Ludwig Bemelmans, Signed + Original Drawing
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[Signed with Original Drawing] Bemelmans, Ludwig. How to Travel Incogntio. First Edition. 1952. Book is in very good minus condition; dust jacket is in good plus condition—there is a slight lean to spine, and jacket shows minor chips and tears. Bemelmans has drawn an arm holding a wine glass and signed, “Au revoir, Ludwig.”
Bemelmans’ purportedly truthful account of a romp through France is enhanced with generous amounts of romantic fantasy. A poverty-stricken French nobleman convinces Bemelmans to adopt the title of a forgotten German prince, and the pair travel from Paris to the Riviera, trading in on the grandeur of their fading nobility. Along the way, they encounter maharajahs, American tourists, and other such characters one used to read about in Elsa Maxwell columns.
Bemelmans’ purportedly truthful account of a romp through France is enhanced with generous amounts of romantic fantasy. A poverty-stricken French nobleman convinces Bemelmans to adopt the title of a forgotten German prince, and the pair travel from Paris to the Riviera, trading in on the grandeur of their fading nobility. Along the way, they encounter maharajahs, American tourists, and other such characters one used to read about in Elsa Maxwell columns.
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