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Little Black Sambo
by Bannerman, Helen
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Platt and Munk, 1972. reprint . Hardcover. Good/Good. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Edited by Watty Piper. Color illustrations by Eulalie. Dust jacket with edgewear, small tears, light soiling. Hinge lightly cracked. Record # 511020
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
- Browsing Is Arousing (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 511020
- Title
- Little Black Sambo
- Author
- Bannerman, Helen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- reprint
- Publisher
- Platt and Munk
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Childrens Illustrated , Illustrated, , .
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Browsing Is Arousing
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Middlebury, Vermont
About Browsing Is Arousing
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.