Helen Bannerman Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Helen Bannerman Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 04, 2023
'LITTLE BLACK SAMBO' 1939 WHITMAN ED W/ SHINN DRAWINGS.
Est: $250 - $350
Helen Bannerman, illustrated by postcard artist Cobb X. Shinn. "The Enlarged Picture Edition" & "The Just-Rite Edition", 1939, Albert Whitman * Co., Chicago. three-color throughout. In pale blue cloth with dull gold title and striping. Pastedown blue & white illustrated. 6" X 8 3/4", 63 pages. Corners bumped, wear to head and heel of spine, child's name in pencil on front free endpaper.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 06, 2022
Helen Bannerman Little Black Sambo Cardboard Book
Est: $30 - $300
1949, Author - Helen Bannerman, Publisher - Duenwald Printing Corporation, some working moving parts.
Matthew Bullock Auctioneers
Jul. 21, 2021
Helen Bannerman's Little Black Sambo And The Twins RCA Records
Est: $10 - $1,000
1946; Original, includes (2) 78 RPM records. Records are in fair condition. Shows signs of wear on album cover. Appears to be complete and all original. Please view photos. Private Cary Collection
Mebane Antique Auction
Nov. 16, 2019
"LITTLE BLACK SAMBO" BY HELEN BANNERMAN, 1948
Est: $50 - $75
"LITTLE BLACK SAMBO" BY HELEN BANNERMAN, 1948, H 8", W 6.5" 'Little Black Sambo' by Helen Bannerman with illustrations by Gustaf Tenngren. Copyright 1948, Simon And Schuster, New York. This is 'A Little Golden Book'.
DuMouchelles
Jul. 15, 2014
THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. GRANT RICHARDS, 1899
Est: £5,000 - £7,500
32mo, first edition, 27 coloured illustrations by the author, original green cloth with striped design in green, collector's green cloth folding box, ownership inscription dated 1900 to verso of front free endpaper, browning to endpapers
Sotheby's
Mar. 13, 2014
The Story of Little Black Sambo
Est: $300 - $500
<p> Illustrated by Maryline Poole Adams. 65x50 mm, full paneled black and brown leather, slipcase. Copy J of 25 lettered copies.</p> <p> Printed on Japanese Kitikata and specially bound; signed by Adams at the colophon.</p>
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Aug. 23, 2012
* BANNERMAN, HELEN
Est: $40 - $60
BANNERMAN, HELEN Histoire du Petit Negre Sambo New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1921. Inscribed by William Baily to Norman, "The boy with a 'motive' in life."
Hindman
Dec. 16, 2010
BANNERMAN, HELEN.
Est: £1,600 - £1,800
BANNERMAN, HELEN. ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL RELATING TO LITTLE BLACK SAMBO , COMPRISING: i) The Story of Little Black Sambo. Grant Richards, 1899 , 32mo, second edition, coloured illustrations, original green stipeed cloth, upper hinge splitting, new rear free endpaper ii) Three autograph letters signed by Alice Bond (acting for Helen Bannerman) to Grant Richards, 20 June – 9 August 1899, discussing the author and the genesis of the story ("Mrs Bannerman is in the habit of telling her two little girls stories which she illustrates in little paintings... Little Black Sambo just came into her head during a journey evolved by the motion of the train..."), asking about copyright and the naming of the author ("...I am not sure if she would wish her real name put on the title-page..." and, later, "...she would prefer not to have the name of Bannerman printed on the title-page..."), 12 pages, some soiling, folds iii) Autograph draft for letter by Helen Bannerman to Rita H. Lee, [c. 1941], noting "I have been immensely gratified and amused to think of L.B.S. as being of negro origin. I wish my vanity would allow me to boast that this is so but I can't..." together with other details of the genesis of the story, 1 page on reverse of typed letter by Rita H. Lee, folds iv) Transcription by Helen Bannerman of Christina Rossetti's 'Up Hill', 1 page, pencil--together with additional works by Helen Bannerman (5 vol.), a parody (1 vol.), a biography (1 vol. comprising a presentation copy inscribed by the author), a critical work (1 vol in Japanese with typescript translation), a book formerly from the author's library (1 vol.) and a presentation copy of a paper by her husband (1 vol.). For further details please contact the book department
Sotheby's
Feb. 14, 2010
BANNERMAN, HELEN.
Est: $300 - $500
Little Black Sambo... Animated by Julian Wehr. [N.p.: Duenewald, 1949.] 4 movable pages. Original spiral-bound printed boards. One movable part present but detached from lever, period gift inscription on title, boards lightly rubbed.
Bonhams
Feb. 04, 2009
Bannerman, Helen
Est: £100 - £150
Bannerman, Helen The story of Little Black Sambo. London: G. Richards, 1901. Sixth edition, illustrations, red quarter morocco; [Ibid.] The pink knight. London: G. Richards, 1901. 12mo, lacking pp.73-74 and 80-81, 89-90, red quarter morocco; [Ibid.] The story of Little Black Mingo. London: J. Nisbet, [n.d.]. Fifth edition, illustrations, repair to inner margin of title and frontispiece, shaken, original boards, worn, covers detached; and a copy of The Bad Mrs Ginger, and a very defective copy of The story of little Black Quibba, all 12mo (5)
Lyon & Turnbull
Apr. 26, 2005
BANNERMAN, HELEN
Est: $3,500 - $5,000
The Story of Little Black Sambo (The Dumpy Books for Children, no. 4). London: Grant Richards, 1899 16mo (4 7/8 x 2 7/8; 125 x 73 mm). 27 colored illustrations; minor marginal foxing, a few text leaves splitting after page 36 but gutta percha mainly intact. Publisher's striped green cloth. Green cloth folding case. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Osborne I:324 (4th ed.) CATALOGUE NOTE First edition, a handsomely preserved copy. Written and illustrated by Helen Bannerman to amuse her two daughters, the tale is based on her experiences in India. In spite of Bannerman's racially insensitive choice of names for her characters, the story of the clever Indian boy outwitting the vain, threatening tigers is told with great rhythm and excitement that continues to thrill generations of children. The color printing was executed by Edmund Evans who pioneered work in this field as early as the 1860s.
Sotheby's
May. 13, 2004
The Story of Little Black Sambo
Est: $80 - $120
With full-page color illustrations. 7 3/4 x5 3/4, red cloth with color pictorial cover illustration, color pictorial endpapers. Interesting illustrations of Little Black Sambo; in the Peter Rabbit Series. Two articles about Bannerman pasted to front blanks.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
May. 13, 2004
Little Black Sambo (Animated!)
Est: $150 - $250
[24] pp. Illustrated in color throughout by Julian Wehr, including the 7 moveable parts pages complete with tabs. 8 1/2 x6 1/2, spiral-bound color pictorial boards. First Wehr Edition. A colorful and interesting edition of Little Black Sambo with seven pull-tab moveables. All parts are in working order.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Feb. 27, 2003
BANNERMAN, HELEN.
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
The Story of Little Black Sambo. Dumpy Books for Children, No. 4. 27 illustrations by the author, engraved in color by Edmund Evans. viii, 57 pages, plus colophon. 16mo, original pale gray-green cloth with vertical stripes, backstrip very slightly darkened; ownership signature on front free endpaper dated February 1900. London: Grant Richards, 1900 A superior copy of the second edition, published just one month after the First Edition.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 27, 2003
BANNERMAN, HELEN.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
The Story of Little Black Sambo. Dumpy Books for Children, No. 4. 27 illustrations by the author, engraved in color by Edmund Evans. viii, 57 pages, plus colophon. 16mo, original pale gray-green cloth with vertical stripes; covers soiled, edges worn with some loss of striping at tips and along top edges; front hinge repaired; ownership signature on title dated 1899. first edition. London: Grant Richards, 1899.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 09, 2002
BANNERMAN,
Est: $3,120 - $4,680
Helen (1863-1946). The Story of Little Black Sambo, London: Grant Richards, 1899. 16o (125 x 80mm.). Illustrations by the author, coloured from woodblocks by Edmund Evans. (Hinges broken and leaves detached, occasional light thumb-marks). Original publisher's cloth. (Upper cover slightly bowed, spine a little darkened, lightly rubbed). Provenance : "Georgina Lloyd with love from Leila/Jan. 16th 1900" (ink inscription on verso of front endpaper). FIRST EDITION. Helen Bannerman wrote Little Black Sambo in 1898 for her two small daughters, whom she had left with their nurse in Kodai, a small mountain village in India, while she travelled to Madras to join her husband, a doctor in the Indian medical service. Osborne II, p.968.
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