise, a young girl who lives on the top floor of manhattan's plaza hotel. new york: simon and schuster. 11 x 8". hardcover. book condition: soiling to foot of spine. sunning throughout. very good+. jacket condition: chips throughout spine and to front panel. unclipped($2.95). very good.
Seller: leaves, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$560.98 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing, first edition. Hardcover, in unclipped dust jacket. Moderate toning to covers; jacket toned and a little edge-worn, including a one-inch closed tear. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Illustrated -- fold-out page intact and fine. 65pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Kay Thompson. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine copy in like jacket.(Without Wear).Bright Brilliant Fresh Copy.Second Edition Stated$2.95 on flap.Small ink name on pastedown.Beautiful Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$640.43 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, of this immediately and perenially popular title. Thompson recalled that the book was first printed with "only a thousand copies the first time, just to see how it went" (Vanity Fair). The rest was history: "'Thursday evening first copies came off press. Friday morning at 9:30 people in the office who had taken home copies came in making considerable noise. Friday morning at 11:30 we ordered a second printing. Friday afternoon, Life magazine told us they are running a story on Eloise.'. Soon the book was selling 4,000 copies a week" (ibid.). Marie Brennar, "Kay and Eloise", Vanity Fair, December 1996, available online. Quarto. Original white boards, titles and vignette to spine and front board in red and black, pink illustrated endpapers. With dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in pink and black. Spine cocked, boards faintly soiled, extremities rubbed, neat repair to rear inner hinge, contents clean; jacket bright, spine panel and folds toned and lightly rubbed, a couple of closed tears and chips at edges, tape repair to verso, unclipped: a very good copy in like jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Thompson, Kay. Kay Thompson's Eloise. SIMON AND SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, NY, 1955.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated dust jacket and cover board. Dust jacket in plastic book jacket cover. Some pages slightly loose. Illustrated throughout. Shows wear on spine. Light soiling on pages. Pages light browning. Edges and corners rubbed. Dust jacket price is $4.95 DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: THIRD PRINTING 65
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: a very good copy in a fair to good dust jacket under brodart mylar. The red cloth is neat and the text block is clean, with the fold out of the Plaza hotel at page 13. Original price was 2.95 note a very good dust jacket under mylar brodart. a good price, the 1st of the Eloise series, followed by many and a movie. Kay Thompson was from St. Louis but lived in New York
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First Edition, first printing. Quarto. 65 pp, with fold-out at page 13 attached. Illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket; white boards stamped in red and black; pictorial endpapers. Price-clipped dust jacket with some minor chipping and a few closed tears along edges; general spotting and soiling. Heavier soiling and staining to boards, principally along edges and heavier to rear; diagonal crease to rear; moderate lean to boards. Binding sound. Gift inscription and bookseller ticket to front free endpaper; interior else unmarked. Still a Very Good copy.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED EARLY EDITION of Kay Thompson's Eloise First published in New York by Simon and Schuster in 1955, this is a 14th printing of the original edition. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper in the lower left corner. Book near fine. DJ very good. DJ price reads $4.95. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$798.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, OVER 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BOOK: 1955, SECOND PRINTING (SIGNED and dated 2007: "Hilary Knight, June 16, '07." Pages are clean; there is a damp stain on cover which effected the pages inside minimally. DUST JACKET: $2.95 on front inside flap; soiling and light tanning; split seam on the front endpaper; light dusting and tanning. BOOK: Cover has a damp stain on bottom left corner which went lightly through to the some of the pages leaving minimal damage.
Seller: Shepardson Bookstall, Brookline, MA, U.S.A.
THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Reprint with "17" the lowest number present in the number line). Illustrations by Hillary Knight. Quarto A little soiling on the boards else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with small stains on the rear panel. Inscribed by Kay Thompson: "For Rocky from Kay & ME ELOIZE"
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: 65 pp. Drawings by Hillary Knight. Folio, publisher's illustrated cloth in dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Ink ownership signature on front pastedown; slight tanning to the edges of the cream-colored cloth; in a dust jacket with a 1" closed tear to the top edge of the front panel and some overall light soiling and use (mostly to the rear panel).
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$958.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED ON PINK FREE FRONT ENDPAPER IN DARKER PINK: "Hilary Knight, June 16 '07" BOOK: Pages are all clean, but the fold-out pages around 13-17 are loose at spine seam. All other pages are neat and clean. DUST JACKET: Is whole with small chips on top and bottom spine; $2.95 listed on bottom of front endpaper; soiling and light tanning. I will also enclose a gift noter: "Easter Greetings, 1956, and lots of love. If you want feel free to pass this book along when you are through with it. Glad to get your letter. Much, much love, Auntie."
Seller: Shepardson Bookstall, Brookline, MA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing stated on copyright page. Book very good, tanning of boards, minor soiling on some pages, a piece of rear down paste paper missing at gutter top. Dust jacket very good, tape on inside of dj at spine, some tears especially along spine. Housed in custom-made slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Later Printing Fine In Like Jacket. Full Page Drawing Of Eloise By knight. Owned With Letter By knight To Dick & JanePowell
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Kay Thompson's Eloise. SIMON & SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, NY, 1955.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated dust jacket. Sunned spine. Dust jacket has discoloration, frayed, some soiling and stains. Embossed title and design on spine and front cover, discoloration and stains on bottom edges. Front flap clipped. Illustrated througout. DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: SECOND PRINTIN 65
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine, first printing, inscribed by the illustrator, Hilary Knight; with DJ in plastic cover
Seller: Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Kay Thompson's Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine first edition in a very good dust jacket, inscribed and dated by the illustrator Hilary Knight on the front pastedown. First Printing stated on the copyright page and original price of $2.95 still on front flap of the dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good in a very good dust jacket. SIGNED by the illustrator, Hilary Knight on the front free endpage. Original price of $2.95 printed on front flap of dust jacket. First printing stated on the copyright page. Top and bottom edges of the book show some minor rubbing. The jacket shows some darkening and sun-tanning on spine , some minor chipping at spine ends and corners, about 3" long tear at spine hinge to back of dj. Comes housed in a custom slipcase. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon & Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing stated on copyright page. SIGNED by the illustrator Hillary Knight. Comes with a card announcing the signing at Every Picture Tells A Story bookstore. Book and dust jacket near fine. Tanning on book covers. Dust jacket has minor wear. Comes in custom-made slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine 11th printing inscribed by the author Kay Thompson and the illustrator Hilary Knight. fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
KAY THOMPSON author / Hilary Knight illust.by. ELOISE. simon and schuster new york usa, 1955.
Price: US$2999.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1955 1ST EDITION/ 2ND PRINTING STATED hardcover book VERY GOOD book is clean has light aging of pages, binding is solid, there is aging and some wear to the edging and corners of the book cover, Original Dustjacket is NOT price-clipped ($2.95), though is in ruff condition has aged in color and is coming apart - I have put it in a protective Brodart Cover to preserve it, Book is SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author KAY THOMPSON on the front end flap
Seller: ODDS & ENDS BOOKS, Sherwood Forest, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition (11th printing). 4to. 65pp. Signed by author: "For Jan for lords sake Kay Thompson". Original dust jacket with minor wear, soiling to rear cover. Original white cloth boards with light dust soiling to lower edge of front cover. Appears to be a working copy. Several leaves with remnants/stubs of page markers on blank foremargins, others with oxidized shadows of paper clips to top margins p. 24 with markings in blue ink, parentheses, quotation marks, etc. p. 27 with manuscript text added to printed text: "Well my darling I love you too jolly good jolly good jolly good." Correction on p. 56 with manuscript note added to printed text: "(Don't hurt Philip) 'Oh you poor darling Boy it's [?] at [?] isn't it." Book includes two manuscript sheets in pencil by Thompson, apparently the beginning of an unrelated story.
Seller: Noushin Books & Company, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of the first three books in Kay Thompson's beloved Eloise series. Quartos, 3 volumes, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Each volume lengthily inscribed by illustrator Hilary Knight, "for Henry with all the best from Hilary Knight and ME,ÂELOISEÂDec 15 2007" on the front free endpaper of Eloise:ÂA Book for Precocious Grown ups; "for Henry from Hilary Knight Dec 15 '07" on the verso of the front free endpaper of Eloise in Paris; and "for Henry! from Hilary Knight and ME,ÂELOISE!" on the front free endpaper of Eloise at Christmastime. Each volume is near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Rare and desirable. American author, singer, and actress Kay Thompson began her career in the early 1930s as a choral director for radio and went on to become MGM Studios' top vocal arranger and coach to such stars as Judy Garland, Lena Horne, and Frank Sinatra. A resident of The Plaza Hotel in New York City, she became most notable for authoring the Eloise series of children's books, rumored to be inspired by the capers of her goddaughter, Liza Minnelli, daughter of personal friend Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli. Thomspon collaborated with American illustrator Hilary Knight to create the whimsical black, pink, and white theme that became a trademark of the illustrated series. All four books in the original series were bestsellers upon release, adapted into television projects, and a fifth installment, Eloise Takes a Bawth, was published posthumously from Thompson's original manuscripts. The series became so synonymous with The Plaza that an honorary portrait of Eloise was hung in the hotel's Palm Court and both an Eloise Suite and Eloise Menu have become special features at The Plaza.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of the four classic books in Kay Thompson's beloved Eloise series. Quarto, four volumes, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Hilary Knight. Each volume is near fine in a very good to near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by Asprey. An exceptional set. American author, singer, and actress Kay Thompson began her career in the early 1930s as a choral director for radio and went on to become MGM Studios' top vocal arranger and coach to such stars as Judy Garland, Lena Horne, and Frank Sinatra. A resident of The Plaza Hotel in New York City, she became most notable for authoring the Eloise series of children's books, rumored to be inspired by the capers of her goddaughter, Liza Minnelli, daughter of personal friend Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli. Thomspon collaborated with American illustrator Hilary Knight to create the whimsical black, pink, and white theme that became a trademark of the illustrated series. All four books in the original series were bestsellers upon release, adapted into television projects, and a fifth installment, Eloise Takes a Bawth, was published posthumously from Thompson's original manuscripts. The series became so synonymous with The Plaza that an honorary portrait of Eloise was hung in the hotel's Palm Court and both an Eloise Suite and Eloise Menu have become special features at The Plaza.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of each of the five Eloise titles. Quarto, 5 volumes. Each are signed by the illustrator, Hilary Knight. Each are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. A brilliant set of this timeless classic. "I am Eloise. I am six", So begins the start of the famed first book by Kay Thompson's "Eloise". "At rehearsals of her act with the Williams Brothers, Thompson (who was a professional singer) prized punctuality. Then one day she was late. In a high, childish voice that she had never used before, she made her apology. One of her co-workers said, âWho are you, little girl?â Thompson replied, âI am Eloise. I am six.â The others joined in the game, each assuming a juvenile identity, and it became a regular rehearsal pastime" (New York Times). A book soon followed, three more were soon released.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Kay Thompson's Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups. Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket, inscribed by the author: "For my dear Orgel with love from the author and Me Eloise." The inscription is to the children's author Doris Orgel. Laid in is a card picturing a posing Eloise and signed by the illustrator Hilary Knight. Comes in a custom-made quarter leather solander case with gilt decoration and lettering.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$7800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the first book in Kay Thompson's beloved Eloise series. Quartos, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by both the author and illustrator on the front free endpaper, "Kay Thompson AND HILARY KNIGHT WITH ME, ELOISE!" Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed by both Thompson and Knight. American author, singer, and actress Kay Thompson began her career in the early 1930s as a choral director for radio and went on to become MGM Studios' top vocal arranger and coach to such stars as Judy Garland, Lena Horne, and Frank Sinatra. A resident of The Plaza Hotel in New York City, she became most notable for authoring the Eloise series of children's books, rumored to be inspired by the capers of her goddaughter, Liza Minnelli, daughter of personal friend Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli. Thomspon collaborated with American illustrator Hilary Knight to create the whimsical black, pink, and white theme that became a trademark of the illustrated series. All four books in the original series were bestsellers upon release, adapted into television projects, and a fifth installment, Eloise Takes a Bawth, was published posthumously from Thompson's original manuscripts. The series became so synonymous with The Plaza that an honorary portrait of Eloise was hung in the hotel's Palm Court and both an Eloise Suite and Eloise Menu have become special features at The Plaza.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
KNIGHT Hilary THOMPSON Kay. Eloise (four books). , 1955.
Price: US$12000.00 + shipping
Description: "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. $12,000.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 Moscowthe rare first book inscribed on the front free endpaper, "For Gil Golding from the authorKay Thompson." A desirable set."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). All books and dust jackets near-fine to fine, with only minor wear; faint dampstain to rear panel of first book. A rare and most desirable set."
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.