1952 First British Edition of Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

Title: Madeline
Author: Ludwig Bemelmans. 
Publisher: Derek Verschoyle. 
Published Date: First British Edition. 1952. [according to the British Library catalogue]
Dust Jacket Included. 
 
This is a rare first British Edition, first printing of Madeline, written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans, in very good condition. The first US edition was published in 1939, and the British edition, which is much more uncommon, was published thirteen years later, in 1952. 
 
Bound in the publisher's illustrated boards which are in very good condition with some light rubbing/bumping to the corners and to the head and tail of the spine. Plain cream endpapers. Contents near fine. Complete with unclipped dustjacket (12s. 6d.) which is also in very good condition - it has some light soiling and a couple of pencil marks to the rear cover, minor wear to the corners and a very small area of loss to the head of the spine.
 
Madeline is the first book in the beloved children's series by the Austrian-American author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans. Set in an all-girls boarding school in Paris, France, the opening lines to this masterpiece of children's illustration are famous: “In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.” Without doubt this is a book for the collector, and it is a beautiful one at that!