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Author: Salten, Felix
Title: Bambi: A Life in the Woods
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1928
Description: Foreword by John Galsworthy. Translated by Whittaker Chambers. Illustrated (by Kurt Wiese). (8vo) 18.8x12.5 cm (7½x5“), original forest green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. First U.S. Edition.Rare, and largely unknown, true first American edition of Felix Salten‘s classic tale of the life and travails of the deer Bambi in the Austrian hinterland. The book was limited to 1000 copies, and issued in advance of the regularly published edition, in slightly smaller format with smaller type size. On the page facing p.1 of the text is printed: “From the Inner Sanctum of Simon and Schuster... This is a first edition copy of Bambi. A thousand copies have been printed and bound. None are for sale. The Inner Sanctum thinks that Bambi will ultimately have a large sale, and hopes that a copy of this edition will not only be pleasant to read, but of possible increased value at a future time. The regular trade edition will appear in the near future. It will be printed in 12 point Caslon type (instead of 11 point, used in this edition) and will be a full 12mo in format.“

Spine gilt oxidized, minimal rubbing to extremities and staining to textblock edges, owner marks ffep, several leaves soiled but generally clean inside; near fine.