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Bemelmans, Ludwig. The Golden Basket. The Viking Press, 1936.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 96p. Text is unmarked with b/w and color illustrations and a mild patina. Tightly bound with securely attached hinges. Orange cloth pictorial boards with swan on front are clean with lightly bumped corners. Foxing on endpage and text-block. Lacks a jacket.
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. THE GOLDEN BASKET. The Viking Press, New York, 1936.
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original red cloth with blind embossed swan on the cover. Yellow pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout in color and B&W. Previous owner name/date on the fep. Covers soiled. Internally a very good copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. The Golden Basket. Viking Press, Inc., New York, 1936.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dust jacket largely intact with small chips/erosion at extremities. Some age-related discoloration, particularly toward the edges of pages. Boards and leaves in good physical shape with mild discoloration.
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Ludwig Bemelmans. THE GOLDEN BASKET. Viking Press, New York, 1936.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7 1/2 x 10 in. Red cloth boards with blindstamped swan. Copyright pg states; "first published September 1936". Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners bumped, mild shelf wear, covers sunned at upper front and spine. Binding tight. Gift message on verso of ffep. Two pgs have some small stains. Child. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
VIKING PRESS. VIKING JUNIOR BOOKS 1936. Viking, 1936.
Price: US$52.20 + shipping
Description: VIKING JUNIOR BOOKS, Viking, 1936, first edition, fine in pictorial wraps. Some of the authors works that are noted here are: Marjorie Flack (THE STORY ABOUT PING), Munro Leaf (FERDINAND), William Pene Dubois (GIANT OTTO & THE GOLDEN BASKET), Maud & Miska Petersham, Ludwig Bemelmans (HANSI), Kate Seredy (THE GOOD MASTER & LISTENING), Boris Artzy Basheff (SEVEN SIMEONS), Ruth Sawyer, et.al. Illustrated.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. The Golden Basket. The Viking Press, 1936.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early work from the author of Madeline. First edition, first printing with original dust jacket. Only one date present on copyright and $2.00 price to DJ. Hardbound in full, bright orange, cloth with blind stamped duck on upper board. 95p. Securely bound- corners are lightly bumped and discoloration runs along top and bottom edges of boards. Interior is largely unmarked though a previous owner seems to have blacked out the windows of one of the illustrated houses on front fly and left an inked thumb print in the margin of a single page. Dust jacket is in very good- condition, frayed at corners with small chips from spine ends. Beautifully illustrated.
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. The Golden Basket. Viking Press, New York, 1936.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Solid with light wear on the covers. The dust jacket has some edge tears and a chunk missing on the bottom front edge, wear on the edges of the jacket, and otherwise the jacket shows light wear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: John Thompson, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Bemelmans, Ludwig. The Golden Basket. Viking Press, New York, 1936.
Price: US$74.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Large chip from rear panel of the unclipped DJ with the piece laid in. Minor tearing and chipping to DJ edges. Slight smudging to cloth covered boards with small bump to bottom edge of front board. Book remains tightly bound with unmarked contents.
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.. THE GOLDEN BASKET.. The Viking Press,, New York,, 1936.
Price: US$83.26 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First U.s. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 95. Original publishers red cloth, lettered black on spine. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Slight discolouration to boards, otherwise about very good in slightly used and rubbed, very good dust jacket.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Bemelmans, Ludwig. THE GOLDEN BASKET. Viking Press, NY, 1936.
Price: US$99.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st USA 1936. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Large format. Red cloth with blue title to spine and blind swan decoration to front cover. Beautiful illustrations in colour and b/w by the author. American Edition. Fox spots to edges of covers. Bumping to a couple of corners. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips. A bit of loss, mostly to corners. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Bemelmans, Ludwig. The Golden Basket. Viking Press, 1936.
Price: US$147.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: September 1936 first edition in lightly shelf worn price intact jacket. Tight and unmarked. D51 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.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Handsomely bound in finely woven rose cloth with a blindstamped swan; and blue lettering along the spine. Very clean and tight throughout. With a touch of sunfading to the top edges. In a crisp, handsome dust jacket with the original price of $2.00 at the top of the front panel. Small chips at the top of the spine ends; touch of wear to the extremities. With ads for Hansi on the rear inside flap, also priced at $2.00. A charming, collectible copy. Ludwig Bemelmans(1898 1962 was an Austro-Hungarian-born American writer and illustrator of children's books. He is known best for the Madeline picture books. Six were published since 1939.[2] Bemelmans was born to the Belgian painter Lambert Bemelmans and the German Frances Fischer in Meran,Austria-Hungary (now Italy). His father owned a hotel. He grew up inGmunden on the Traunsee in Upper Austria. His first language was French and his second German.In 1904, his father left the family for Ludwig's governess, after which his mother took Ludwig and his brother to her native city of Regensburg, Germany. Bemelmans had difficulty in school, as he hated the German style of discipline. He was apprenticed to his uncle Hans Bemelmans at a hotel in Austria. While an apprentice, he was regularly beaten and even whipped by the headwaiter. He finally warned the headwaiter that if he was whipped again he would retaliate with a gun. The headwaiter ignored his warning, whipped him, and Bemelmans reportedly shot and seriously wounded him in retaliation.[3]Given the choice between reform school and emigration to the United States, he chose the latter. He spent the next several years working at hotels and restaurants in the US. In 1917, he joined the U.S. Army but was not sent to Europe because of his German origins. He did become an officer, and was promoted to Second Lieutenant. He writes of his experiences in the Army in the book, My War With the United States. In 1918, he became a US citizen.In the 1920s, Bemelemans tried to become an artist and painter while working at hotels, but had substantial difficulties. His cartoon seriesThe Thrilling Adventures of the Count Bric a Brac was dropped from the New York World after six months. He associated with Ervine Metzl, a commercial artist and illustrator who is variously described as Bemelmans's friend,[5][6] "agent",[6] and "ghost artist".[7]Each Madeline story begins: "In an old house in Paris, that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. the smallest one was Madeline." The girls are cared for by Miss Clavel. She is likely a nun, as some French orders called themselves Madames, particularly that of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat,[9] after which this convent school seems to be modeled; and "Mrs." would not be an appropriate equivalent in English. Some have argued that Miss Clavel's apparel looks more like that of a nurse (although why a nurse is working in what appears to be a Paris convent school is not explained). (Wikipedia) First Edition with matching dates of 1936 and "First Published September 1936" on the copyright page.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Ludwig Bemelmans. The Golden Basket. Viking Press, New York, 1936.
Price: US$189.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is the book where Bemelmans' Madeleine first appeared. Orange cloth boards with blind-stamped swan on front and black printing on spine. Very light diffuse surface soil toward edges. Interior clean, lightly toned, binding tight. DJ has edge wear but is intact. Inscribed (dated 1937) to Jerry Helck, son of the famed automotive artist, Peter Helck, from Paul Struck whose bookstore sticker is at the top corner of the front inside paste down.
Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig (1898-1962). The Golden Basket. New York, The Viking Press, 1936.
Price: US$219.25 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 95 pages; Description: 95, [1] p. Illus. (part col. ) ; ill. Endpapers. Bookplate of John Bennett Shaw pasted inside front. 26 cm. Subjects: The golden basket - Ludwig Bemelmans. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Bemelmans, Ludwig (1898-1962). The Golden Basket. New York, The Viking Press, 1936.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 95 pages; Description: 95, [1] p. Illus. (part col. ) ; ill. Endpapers. Bookplate of John Bennett Shaw pasted inside front. 26 cm. Subjects: The golden basket - Ludwig Bemelmans. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. THE GOLDEN BASKET. Viking Press, 1936.
Price: US$345.11 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.21
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. The Golden Basket. Viking Press, New York, 1936.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: non-price clipped illustrated dust wrapper and endsheets by the author. 23 full color and 35 monochrome illustrations. Bemelmans' second children's book and the first appearance of Madeline. Recipient of the Newbery Award. A little feathering to the dust wrapper, text block slightly toned and covers minimally worn otherwise a very good copy.
Seller: Hayden & Fandetta Rare Books ABAA/ILAB, Horseshoe Bay, TX, U.S.A.
BEMELMANS, LUDWIG. The Golden Basket. Viking Press, New York, 1936.
Price: US$635.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto. Orange cloth in pictorial dust jacket. This copy inscribed in German by Bemelmans to the writer and editor Whit Burnett and dated Oct 3, 1936. This book is a Newberry honor book and is known for the first appearance of Bemelmans most famous character Madeleine. Cloth is well worn and faded and the dust jacket has chips and tears to extremities. Nice association.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Bemelmans, Ludwig. The Golden Basket. Viking Press, 1936.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, First Published September 1936 stated on copyright page. Inscribed with drawing by Bemelmans. First appearance of Madeline. Book very good, spine sun-faded, some minor soiling on covers, previous owner's inscription on front paste-down, very minor penciling on front free end paper on printed town. Dust jacket near fine, very minor rubbing at corners and spine ends.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.