Salten, Felix.

Bambi. Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde. Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1923, first edition, signed by the author on the title-page, pictorial initials, 4 pp. advertisements at end, top edge red, some ink stamps, slight browning, lower hinge splitting at foot, minor wear at head and foot of spine; Bambi. A Life in the Woods [translated by Whittaker Chambers]. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928, first American trade edition, title-page in green and black, illustrations within the text by Kurt Wiese, original green cloth lettered in gilt, illustrated endpapers, top edge yellow, dust-jacket, minor ink spots to top edge; both 8vo (2)

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The story of Bambi first appeared in the periodical Die Neue Freie Presse in 1922 with the first edition published, in German, the following year. The English translation, with a foreword by John Galsworthy, was published in New York in 1928. The film rights were sold in 1933 and the Disney Studios released their animated feature film nine years later.