BIB_ID
269952
Accession number
MA 6418
Display Date
undated [after 1938].
Credit line
Gift of Ellin Kalmus, 2007.
Description
1 item (175 p.) ; wrappers: 12.1 x 18.1 cm; individual sheets: 11.2 x 17.5 cm
Notes
Consists of 88 loose leaves (numbered 1-9, 9A, 10-87), each with a graphite and crayon drawing on recto, and all but the last leaf with typed instructions for action and dialogue mounted with adhesive to the verso; all contained in brown paper wrappers.
Summary
The artist of this illustrated typescript is unknown; it is not in the hand of either of the authors of the Babar series, Jean or Laurent de Brunhoff. It is believed to have been prepared for a BBC production of Jean de Brunhoff's book "Babar en famille" (translated as "Babar at Home" in England and "Babar and His Children" in the United States). It has been suggested that this illustrated typescript was prepared for a production for the BBC children's series "Blue Peter," but the BBC archives does not have a record of a production of "Babar at Home" on that television show. The story was read by Maurice Roeves on the BBC series "Jackanory" on May 28, 1975, but this show did not have a format that would have accomodated an illustrated story such as this one.
Housed in
Green cloth slipcase by James Macdonald Co., New York (19.8 cm)
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