First edition, limited issue.
A solid copy of the 1945 signed/limited edition. #374 OF 400 COPIES SIGNED BY LUDWIG BEMELMANS at the limitation. Clean, tight and Near Fine in its oatmeal cloth, with mounted Bemelmans illustration to the front panel and 4 additional Bemelmans illustrations in color especially for the limited edition.
Ludwig Bemelmans was an Austrian author, an internationally known gourmand, and a writer and illustrator of children's books. He is most noted today for his Madeline books, six of which were published from 1939-1961.
