Accession number
PML 198801
Creator
Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1898-1962, author.
Published
New York : Viking Press, 1941
Credit line
Purchased on the Edwin V. Erbe Acquisitions Fund, 2022.
Notes
"Limited edition - Hotel Splendide - Copy number"--Printed on publisher's slipcase.
"Of the first edition there have been bound in the draperies of a famous New York hotel and signed by the author two hundred and forty-five numbered copies for sale and sixty copies for private distribution"--Preliminary leaf.
Library's copy one of 60 marked "for private distribution."
"Of the first edition there have been bound in the draperies of a famous New York hotel and signed by the author two hundred and forty-five numbered copies for sale and sixty copies for private distribution"--Preliminary leaf.
Library's copy one of 60 marked "for private distribution."
Description
[10], 9-192 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso of half-title: "To Gus / from / Ludwig."
Provenance
Gus Lobrano (1902-1956); Dorothy Lobrano Guth (1928-2016); Dorothy Jean Guth.
Binding
Bound in floral brocade on a rose-colored background, black leather titling-label on spine, pink edges, illustrated endleaves; in publisher's slipcase of black paper with onlaid gilt paper band, imprinted with author and title.
Classification
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