Bambi, A Life in the Woods

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928. First American Edition. [JUVENILE]. First American edition. 8vo; 293, [1]pp; green ribbed cloth over board, vignette of a fawn gilt-stamped on the front cover, gilt lettering on spine; color pictorial endpapers; fp; vignette of trees printed in green on title page; 25 b&w plates; unclipped dust jacket printed in black and green, vignette of grazing deer on front, price of $2.50 on front flap, apparent professional restoration of the dj can be seen on the rear, front shows light shelf soiling, 2 vertical creases on front dj; some fading of cover gilt; very good plus. Written by Hungarian author, Felix Salten (1869-1945), Bambi was first published in 1923 in Berlin. It was translated by Whittaker Chambers and published by Simon and Schuster in 1928. It is a classic tale loved by children.

The story tells of Bambi, a male fawn who loses his mother, learns lessons from his father, meets his mate, and experiences danger from hunters in the forest.