318pp, with colour illustrations throughout. Pictorial glazed boards. Illustated endpapers. Signed by Anna Quindlen, author of the introduction, on the title page. 4to. Boards a little rounded at spine ends. Gift inscription, dated 1993, on the front free endpaper, a few minor signs of handling else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its origial glossy, illustrated dust wrapper, bumped on extreme edges and a little rubbed on extreme corners, a little shelf worn.
Here, for the first time, are collected into one volume all the adventures of Madeline accompanied by the now classic illustrations extracted from Bemelmans' notebooks. Also includes an introduction by Anna Quindlen and 'Isle of God, Bamelmans' own essay on Madeline and some never before published additional illustrations.
