Babar the King
by De Brunhoff, Jean
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935 Pictorial boards with light green cloth spine, minor shelf wear and slight darkening at board edges, previous owner's name on endpaper. A bright and beautiful copy of the third Babar book. Babar and Celeste build a city for the elephants. Imaginative and rich color artwork throughout with hand-lettered text. . First American Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Jean De Brunhoff. Folio.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009189
- Title
- Babar the King
- Author
- De Brunhoff, Jean
- Illustrator
- Jean De Brunhoff
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Harrison Smith and Robert Haas
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- Folio
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- elephants, Anthropomrophism, Humanized Animals
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropormorphism;
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
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- Folio
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...