Originally came with a DJ and is part of the Grosset & Dunlap Companion Library series. It was all thanks to publisher Max Schuster, who introduced Salten to the U.S. In 1942, Walt Disney released the film version, ensuring the story remained immortal. In 1936, copies of Bambi were burned by Nazis in several states (as it was thought that the book contained hidden political allegory for the treatment of Jews in Europe) but they couldn't kill the book's appeal. And I thought Id share because there are so many sellers not being clear on what edition they are selling with Bambi. Which all have a green cloth binding with a little gold gilted deer in the middle of the front cover, this is the very first american release. I do also own a 1928 First trade edition Bambi, Life in the Woods (would consider selling if someone wants to inquire). To make it even more confusing there is one english edition even more valuable than one of those 75,000 copies, it was called a 1928 pre-release and they only printed 1000 of those and will have a pre release certificate in them). The very first release was in 1928 and same story templates and illustrations as all the 1929 editions but called, Bambi, Life in the Woods, (75,000 first release trade copies were printed in one shot). There are many sellers out there claiming with Bambi they have a true first ever release 1929 which is not the case.

Translated from German by Whittaker Chambers, Illustrated by Kurt Wiese (Same beautiful pictures in this edition - which is what makes this printing so lovely)īambi has a bit of a confusing printing history because there are so many 'First Editions' just a year after the 1928 First American release by Simon &Schuster who then sold the printing rights (with original illustration rights) just one year after to a handful of printing companies, including Grosset & Dunlap (this edition), and Simon& Schuster who still continued themselves to print the book. Bambi, a Life in the Woods, originally published in Austria as Bambi: 'Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde' is a 1923 Austrian novel written by Felix Salten.

Bambi 1929 edition