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The Story of Babar the Little Elephant. by de Brunhoff, Jean - 1933

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The Story of Babar the Little Elephant. by de Brunhoff, Jean - 1933

The Story of Babar the Little Elephant.

by de Brunhoff, Jean

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New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, 1933. First American edition of the first book in de Brunhoff's Babar the Elephant series. Translated from the French by Merle Haas. Folio, original quarter cloth over illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by the author. In very good condition with some wear to the extremities. A much nicer example than usually found. Based on a story de Brunhoff's wife created for their children, The Story of Babar tells the tale of a young elephant who escapes a hunter in his native jungle and comes to appreciate the civilization and fine things of the big city. He later returns to the jungle where he is crowned King of the Elephant Kingdom for the wisdom and civility he has gained in his travels. The book enjoyed immediate success upon publication and de Brunhoff went on to publish six more stories in the series before his death in 1937. His son, Laurent de Brunhoff, carried on the series and it was made into an animated television series in Canada which ran a total of 65 episodes between 1889 and 1991. "Like an extravagant piece of poetry, the interplay between few words and many pictures, commonly called the picture book, is a difficult, exquisite, and most easily collapsible form that few have mastered....Jean de Brunhoff was a master of this form. Between 1931 and 1937 he completed a body of work that forever changed the face of the illustrated book" (Maurice Sendak).
  • Bookseller Raptis Rare Books US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1933
  • Keywords Jean de Brunhoff First Edition, The Story of Babar First Edition, The Story of Babar The Little Elephant

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THE STORY OF BABAR the Little Elephant

by De Brunhoff, Jean

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Scholastic, NY, 1961, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus By Author. Quarto, hardcover, near fine in green and red pictorial boards; no dj. 48 pp. Translated from the French by Merle S. Haas. Babar is an elephant and his queen is Celeste. A Children's Choice Clubhouse book. Giftable.
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Story Of Babar The Little Elephant

by De Brunhoff, Jean

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Random House, 1960. Hard Cover. Used:Good. Good. No Dust Jacket. Corners And Spine Bumped And Rounded, Scratches On Covers And Soiling. Plastic Film Is Mostly Off, Although There Are Some Pieces Still Clinging .
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The STORY of BABAR the little elephant

by Jean de Brunhoff, translated by Merle S. Haas

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NY: Random House, c1961. Reprint.. Oversize Hardcover in red illus boards, no jacket.. Near Fine unmarked.. Nice clean tight copy of children*s classic. 8-1/4 x 11-1/4, 48 pp, color illus, decorative endpapers.
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The Story of Babar the Little Elephant

The Story of Babar the Little Elephant

by de Brunhoff, Jean

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The Story of Babar the Little Elephant

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The Story of Babar the Little Elephant

The Story of Babar the Little Elephant

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The Story of Babar the Little Elephant

The Story of Babar the Little Elephant

by DE BRUNHOFF, Jean

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New York: Random House, 1933. Hardcover. Good. Later printing. Orange papercovered boards and spine. Pen notations on front board, lacking some of the spine, extremities worn, thus good only.
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The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant

The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant

by Jean de Brunhoff

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The Story of Babar the little elephant

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by Brunhoff, Jean de

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New York: Random House / Whitman Publishing Co., 1933. Early edition. Paperback. Folio. Stif card cover,14 pp, beloved color illustrations by de Brunhoff. Original green pictorial wrappers, the cover a picture of Babar at an easel with his tutor, doing math problems. A story derived from the first of the Babar books. Babar is living in Paris with his friend the old lady, and meets his cousins, Arthur & Celeste, whom he introduces to clothes and French society, but returns to Africa with them, becoming king and marrying Celeste. No. 876 printed on back cover. One slight corner bend otherwise very good condition.
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