Black interest, eleven French works Incl. a.o.: (1) Mays-Carénage. Aventures terribles et incroyables de 3 petits noirs. Paris, Delagrave, (1921). Ill. by Dominique. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. Obl. (2) Boubou Soldat. (Bagneux), Editions du Cep, (1946). Ill. by R. Fanton. Sc. (3) Wickham, C. Le petit nègre Bambo. Paris, Nathan et Cie, (1947). Ill. by A.E. Kennedy. Hc. (4) Hellèle. Miloula la Négrillonne. Paris, Gautier-Languereau, 1929. Ill. by R. de la Nézière. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. (5) Parent, M. Avec Bamba en Afrique noire. (Paris), La Feuille d'Erable, (1946?). Cloth-backed pictorial boards. Loosely inserted school prize dated 1951. All w. some signs of age and wear. (total 11)

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