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PARKER, Bessie (fl. early 20th-c.). Arctic Orphans. London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, [1924.]
The first edition of the Parker sisters’ delightful Arctic picture book. Illustrated by Nancy Parker, this book tells the story of three polar bear siblings searching for their parents. The Parker sisters wrote several popular stories in verse about animals.
Folio (236 x 312mm). 13 chromolithographs, many in-text illustrations. Publisher’s original decorated boards (spine and joints repaired with losses to spine label. Provenance: Scott Emerson.
The first edition of the Parker sisters’ delightful Arctic picture book. Illustrated by Nancy Parker, this book tells the story of three polar bear siblings searching for their parents. The Parker sisters wrote several popular stories in verse about animals.
Folio (236 x 312mm). 13 chromolithographs, many in-text illustrations. Publisher’s original decorated boards (spine and joints repaired with losses to spine label. Provenance: Scott Emerson.