Little Black Sambo and The Baby Elephant

New York: The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., 1935 Book in near fine condition dust jacket very good has former owners name in ink on the left side of the front of the dust jacket. Dust jacket complete.

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co, 1925. Hardcover. Good/None. Frank Ver Beck. Hardcover. 62 pages. Color illustrations by Ver Beck. Color illustrated endpapers. Previous owner's signature on endpapers and front fly leaf. Wear to corners, spine. Record # 508521

Classic children's adventure story featuring the character Little Black Sambo as he sets out on a dangerous adventure to find his father. Though not considered culturally correct anymore, this story is told with warmth and respect for all of the characters. Binding is bumped at corners and spine ends with mild rubbing and scuffing. Hinge is loose but intact. One illustrated… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1925. 62pp.color frontispiece. Gray boards with mounted color illustration on the front panel. illus. endpapers with previous owner name. Color illustrations throughout. Bottom corners of the boards are worn through. Upper front inner hinge lightly exposed, otherwise internally clean, unmarked. The story of Little Black Sambo and his elephant Jumbo seeking Daddy Jumbo in the jungle..… Read more about this item

New York: Platt & Munk, 1935. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Original printed green hard covers, with colour plate illustration to front, in matching illustrated dust jacket. Some chipping and toning to jacket; light edge-wear to covers. Old owner's name-stamp to front of jacket, and to endpaper. Otherwise clean, tight and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1925. First Edition. Paper Over Boards. Cover is worn on the edges & the ends of the spine. Spine is intact, as is the picture laid on the front cover. Fep is missing, and the rear hinge is broken, although the cloth underneath is holding. The… Read more about this item

New York: Platt & Munk, 1935. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's full blue cloth, stamped in black, and with a full-color paste-on label. Decorative endpapers of various 'Wee Books' characters. 62pps., with 29 full-color illustrations by the author. 5 3/4" x 4 1/2". There is modest rubbing wear to the tips and the spine-ends. Internally, there is… Read more about this item

New York: Platt & Munk, 1935. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good. Frank Ver Beck. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Some yellowing of endpapers. Dust jacket has light crease and some small tears and chips; most significant being a 2" tear along spine. Coverboards are green. One of publisher's… Read more about this item

Henry Altemus company, Philadelphia, 1925. Hardcover. Fair. Small format, hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Spine is gone and has been re-taped. The boards are soiled, and the corners and edges are frayed. The pages show discoloration due to age and have foxing throughout. The color illustrations, done by the author himself, are still are very colorful. This… Read more about this item

The Platt & Munk Co., Inc, 1935. hardback. about very good condition in blue cloth cloth with a pen name and address taking up the whole free front end page.