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Little Black Sambo
by Helen Bannerman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bethany, Missouri, United States
Item Price
$297.51$252.88
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About This Item
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 Harriet Beecher Stowe's Topsy. A total of 16 full page color illustrations not including the color illustrations on the title page.
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
- Jans Collectibles: Vintage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3888
- Title
- Little Black Sambo
- Author
- Helen Bannerman
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by John R. Neill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Reilley & Lee Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
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Bethany, Missouri
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