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"Don't
follow me any further, Bambi," he began with a calm voice, "my
time is up. Now I have to look for a resting place."
Bambi tried to speak. "Don't," said the old stag cutting him short, "don't. In the hour which I am approaching we are all alone. Good-by, my son. I loved you dearly.". |
| SALTEN, Felix. Bambi.
A Life in the Woods. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928. Octavo,
original cloth, original dust jacket. $2500.
First edition in English, in rare dust jacket, of Felix Salten's classic Bambi. Originally published in German in 1923, Bambi was first translated into English by the young Whittaker Chambers and became an immediate success in the English-speaking world. With foreword by John Galsworthy and delightful illustrations by Kurt Wiese. Book very good with spotting to rear board; dust jacket with mild toning to spine and the most minimal edgewear and soiling. Scarce with fragile dust jacket in such excellent condition. |