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Bessie Parker, Nancy Parker

Arctic Orphans

W. & R. Chambers

1924

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A first edition of the picture book Arctic Orphans, in the rare dust jacket.

  • Bessie Parker (English).
  • Illustrated by Nancy Parker (English).
  • London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, [1924].
  • 13 full-page color illustrations, plus many in-text illustrations.
  • Original pictorial boards, in original pictorial dust jacket, pictorial endpapers.


A beautiful copy in the rare jacket of one of the hardest to obtain Parker picture books, about three young polar bears navigating life without their parents.

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Ink gift inscription dated 1924 on front free endpaper.

Book with slight rubbing at tips.

Jacket chipped, with some closed tears (including one long one along front panel) neatly repaired with tape on verso.

Minor signs of age and handling.

Dimensions

Height: 9.25 inches / 23.5 cm
Width: 12 inches / 30.48 cm

Feature(s)

First Edition, Dust Jacket

Language

English

Subject

Modern first editions, Childrens, Illustrated, Women Writers, Fiction

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