LITTLE BLACK SAMBO
"A Calico Classic"
- Colorful patterned calico designed paper bds
- Akron, Ohio & NY: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1932 (1931)
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 Bisel Peat depicts her characters as colorful rag dolls. The calico series was published right after the first edition. It is a thin, 8vo with colorful eps & illustrations. Patterned in calico-style paper over boards. This copy has very slight rub to 2 edge spots.
VG condition of an uncommon title.
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 Bisel Peat depicts her characters as colorful rag dolls. The calico series was published right after the first edition. It is a thin, 8vo with colorful eps & illustrations. Patterned in calico-style paper over boards. This copy has very slight rub to 2 edge spots.
VG condition of an uncommon title.
Details
Title
LITTLE BLACK SAMBO
Author
BANNERMAN, HELEN
Binding
Colorful patterned calico designed paper bds
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Saalfield Publishing Company: Akron, Ohio & NY
Date
1932 (1931)
Edition
A Calico Classic
Size
8vo