Bannerman, Helen

Estimate

5,000 - 7,500 GBP

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Description

Bannerman, Helen
The Story of Little Black Sambo. Grant Richards, 1899
PAPER

32mo, first edition, 27 coloured illustrations by the author, original green cloth with striped design in green, collector's green cloth folding box, ownership inscription dated 1900 to verso of front free endpaper, browning to endpapers

Catalogue Note

A fine copy of this "simple tale of a little black boy escaping from tigers, which has the deeper symbolism of a child with brave spirit going out to face the world alone..." (Elizabeth Hay, Sambo Sahib, Edinburgh, 1981)