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True First Edition with 1939 date at bottom of title page and "They went home and broke their bread" illustration. Very Good, Christmas gift inscription dated 1939 in pencil at illustrated front end page, browning at front and rear gutters, light rubbing at edges. In a Very Good minus dust jacket, bottom corner front flap price-clipped, large chips at bottom edge front panel and top edge rear panel, smaller chip at bottom edge front flap, and two long closed tears front panel. Internally clean and bright, a presentable copy of Bemelman's enduring childrens classic. Basis for the 1989-2001 TV series with Christopher Plummer and Tracey Lee Smythe. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall.

The first book in the Madeline series, introducing the adventurous little girl in a Parisian boarding school.