Brunhoff, Jean de; and Laurent de Brunhoff | A complete set of the Babar books of Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff

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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.