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Thompson, Kay. Eloise In Moscow. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1959.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Printing. Attached to title page is a cut-signature card SIGNED by Kay Thompson (signature only). Foxing to pages and endpages. slight musty smell to pages. DJ rubbed with foxing, edge wear and closed tear at top corner; price-clipped. 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 in Moscow. Simon and Schuster, 1959.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing in original dust jacket, SIGNED by illustrator Hilary Knight on the ffe. The book is in fine condition with no noticeable flaws. The price-clipped dust jacket is very good, with some wear to edges, some toning to front; a small closed tear to rear bottom edge, along with some creasing and minor soiling. All in all, a quite presentable copy.
Seller: Book 'Em, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise in Moscow. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1959.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Drawings by Hilary Knight. Thin 4to, orange boards, d.w. (light soiling, mostly to back panel). New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First Edition. Autographed by Hilary Knight on the front pictorial fly-leaf. Previous owner's inscription on the front attached end-paper, mostly hidden behind wrapper flap.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson; drawings by Hilary Knight. Eloise in Moscow. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1959.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st U.S. printing stated. Binding tight; pages clean, with a bit of light wrinkling to top of last few pages. Unclipped ($3.75) DJ shows light edgewear and a few closed tears to bottom leading corner of front cover; looks nice in Brodart cover. Autographed by illustrator on inside cover: "From Hilary Knight + ME, ELOISE!" at a 2015 New York event (see photos). 8 x 11-1/4". U.S. buyers, please contact me for a possible discount!
Seller: Washington Square Autographed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay; Knight, Hilary. ELOISE IN MOSCOW. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of the fourth Eloise book - inscribed by beloved illustrator Hilary Knight - in which Eloise gets tired of caviar and fails to thaw the icy hearts of suspicious Muscovites. 11'' x 8''. Original orange pictorial boards stamped in black. In original unclipped ($3.75) pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by Knight, including four-page fold-out color illustration of the Kremlin. Inscribed by Knight on front free endpaper, dated 1988. Minor wear to boards. Light chipping and faint hints of soil to jacket. Near fine in very good plus jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise in Moscow. Simon & Schuster, 1959.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED first printing, as stated on copyright page. Book near fine, a couple of corners slightly bumped. Dust jacket very good, flap hinges partially opren.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kate. Eloise in Moscow. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket, signed by Kay Thompson on the front free endpaper. Housed in a slipcase. First Edition stated on the copyright page and the original price of $3.75 still on the front flap of the dust jacket.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise in Moscow. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1959.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. Unpaginated. Drawings by Hilary Knight. Signed by Kay Thompson on ffep. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, closed tear, else very good copy. (91956).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. ELOISE IN MOSCOW ** Signed True First Edition **. Simon & Schuster, NY, 1959.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Description: This is the true first edition, first printing (with "FIRST PRINTING" stated on the copyright page, and with no later printings listed). ***** This book is SIGNED by both the author (Kay Thompson) and the illustrator (Hilary Knight) directly on the first page (the front endpage). The author and illustrator have not inscribed this book to anyone; it is just signed by them. ***** Very nice hardcover with the original dust jacket. ***** There is NO other writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($3.75). ***** CONDITION: Both the book and the dust jacket are in VERY GOOD PLUS condition. ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no extra charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. ***** Thank you! ***** Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying & Selling Modern First Editions since 1982).
Seller: Richard Vick, Modern First Editions, Coral Springs, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Near Fine book in like dust jacket. Book with a small bump to the lower board and the spine a bit rolled. In a Near Fine dust jacket with a few professionally repaired tears. Inscribed by the author: "For Jane with love Kay Thompson and me Eloise Dadada." A pleasing copy of this children's classic, which finds the intrepid Eloise away from the Plaza Hotel on an international adventure. Eloise and Nanny discover that "not everyone in Moscow is a diplomat" and a host of other revelations, such as the "rawther deep" voices of Russian pigeons. This title in the Eloise series was published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War when tensions between the USSR and USA were outright hostile and the threat of mutually assured destruction reassured no one. Eloise brings her disarming candor to Moscow where despite her admission that "I could tell you a lot but I am only 6," we do in fact learn and laugh with this precocious 6 year old. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise in Moscow. Simon and Schuster, 1959.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine first edition, first printing as stated on copyright page. In near fine dust jacket with original price, $3.75, on front flap. Inscribed by Kay Thompson on front free endpaper: "Happy Birthday Tony.Me Eloise, Kay Thompson." Light foxing on boards and some pages. In custom slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the fourth book in the Eloise series. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Kay ThompsonÂon the front free endpaper. Additionally signed by illustrator, Hilary Knight. Bottom of the cloth rubbed, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Illustrated by Hilary Knight. The fourth book in Kay Thompson's beloved Eloise series. After a three-week stay in Moscow with her colleague Hilary Knight, Kay Thompson had plenty of fodder for her distinctly Eloisian travelogue: the food ("It is difficult to know what to eat in Moscow/ There is no melon in season/ Nichevo"); the stilted English of their tour guide ("That house is Chekhov/ That house is Stanislavsky if you want to see it/ No you cannot it is reconstruction"); national security ("Our telephone had quite a bit of static/ so we talked about General de Gaulle/ to throw them off track/ Everybody listens to everything in Moscow."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Kay Thompson. ELOISE IN MOSCOW ** Signed True First Edition **. Simon & Schuster, NY, 1959.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is the true first edition, first printing (with "FIRST PRINTING" stated on the copyright page, and with no later printings listed). ***** This book is SIGNED by both the author (Kay Thompson) and the illustrator (Hilary Knight) directly on the first page (the front endpage). The author and illustrator have not inscribed this book to anyone; it is just signed by them. ***** Very nice hardcover with the original dust jacket. ***** There is NO other writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($3.75). ***** CONDITION: Both the book and the dust jacket are in NEAR FINE condition. ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no extra charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. ***** Thank you! ***** Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying & Selling Modern First Editions since 1982).
Seller: Richard Vick, Modern First Editions, Coral Springs, FL, U.S.A.