Hotel Splendide / by Ludwig Bemelmans
1948, First Edition. Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books in association with H. Hamilton. First Penguin edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #434699
Physical description; 142 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Notes; "Some of this material first appeared in The New Yorker."--Title page verso. Contents; The animal waiter -- Art at the Hotel Splendide -- The lost mandolin -- Easy money -- Kalakobé -- A night in Granada -- The Hispano -- The homesick bus boy -- The new suit -- The ballet visits the magician -- The magician does a new trick -- The dreams of the magician -- My valet Lustgarten -- The banquet -- The murderer of the Splendide. Subjects; Bemelmans, Ludwig 1898-1962. Hotels United States Employees ; Humor. Hotels Employees. Waiters ; Biography. Hotels United States Employees ; Humor. United States.
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