Eloise (1955)
First Edition Identification
Eloise, written by Kay Thompson, illustrated by Hilary Knight
Simon & Schuster, 1955
Children's Picturebook Price Guide Value: $3,000 VG+
Essential Identifying Points
Copyright page: Line states “NEW YORK 20, N.Y.,” followed by line “FIRST PRINTING,” followed by line “LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 55-11039.”
Page 50 on the true first state book makes reference to ‘Lily Dache”; in later state copies this reference is changed to “Coco Chanel.”
Linda and Stan Zielinski, authors of the Children's Picturebook Price Guide, are "serious collectors having fun with fun books."
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