Inscribed by Bemelmans
The Donkey Inside
Publication: New York: Viking Press, 1941. First Edition.
Notes: A travelog of a trip to Ecuador made on commission from magazines. Illustrated with four double-page color plates by the author (who is probably best known for his Madeline series of picture books).
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author-artist, "to Edwin Rakow Ludwig Bemelmans 1941." Rakow was probably the sometime poet of that name.
Item No: #362593
Price: $400
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