BRUNHOFF, Jean de (1899-1937). Histoire de Babar, le Petit Elephant. Paris: Editions du Jardin des Modes, 1931.
2° (352 x 250mm). Coloured illustrations after Brunhoff throughout. Salmon-pink morocco for Asprey with blue spine and multi-coloured onlays replicating the original pictorial boards, original endpapers preserved. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BABAR BOOK.
Together with two other works by Brunhoff: Le Voyage de Babar. (Paris, 1932) -- and: Le Roi Babar (Paris, 1932). Both similarly bound in multi-coloured morocco replicating the original pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND AND THIRD BABAR BOOKS. (3)
BRUNHOFF, Jean de (1899-1937). Histoire de Babar, le Petit Elephant. Paris: Editions du Jardin des Modes, 1931.
2° (352 x 250mm). Coloured illustrations after Brunhoff throughout. Salmon-pink morocco for Asprey with blue spine and multi-coloured onlays replicating the original pictorial boards, original endpapers preserved. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BABAR BOOK.
Together with two other works by Brunhoff: Le Voyage de Babar. (Paris, 1932) -- and: Le Roi Babar (Paris, 1932). Both similarly bound in multi-coloured morocco replicating the original pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND AND THIRD BABAR BOOKS. (3)
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