Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Brunhoff, Jean de; and Laurent de Brunhoff | A complete set of the Babar books of Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff
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The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Brunhoff, Jean de; and Laurent de Brunhoff
A complete set of the Babar books. Paris: Éditions du Jardin des Modes, 1931–34 and Hachette, 1936–56
Together, 12 volumes, folio (363 x 267 mm), except A. B. C. de Babar 8vo. Illustrated throughout in color. Publisher's quarter cloth, pictorial boards and endpapers; some minor wear to bindings, but generally good. Two buckram clamshell cases, morocco gilt lettering-pieces on spines.
First editions. Complete sets of the Babar books are rare, as most copies were literally read to pieces.
Jean de Brunhoff volumes: Histoire de Babar, 1931; Le Voyage de Babar, 1932; Le Roi Babar, 1933; A.B.C. de Babar, 1934; Babar et le Père Noel, 1941 (designed in 1936); Les Vacances de Zephir, 1936; Babar en Famille, 1938. Laurent de Brunhoff volumes: Babar et ce Coquin D'Arthur, 1946; Pique-Nique Chez Babar, 1949; Babar Dans L'ile Aux Oiseaux, 1951; La Fête de Celesteville, 1954; Babar et le Professeur Grafiton, 1956.