ELOISE.
[New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983]. Knight, Hilary:. White boards, printed in red & black. Illustrations by Hilary Knight, who also inscribes on the front free endpaper, "from Hilary Knight and Me, Eloise!" Lovely fold-out illustration of Eloise's elevator game in the Plaza Hotel. Scattered dust spots at top edge, else a near fine, seemingly unread, copy in a highly pictorial, unclipped dust jacket. Later printing, having been first published in 1955 for adults, and the copyright renewed for publication as a children's book. Knight was Thompson's illustrator and collaborator. His pink-splashed black and white drawings of the child Maurice Sendak called, "that brazen loose-limbed delicious little-girl monster" provide the perfect accompaniment to Thompson's allusive, naughty prose. Near fine. / Near fine. Item #335
Price: $85.00