Hotel Bemelmans by Ludwig Bemelmans
Hotel Bemelmans by Ludwig Bemelmans New York: The
Viking Press 1946.380 pages. Bemelmans (1898-1962) was an American
painter, illustrator and writer. As a teenager he worked in the
dining room of a restaurant for three years and then enlisted
in the service when we entered WWI. He has written several autobiographical
books, this being one of them, run his own restaurant, written
and illustrated children's books, most notably the Madeline series,
done settings for a Broadway play and was a frequent contributor
to Vogue, Town and Country and The New Yorker.
He has written and illustrated this book. Book, very good-fine,
dust jack very good. The front flap is detached but present and
there are some folds, tears and nibbles. It is a very charming
volume. (Stock number 003Bemelmans) $50.00
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