Eloise at Christmastime
Price: $500.00
Knight, Hilary. Hard Cover. New York: Random House, 1958. 1st Edition. Fine / Dust Jacket Included.
Drawings by Hilary Knight. First edition, first printing; in a first issue dust jacket, with "9-58" code. Publisher's red boards, with a smirking Eloise portrait to front board, lettered in white and tan, with "Eloise" spelled out in candy canes. Light wear to spine ends, else fine book; near fine clipped dust jacket, with light wear to spine ends, and a few small closed tears to top edge of front panel. Overall, a bright and sturdy copy. Eloise at Christmastime is the second in Kay Thompson's series of children's books about the rambunctious Eloise, a resident of the Plaza Hotel. Following the events of her first book, Eloise at Christmastime follows the young protagonist as she uses her spy skills to keep an eye on suspicious hotel guests and search for Christmas gifts from her mother. Item #KT021
