BABAR'S PICNIC (SIGNED 1949 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION) Some racist content/illustrations.

BRUNHOFF, LAURENT de 1925-2024 (SIGNED), Written and Illustrated by; Translated from the French by Merle Haas

Published by New York: Random House, Inc. 1949, First American Edition, First Printing., 1949

About this Item

SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. SIGNED BY BRUNHOFF. RARE, RARE, RARE. Very Collectible. No DJ. Book has bright yellow background with light wear on corner tips and top and bottom spine edges. When this book was released in 1949 some of the pictures of the natives were thought to be RACIST so there was quite a flap about it. A controversial book due to its stereotypical portrayal of Africans. The book was then taken out of print in the 1960s, after Toni Morrison (a future Nobel Prize in Literature), an editor at Random House, protested the depiction of "savages". RACIST CONTENT. FLYER OF SIGNING EVENT INCLUDED.

Seller Inventory # 8971

Bibliographic Details

• Title: BABAR'S PICNIC (SIGNED 1949 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION) Some racist content/illustrations.
• Publisher: New York: Random House, Inc. 1949, First American Edition, First Printing.
• Publication Date: 1949
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)