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Little Black Sambo
by Bannerman, Helen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine/good
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., 1928. Later edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good. Hardcover. Copyright dates of 1925 and 1928 on copyright page. A clean near fine copy with solid binding and no marking in the text in a good dust jacket (price clipped, soiled, closed edge tears, chip at heel of spine). Still an attractive copy and now protected in an archival cover.
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
- Bookseller
- Books Again, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4231
- Title
- Little Black Sambo
- Author
- Bannerman, Helen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later edition
- Publisher
- The Platt & Munk Co. Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Books Again, Inc.
Biblio member since 2005
Atlanta, Georgia
About Books Again, Inc.
We are an open book store with 30,000, mostly hardcover books in stock. Our hours are 10-6 EST and we are located in downtown Decatur, Georgia which is 6 miles east of Atlanta.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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