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The Little Black Sambo

by Bannerman, Helen

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.

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Little Black Sambo (A Little Golden Book)

Little Black Sambo (A Little Golden Book)

by Helen Bannerman

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Used - Near Fine
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No Jacket Issued
Edition
F" Printing
Published
1948
Binding
Hardcover
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Smon & Schuster, 1948. F" Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. Gustaf Tenggren. This is a GREAT Classic Golden Book in Wonderful Condition! This is a Very Bright & Very Clean Little Golden Book,#57. c1948, "F" Printing. Lists to #93 on back cover. It is in Near Fine condition. This children's book is in Very … Read more about this item
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Little Black Sambo.

Little Black Sambo.

by BANNERMAN, Helen.

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Used - Very Good
Published
1939
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Hardcover
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Chicago:: Albert Whitman & Co.,. Very Good. 1939. Hardcover. B00J34F7A2 . Color drawings by Cobb X. Shinn throughout. First printing thus (The Enlarged Picture Edition). Moderate shelf wear and aging to boards, else very good in blue cloth with red lettering and borders, color illustration on front board. No dust jacket. .
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Little Black Sambo (Golden Press)

Little Black Sambo (Golden Press)

by Bannerman, Helen

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Used - Good
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No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Golden Press Edition
Published
1976
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0307105032
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Golden Press, 1976. Good Hardcover. pictorial cover, Oversize, First Golden Press edition, spine is repaired with black tape . First Golden Press Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Rutherford, Bonnie and Bill.
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Little Black Sambo

by Bannerman, Helen

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Used - Near fine
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good
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Later edition
Published
1928
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Hardcover
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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… Read more about this item
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Little Black Sambo

Little Black Sambo

by Bannerman, Helen

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Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Published
1943
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Hardcover
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E. P. Dutton and Co. , Duenewald Printing Corp. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1943. Hardcover. Minor scuffing on front cover. Red spiral binding very good. There are seven movables all intact .
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Little Black Sambo

by Bannerman, Helen; Eulalie

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Used - Very Good
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No Dust Jacket
Edition
Early Edition
Published
1955
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Hardcover
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The Platt & Munk Co, Inc, 1955. Very Good Hardcover Eulalie illustrations. Full colored, bright illustrations. Early Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.
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LITTLE BLACK SAMBO (1946)

LITTLE BLACK SAMBO (1946)

by Bannerman, Helen

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Used - Very Good+
Published
1946
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Softcover
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Sandusky, Ohio: Prang Co. Publishers. Very Good+. 1946. Softcover. Deluxe Edition 1946. Clean soft pictorial covers with a hint of foxing. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. Illustrated with Color & B/W drawings. Children; Color & B/W Illus.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages .
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LITTLE BLACK SAMBO

by BANNERMAN, HELEN.

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Used - Almost No Wear
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
Later Edition
Published
1942
Binding
Paperback
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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".
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Little Black Sambo  (Tell-a-Tale series)
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Little Black Sambo (Tell-a-Tale series)

by Bannerman, Helen

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Used - Good
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No Dust Jacket
Published
1959
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Hardcover
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Whitman Publishing Company, 1959. Pictorial cover, Color illustrations by Violet LaMont Tell-a-Tale series. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by LaMont, Violet.
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Little Black Sambo

Little Black Sambo

by Helen Bannerman

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Published
1908
Binding
Hardcover
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Bethany, Missouri, USA
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Chicago: The Reilley & Lee Co., 1908 Medium blue cloth with a paste down label in very good condition. The this belongs to page has the childs name in pencil. At the very top first page written in ink happy birthday to and from and date of 1928. The first part is Little Black Sambo and the last part is… Read more about this item
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LITTLE BLACK SAMBO: Tell-a-Tale Series

LITTLE BLACK SAMBO: Tell-a-Tale Series

by LaMont, Violet (after Helen Bannerman)

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Used - Very Good
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No Dj
Published
1959
Binding
Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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Racine, WI: Whitman/Western Publishing. A scarce, unuxually nice version of the story about a little boy, his new clothes, some tigers and how the boy outwits them! Sweetly color illustrated by LaMont who did a number of children's books. The setting in this version is India where the original author, Helen Bannerman, was a governess.. 5.5" x 6.25", Corners… Read more about this item
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Little Black Sambo

Little Black Sambo

by Bannerman, Helen

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Used - Good
Published
1943
Binding
Hardcover
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Warsaw, Indiana, USA
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American Crayon, 1943 Decorative covers and internal illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat, Story begins inside front cover and ends inside back cover plus twelve pages. There are six full page color illustrations with the rest of the pages with black and white illustrations. Split at front gutter with a chip at the top of spine, average edge wqear, contents quite… Read more about this item
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Little Black Sambo (in scarce original dust jacket)
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Little Black Sambo (in scarce original dust jacket)

by Helen Bannerman

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
very good
Published
1925
Binding
Hardcover
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Bordentown, New Jersey, USA
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Akron, OH: Saalfield, 1925. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Slim hardcover in color illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Unpaginated (39 pp.) Full page cllor illustrations by Florence White Williams. No date but circa 1925 (ad facing title page states "Uniform With This Volume/ The Little Red Hen/ Willie Mouse/ Wee Peter Pug". A clean, bright, generally fine example. In… Read more about this item
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Little Black Sambo: Uncensored Original 1922 Full Color Reproduction

by Bannerman, Helen

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Used - Like New
Published
1922-04-04
ISBN 10
1640321411
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Chump Change, 1922-04-04. Used - Like New. Used Like New, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark.
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LITTLE BLACK SAMBO
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LITTLE BLACK SAMBO

by BANNERMAN, HELEN

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Used - Very Good+
Edition
A Calico Classic
Published
1932 (1931)
Binding
Colorful patterned calico designed paper bds
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BEAUTIFUL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY FERN BISEL PEAT FEATURING AN INGENIOUS LITTLE BOY WHO OUTSMARTS THE TIGERS bringing home butter for those delicious pancakes. This version of Bannerman's tale features a Southern black family- not portrayed with the usual racist dialect. Helen Bannerman's actual story is about an Indian family who where one would actually deal with tigers. Fern… Read more about this item
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Little Black Sambo: The Enlarged Picture Edition
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Little Black Sambo: The Enlarged Picture Edition

by Bannerman, Helen

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Used - Fair
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No Jacket
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Hardcover
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA
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Albert Whitman & Company. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Poor ; No jacket. Albert Whitman & Company. No date, ca. 1920s-30s. The Enlarged Picture Edition of A "Just Right" Book. (The "Just right" edition). Color drawings by Cobb X. Shinn. Hardcover has dark brown cloth-covered boards with gold cover lettering and a paper paste-on of Sambo & a tiger. Decorative… Read more about this item
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LITTLE BLACK SAMBO.

LITTLE BLACK SAMBO.

by Bannerman, Helen.

Condition
Used - Spine frayed, occasional short tears to page edges, pencil scrawled child's name erased from half-title page, thin green cra
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(1942)
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NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1942). Spine frayed, occasional short tears to page edges, pencil scrawled child's name erased from half-title page, thin green crayon line in text on one page, overall still a presentable copy of a fairly scarce book. ROBERT MOORE. Original color pictorial boards, 8 x 9.5 inches, unpaginated. Color and b/w illustrations throughout.
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Little Black Sambo

by Bannerman, Helen

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Used - Very good
Published
1932
Binding
Soft cover
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New York, NY: Platt and Munk, 1932. Soft cover. Very good. Eulalie. 4to 8vo ( x cm). Unpaginated, 12 (including covers with text) pp. Upper cover with Sambo and tiger, lower with concluding verse. Wear to edges, light foxing to outer leaves. Text block tight and unmarked. No. 3100-B.
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Little Black Sambo
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Little Black Sambo

by Bannerman, Helen

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Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1976
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0307105032
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Racine, Wisconsin: Golden Press, Western Publishing, 1976. Pictorial glossary green boards, without dust-jacket as issued, (12.5 x 9.5 inches), Unpaginated; color illustrations, including illustrated endpapers. First thus: First Golden Printing (stated). Original $1.50 price sticker on front board. Shows some light exterior wear, internally clean, bright and tight. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by Bonnie and Bill… Read more about this item
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Little Black Sambo

Little Black Sambo

by Helen Bannerman

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Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Published
1942
Binding
Hardcover
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Bethany, Missouri, USA
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Grosset & Dunlap, 1942 Boards look good some edgewear, bright colors, bumped top corner. Dust jacket complete has edgewear in the spine, tears, small bends. Bottom corner of the inside flap 30-70. Former owners name written in ink from to top corner first end paper. A few crayola marks on the inside last 3 pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9"… Read more about this item
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