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The Story Of Little Black Sambo. The Dumpy Books For Children No. 4.
by BANNERMAN, HELEN:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Chatto & Windus 1914 12th. Small hardback, 5 x 3 inches. Olive green cloth with black and orange lettering and pictorial designs to front and spine. In very good condition. Minor handling marks and minor rubbing to edges of cloth. Later endpapers. Repair to binding. Rubbing to edge of plate at p100 with older tape repair. Else pages clean and tight. A clean and tight copy. 113pp. With colour illustrations throughout. A small Indian boy wears new clothes, but gives them up when threatened by tigers who then fight among themselves.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94826
- Title
- The Story Of Little Black Sambo. The Dumpy Books For Children No. 4.
- Author
- BANNERMAN, HELEN:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Chatto & Windus 1914 12th
- Keywords
- Childrens helen bannerman, black sambo, new clothes, tigers, indian boy, illustrated, The Dumpy Books For Children, No. 4., 12th, Chatto & Windus, 1914, illustrated, colour plates
Terms of Sale
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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