Two Early Ludwig Bemelmans First Editions in Jackets

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Ludwig Bemelmans. THE GOLDEN BASKET. New York: The Viking Press, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth-covered boards, yellow illustrated endpapers, in illustrated jacket. Thin 8vo; 96pp. (Boards with corners and head and tail of spine bumped, staining and grime along top edge; interior with toning, occasional creases, small edge dents and tears, pages overall crisp and unmarked; jacket lightly toned with edgewear and several tears and small edge losses, taped repair at tail, not price clipped, in removable protective mylar jacket; very good in good jacket.)

Ludwig Bemelmans. THE CASTLE NO. 9. New York: The Viking Press, 1937. Hardcover. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt, illustrated endpapers, in illustrated jacket. Thin 8vo; [48]pp. (Boards toned at edges, minor edgewear; interior lightly toned, one page with stain at corner; jacket toned and mildly scuffed with small losses and tears, not price clipped, in removable protective mylar jacket; very good in good or better jacket.)
Each 9 7/8 x 7 7/16 in.
Ludwig Bemelmans (Austrian American, 1898-1962) was an artist and prolific writer best known for his Madeline series. However, his career as a children's book writer and illustrator started in the mid-1930s, several years before the first book in the beloved series was published. The Golden Basket was his second children's book, and The Castle No. 9 was his fourth. Both books rare in unclipped jackets.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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