![]() After a three-week stay in Moscow with her colleague Hilary Knight, Kay Thompson had plenty of fodder for her distinctly Eloisian travelogue: the food ("It is difficult to know what to eat in Moscow/ There is no melon in season/ Nichevo") the stilted English of their tour guide ("That house is Chekhov/ That house is Stanislavsky if you want to see it/ No you cannot it is reconstruction") national security ("Our telephone had quite a bit of static/ so we talked about General de Gaulle/ to throw them off track/ Everybody listens to everything in Moscow. ![]() Although very much in the style of the first book - the same breathless accretion of text. The fourth book in Kay Thompson's beloved Eloise series. First published in 1957, and then long out of print, Eloise in Paris was re-released in 1999, together with Eloise at Christmastime and Eloise in Moscow, bringing the four original Eloise books (the first had always been available) back into circulation. Bottom cloth rubbed, near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. The illustrations, which make the book, are in black and white with yellow accents this time. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Kay Thompson and ME ELOISE.” Additionally signed by illustrator, Hilary Knight. In this book she travels to Moscow where she learns as much as she has fun. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Item Number: 5570įirst edition of the fourth book in the Eloise series. THOMPSON, Eloise Illustrated by Hilary Knight. ![]()
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