Vintage Book: The Best of Times, Ludwig Bemelmans (author of Madeline Books), 1948, Post WWII Europe Travel, Hard Cover, (as buying is) Dust Jacket

If you have read all the Madeline books to your children, you might want give this Ludwig Bemelmans' adult book, "The Best of Times" a try. The book is a series of Bemelmans' travel though Europe after World War II. The stories are charming, though dark in places, describing his travels in a Europe that was devastated but recovering after a terrible war. The color and black and white illustration fresh and typical of Mr. Bemelmans. The book was published in 1948; some of the stories and illustrations previously appeared in Holiday magazine.

The book measures about 13 by 10.25 inches and has 188 pages. It is clean and in good condition; I don't find any stray marks. However, the pages have darkened a bit and the dust jacket is pretty wrecked.

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