Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
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.
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.
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, 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. 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.
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$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.
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.
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$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$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.
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.