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LITTLE BLACK SAMBO
by BANNERMAN, HELEN
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Almost No Wear/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1942. One of the publisher's "Cloth-like" editions. This is #1980. Cover illustrations are by Eleanor March. Seven text illustrations, all in color, by Florence White Williams. Ten pages. The story was first published in England in 1899 by Grant Richards.. Later Edition. Color Decorated Wrappers.. Almost No Wear/No Jacket. 8" x 10".
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
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014038
- Title
- LITTLE BLACK SAMBO
- Author
- BANNERMAN, HELEN
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Almost No Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- The Saalfield Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Akron, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 8" x 10"
- Keywords
- Children's Illustrated, Black Interest
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
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Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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