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Little Black Sambo
by Bannerman, Helen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: Platt & Munk Publishers, 1972 Orange hardcover with black imprinting on the front. Typical library pocket, markings, and spine sticker. The pages are crisp and clean with not writing anywhere except the library markings on the front endplates. Black and white and color illustrations throughout with illustrated front and back endplates. The corners are worn through to the boards along with the top and bottom of the spine. We ship daily.. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Eulalie. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Synopsis
The Story of Little Black Sambo, a children's book by Helen Bannerman, a Scot who lived for 30 years in Madras in southern India, was first published in London in 1899. (An American edition of the book was illustrated by Florence White Williams. ) In the tale, an Indian boy named Sambo prevails over a group of hungry tigers. The little boy has to give his colourful new clothes, shoes, and umbrella to four tigers so they will not eat him.
Reviews
On Jan 14 2015, a reader said:
When I was a young I thought this was a great book. I never considered this book racist. But back then I didn't know what racism was. Sambo could have pink with yellow polka dots I would never have known the difference. Only when the grown ups made it racist did this ever enter my mind.
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Details
- Seller
- Lots of Love Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 10,022
- Title
- Little Black Sambo
- Author
- Bannerman, Helen
- Illustrator
- Eulalie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Platt & Munk Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Children, Juvenile, Black Americana, India
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Poplar Bluff, Missouri
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Glossary
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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