BRUNHOFF, JEAN DE. The Story of Babar * Babar's Travels * Babar the King * Babar at Home * Babar and Father Christmas. Together, 5 volumes.

Illustrated by the author. Folio, cloth-backed pictorial boards, little wear at edges. London, 1934-36; 1938; 1940 FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS. "[L'Histoire de Babar] was seen by A. A. Milne, who persuaded his publishers, Methuen, to bring out the first English edition, to which he himself wrote a brief preface which concludes: "I salute M. de Brunhoff. I am at his feet."" --Carpenter and Prichard, page 40.