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Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline and the Gypsies. The Viking Press, NY, 1959.
Price: US$6.00 + shipping
Description: Tan cloth w/red lettering + illus. on spine & cvr."Published in 1959 by the Viking Press" on CR pg. but "A Guild Book" on spine. Spine cvr. is split all the way on rear edge, cors. bumped, Spine ends frayed, stray mark on frt., fairly clean. Innards clean w/minimal lib. marks. No exterior lib. marks.
Seller: General Eclectic Books, Gray, ME, U.S.A.
Ludwig Bemelmans. Madeline and the Gypsies (FIRST EDITION). The Viking Press, 1959.
Price: US$16.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: MISSING THE DUST JACKET! NOT a library discard; privately owned hardback book. THe green cloth book is sturdy and complete with NO WRITING! Light edgewear. The front endpaper has a 1/2" tear; no other tears noted. There are a few fingermarks. States "Published in 1959 BY THE VIKING PRESS, Inc."
Seller: Foster Books, Board of Directors FABA, Davie, FL, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline And The Gypsies. The Viking Press, 1959.
Price: US$24.97 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: States "Published In 1959 By The Viking Press, Inc." with no metion of the Guild Book
Seller: Mark Henderson, Olathe, KS, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig.. Madeline and the Gypsies.. Viking Compass, New York, 1959.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st printing. Very large green cloth hardcover, "published in 1959 by the viking press, inc." No dust jacket. Cover just starting to wear at the tips of corners; very lightly soiled from use, a coupe of small faint water spots. Front endpaper starting to split. at hinge. No writing or other marks. Pages have very slight wear and the occasional faint smudge from handling. A satisfactory copy. OVERSIZE. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.
Seller: Brentwood Books, Kinnelon, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book size about 9 by 12 inches with some 56 numbered pages. Bound in heavy light brown cloth with front cover lettering and illustration of Madeline on horseback in red. Spine lettering in red. Spine bottom states 'A Guild Book' - copyright page indicates this is a first edition but it is apparently a joint publication with The Junior Literary Guild. Light overall wear; small scuffed area at covers bottoms; corners bumped. A clean and unmarked book. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: The Book Scot, mansfield, MO, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig.. Madeline and the Gypsies.. The Viking Press. New York, 1959.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Bound in green boards with black lettering on the spine and a circus performer & horse on the front cover. Very colourful endpapers. Wear on the spine tips and cover corners. Contents clean & unmarked. Binding tight.
Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline and the Gypsies. Viking Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Bound in green cloth with black stamped titling and design, shelf wear, foxing along top margin of pages, pages thumbed, damp stain to a top corner of a few pages; dust jacket worn with tears, insect damage, losses, erased child scrawl, foxing to verso. Madeline goes off with the gypsies and must find her way back to Miss Clavel's. What a great adventure she has, though. Size: 4to
Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline and the Gypsies. The Viking Press, 1959.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 56p. First edition with $3.50 jackset price and 1959 copyright price. Bound in bluish-green linen over boards with illustration of Madeline on a horse in blue on front cover. Book is securely bound with clean interior. Boards have lightly worn corners and bumped ends. Small spot of moisture soiling has lightened a small area near foot on front cover. Dust jacket is unclipped, in good condition. A lengthy chip at the crown of spine obscures most of "Madeline". Few lengthy tears surround edges and rear panel lightly scuffed. Chipped foot.
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline and the Gypsies. The Viking Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover, illustrated, 56 pp. Some wear to the bottom board edges, else a very good plus copy with clean contents and tight binding in a good only dust jacket (price clipped, chipping to spinal extremities, light edge wear and the rear panel is soiled but the front panel is bright). Now protected in an archival cover.
Seller: Books Again, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. MADELINE AND THE GYPSIES. The Viking Press, New York, New York, 1959.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: With gift inscription, else fine in aqua cloth boards. Covered in an intact, lightly worn jacket with some scuffing to the back panel, otherwise bright, and with $3.37 price on the flap. An attractive copy.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Ludwig Bemelmans. Madeline and the Gypsies. The Viking Press, 1959.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING. The first edition/first printing status of this book can be confirmed by the lack of any printings on copyright page, as well as the $3.50 price on dust jacket. The book itself is in near fine condition. Clean bright pages bereft of inscription, firm binding, tight square boards, etc. The dust jacket, unclipped & protected by a mylar sleeve, is in good+ condition. Tear to top front cover. Spotting to back cover.
Seller: Blotto Von Sozzle Rare Books, Hampstead, NC, U.S.A.
Ludwig Bemelmans. Madeline and the Gypsies. The Viking Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hard bound in dust jacket. Dust Jacket shows light edgewear and the top of its spine is ripped/bumped at both hinges about one inch down. Now protected in clear removable mylar cover. Book shows light shelfwear. Some foxing to page edges and the underside of the dust jacket. Book is otherwise in good condition. Interior pages are clean with no writing or similar marks. Binding sound.
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.. Madeline and the Gypsies.. The Viking Press,., New York, 1959.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 56 pp. Illustrated throughout by Ludwig Bemelmans. Folio, publisher's cloth in illustrated dust jacket. First edition. Child's bookplate on the (illustrated) front free endpaper with an unobtrusive ink gift inscription; otherwise a near fine unworn copy in a jacket with tiny chips at corners and light soiling to the rear panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline and the Gypsies. The Viking Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$149.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First American edition, 1959. Very good in fair dustjacket. Blue-green cloth, color illustrated endpapers, 12.25 inches tall, color illustrated throughout, colorful illustrated dustjacket with the 3.50 original price intact. The book has light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The dustjacket some chipping and other wear to the spine, a few closed tears without paper loss, significant old transparent stains to the light background of the rear panel and rear flap, fairly little paper loss overall. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. MADELINE AND THE GYPSIES. Viking Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: Large quarto, bright green boards, with the slightest rubbing extremities. One corner ever-so-gently "nudged". Prevous owner's name to front pastedown, as well as small bookplate. Narrow stain to dustjacket, and a 1.5" closed tear to rear panel. $3.50 price to unclipped jacket. Lovely and affordable copy of Bemelman's 4th Madeline title. Very Good Plus in Very Good Minus Dustjacket
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline and the Gypsies. The the Viking Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 56pgs.Green Cloth, Black lettering with horse and child design on front panel. Color illustrated endpapers. Light wear to spine edges, minor foxing to the edges of some pages, otherwise near fine copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has original 3.50 price on the front flap. minor closed tears on lower edges,foxing an soiling to rear panel. in mylar sleeve. Attractive copy and First Edition from the Madeline titles. Size: Small Folio
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline and the Gypsies. Viking Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in green cloth with black stamped titling and design, light wear to extremities, 2 pages with small edge tears; color pictorial dust jacket with small losses, foxed, fold wear and two piece of tape on front flap, original price intact ($3.50). Madeline goes off with the gypsies and must find her way back to Miss Clavel's. What a great adventure she has, though. Size: 4to
Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline and the Gypsies.. New York, Viking Press, (1959)., 1959.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Large 4to. Orig. cloth with dust jacket. Fine copy in near fine price-clipped dust jacket, which has one clean tear on the front panel of about an inch and a half going through the final "E" in "MADELINE" and a few other small tears and the tiniest of chips along the top edge, but which is exceedingly bright and clean. Scarce in such nice condition.
Seller: Alexanderplatz Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline and the Gypsies -- Signed. Viking Press, 1959.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near-fine with a touch of shelf wear, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good plus dust jacket (price clipped) with minor wear at the spine tips and corners, slight foxing to flap folds, and minimal and discreet color touch-up to a couple of rubbed spots along the edge of the spine. SIGNED ("Bemelmans") on the half-title page. Extremely scarce signed.
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.