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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO.

THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO.

by BANNERMAN, HELEN

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Moderate Corner and Edge Wear/No Jacket
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About This Item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. Engraved and printed at the Racouet Court Press by Edmund Evans. 27 full-page color illustrations. Front cover pictorial in orange and black. Small closed fore-edge tear of front free endpaper repaired with archival tape. Front joint weakened with small nick in cloth. Offset from newspaper clippings on endpapers (clippings enclosed). Occasional and minor page stains not affecting text or illustrations. Bookplate on paste-down and inscription on front free endpaper dated "June 1909". This is a Dumpy Book for Children No. 4 in the series, in the same format in which the first edition was published. An overall complete and sound copy of an early edition of Helen Bannerman's landmark tale. 113pp.. Tenth Edition. Apple Green Cloth. Moderate Corner and Edge Wear/No Jacket. 5" x 3 1/4".

Synopsis

The Story of Little Black Sambo is a children’s book written and illustrated by Scottish-born author Helen Bannerman for her children while her family was living in India. The story of a young Indian boy who outsmarts four tigers that threaten to eat him has been noted a controversial with its publication in the United States, accused of presenting racist overtones, primarily because of its illustrations. However, many “American editions” were pirated versions, lacking Bannerman’s name on the title page, that were reillustrated, producing degrading caricatures. 

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On Jul 31 2017, a reader said:
A wonderfull book for children,to see and learn of other cultures.

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Details

Bookseller
Glenn Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
007927
Title
THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO.
Author
BANNERMAN, HELEN
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Moderate Corner and Edge Wear
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
Tenth Edition
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1908
Size
5" x 3 1/4"
Keywords
Black Interest, Children's Illustrated

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Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Paste-down
The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Bookplate
Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Offset
A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...

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