Babar and his Children – Jean de Brunhoff. 1938

Description

de Brunhoff, Jean. Babar and his Children, (New York: Random House, NP) Copyright 1938. Translated by Merle Haas.

Likely First American Edition.

Quarto. Thirty-Six unnumbered pages bound in paper covered boards and a black back-strip. No printing date on title page, copyright page states 1938.  Books listed as by de Brunhoff are:

• The Story of Babar
• The Travels of Babar
• Babar the King
• Babar and Zyphir
• The A. B. C. of Babar

The book Babar and Father Christmas (1941) is not mentioned, therefore it is probably before that.

Condition: Light edge wear but overall a very nice copy. No writing or crayon marks typical of an older child’s book except for an A written in pencil on the copyright page. The rare Dust Jacket is missing on this copy as is common.