DE BRUNHOFF, LAURENT — Babar Loses His Crown

New York: Beginner Books, 1967. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Laurent De Brunhoff. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. Book #45 in the Beginner Books series. First Edition with the points: 195/195 on front flap top corner, The rear dust jacket cover has the Beginner Book story and the titles list from Bear Scouts through The Cat in the Hat Songbook (the bottom paragraph). The book is in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The front endpaper has some creasing, and there is some mostly erased writing on the reverse of the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and tears and some light spots of rubbing. "The book is based on a tale that Brunhoff's wife, Cécile, had invented for their children. It tells of a young elephant, named Babar, whose mother is killed by a hunter. Babar escapes, and in the process leaves the jungle in exile, visits a big city, and returns to bring the benefits of civilization to his fellow elephants. Just as he returns to his community of elephants, their king dies from eating a bad mushroom. Because of his travels and civilization, Babar is chosen king of the elephant kingdom. He marries his cousin, Celeste, and they subsequently have children and teach them valuable lessons. " (from Wikipedia) ; Vol. 45. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .